Catch a Rainbow
Trying to catch the rainbow29 total reviews
Comment from ADCPHOTO
I do really like this, and it does envoke my imagination to try to fit a story to this photo. The color of the sky and clouds are great, the boy is positioned about center making him the star. I see a pure young innocent boy climbing his way up to the heavens, the paint and lack of shirt makes me think he has been through a lot in his young age but is on his way in the right direction.
Only thing, the mesh between the ladder and the sky could be cleaned just a tad. Other than that good stuff!
reply by the author on 16-Oct-2008
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I do really like this, and it does envoke my imagination to try to fit a story to this photo. The color of the sky and clouds are great, the boy is positioned about center making him the star. I see a pure young innocent boy climbing his way up to the heavens, the paint and lack of shirt makes me think he has been through a lot in his young age but is on his way in the right direction.
Only thing, the mesh between the ladder and the sky could be cleaned just a tad. Other than that good stuff!
Comment Written 16-Oct-2008
reply by the author on 16-Oct-2008
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Thank you a lot.It is what I had in mine. People using their imagination to find it or make up I story. I have my own but I didn't tell in purpose. I tried a thing with the ladder what didn't turned out. I hand painted some thin brush strokes over some part of the ladder blurred others to give the impression the ladder goes trough the cloud evidently didn't turned out this way. Thank you for pointing it out.
Comment from Wildago
Very creative and fun image. Interesting about the upside rainbow too (I didn't know.) I like the whole idea of this work. The boy looks like he could be up to some mischief but the background reminds me of angels. Nice!
reply by the author on 16-Oct-2008
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Very creative and fun image. Interesting about the upside rainbow too (I didn't know.) I like the whole idea of this work. The boy looks like he could be up to some mischief but the background reminds me of angels. Nice!
Comment Written 16-Oct-2008
reply by the author on 16-Oct-2008
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Thank you for your kind and generous review. It is exact what I had in mine: to trigger the imagination of people to think of the story behind. The clouds were a bonus gift what came with the "upside down rainbow' they are part of the photo not added.
Comment from jalemyca.jack
You really have played silly devils with this, and it really has worked.
Great deetail in the little boys face, and the focus on him was spot on.
The the cload formation is great for this picture giving great colour and mood. Love the upside down rainbow.
Good thinking went into this and it really has worked well.
Great job done
reply by the author on 16-Oct-2008
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You really have played silly devils with this, and it really has worked.
Great deetail in the little boys face, and the focus on him was spot on.
The the cload formation is great for this picture giving great colour and mood. Love the upside down rainbow.
Good thinking went into this and it really has worked well.
Great job done
Comment Written 16-Oct-2008
reply by the author on 16-Oct-2008
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Thank you very much for your generous review.
The Upside down rainbow and the clouds are real. I added only the boy and the ladder to the photo of it. It's an Bravais Arc, an optical phenomenon caused by ice cristals in the clouds.
Comment from Mitchell17
I really like your creativity. This is what digital modification is all about to me. Not just throwing some filters on. This took some strong artistic vision. Not that the other type of modification doesn't, but this is like making a painting. I like the color the lighting of each image work well with each other. Good luck in the contest.
reply by the author on 16-Oct-2008
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I really like your creativity. This is what digital modification is all about to me. Not just throwing some filters on. This took some strong artistic vision. Not that the other type of modification doesn't, but this is like making a painting. I like the color the lighting of each image work well with each other. Good luck in the contest.
Comment Written 16-Oct-2008
reply by the author on 16-Oct-2008
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Thank you so much for your generous review and the good wishes. It means a lot to me.
Comment from Jac Rocha-Catarina51
The title and the Initial Impact make us to stop and wish to look it better. Overall this is a very good work. Colors and clouds are fantastic, as well as the unusual rainbow shape. The stairs with Jake going up is in fact an important complement to the subject and you get this also well.
reply by the author on 16-Oct-2008
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The title and the Initial Impact make us to stop and wish to look it better. Overall this is a very good work. Colors and clouds are fantastic, as well as the unusual rainbow shape. The stairs with Jake going up is in fact an important complement to the subject and you get this also well.
Comment Written 16-Oct-2008
reply by the author on 16-Oct-2008
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Thank you so much for your kind and generous review. The Rainbow isn't a rainbow but a Bravais arc an optical phenomenon cause by Ice crystals in the clouds. The colors are real. The clouds and the arc were over my head just as it looks I added only the boy on the ladder.
Comment from Photophile
Clever and imaginative and funny. Very creative. However, the tell tell signs of postprocessing abound, and I find them distracting. However it shows that you are creative and imaginative and this may be your natural niche, if you improved your technical skills. This photo would have gotten considerably highedr score, if the technical side was on par with the vision. Pavel
reply by the author on 16-Oct-2008
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Clever and imaginative and funny. Very creative. However, the tell tell signs of postprocessing abound, and I find them distracting. However it shows that you are creative and imaginative and this may be your natural niche, if you improved your technical skills. This photo would have gotten considerably highedr score, if the technical side was on par with the vision. Pavel
Comment Written 16-Oct-2008
reply by the author on 16-Oct-2008
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Thanks a lot for your helpful critic. I didn't see the signs but that is probaly do to my eyes. I really don't know what to do there If i blow it up there comes the little squares were you can't see the lines anymore, If I don't there are signs of postprocessing I don't see but others. Do you have any Idea how to improove this?
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What I see:
1> Left shoulder indented and replaced by the sky.
2> The pace bellow the top step of the ladder has a pink smudge partially covering the sky. left side of the ladder at the hight of the shorts the sky poartially overlays the ladder
3> right side of the ladder -below shorts: brown colour besides the ladder obscures the sky
4> silver strip between the head of the child and the ladder
5>feathering-like haloaround the boys outline and the outline of the ladder
Cleo, I am not trying to be overly critical here. I share the view of ther reviewers that this is very imaginative and creative and even if I had your creativity, I myself could not do better in software than you did, but technically this is not persuasive. I think that you have the difficualt part - the idea. What you need to improve is masking. The hard part is already done. Pavel
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Thanks Pavel.
But I think now I have a real problem here. I spend hours to hand paint or clone all the things you mention but the silver strip in pixel by pixel. The silver strip is an accident. I painted it in order to blow it later in order to get this halo effect but I forgot this part to blow. The ladder was perfectly clear before I worked on it but it seamed to hard to me. The clouds on the shoulder are cloned in there. There was only blue sky. the clouds are supposed to signify that the boy passed through them an that piece just stuck on his shoulder. The orange 'smudges' [there are some green too] are repeating the colors of the Bravais arc if you look the have the same direction as the thin clouds causing the arc. Since I had to clone the entire inside of the ladder [the original are green leafs] I taught I put some significance in too. Ups, the entire concept didn't work. I should send you an earlier stage of the picture I think you would like it better.
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Cleo, it is a huge effort and my skill level is far less than my ability to critique (You know the ones that can not do critique). I think over time you develop trics in developing good masks. I just use a soft brush for now - that is all. I would never get into anything as complex as you do and i would not succeed to the extent that you do. Pavel
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Thanks Pavel.
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Good. P
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Comment from Gira
very very beautiful work.Just have no words to describe your creativity and the beauty,expressions in this picture.I have really enjoyed watching it very carefully for about 5 minutes,and the most attractive part here is the way you have merged two pictures,where the ladder becomes the cente if attraction.The expression on the boy'sface are good the sky looks amazing with the rainbow.also looks like the boy wants to see the world from the height of his imagination.He is little scared to see some reality,but the way he is standing shows he is brave to face anything with the faith into god.this picture is very nice to write a story on it.thanks very much for sharing,am lucky to see the unique work.
reply by the author on 16-Oct-2008
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very very beautiful work.Just have no words to describe your creativity and the beauty,expressions in this picture.I have really enjoyed watching it very carefully for about 5 minutes,and the most attractive part here is the way you have merged two pictures,where the ladder becomes the cente if attraction.The expression on the boy'sface are good the sky looks amazing with the rainbow.also looks like the boy wants to see the world from the height of his imagination.He is little scared to see some reality,but the way he is standing shows he is brave to face anything with the faith into god.this picture is very nice to write a story on it.thanks very much for sharing,am lucky to see the unique work.
Comment Written 16-Oct-2008
reply by the author on 16-Oct-2008
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Thank you so much for your very generous and kind review. I'm happy to read ...'nice to write a story..' That is the best comment I could get. I have my own story but I didn't put it in my comments since I wanted the people have their own Imagination. Thank you.
Comment from focaldot
lol, hahhaha what a thoughtfull presentation, perfect for the contest, and it surely gonna give hard time to other contestants. Well done Cleo, Just put little contrast on the upper part of the clouds. It would be perfect ;) All the best for the contest.
reply by the author on 16-Oct-2008
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lol, hahhaha what a thoughtfull presentation, perfect for the contest, and it surely gonna give hard time to other contestants. Well done Cleo, Just put little contrast on the upper part of the clouds. It would be perfect ;) All the best for the contest.
Comment Written 16-Oct-2008
reply by the author on 16-Oct-2008
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More contrast? OK. I try. Thank you for your review, the god wishes and especially your suggestion.
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Welcome anytime :)
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Comment from Lynseey
Cleo, your right, this work needs no story. The picture tells it. The whole concept of this is worth complete * alone! This is very creative and well done of this little boy climbing the ladder to catch his own rainbow! Awesome!
reply by the author on 16-Oct-2008
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Cleo, your right, this work needs no story. The picture tells it. The whole concept of this is worth complete * alone! This is very creative and well done of this little boy climbing the ladder to catch his own rainbow! Awesome!
Comment Written 15-Oct-2008
reply by the author on 16-Oct-2008
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Thank you so much for your understanding review.
I was thinking of "the little Prince" by Antoine de Saint Exupery when I created the picture. It's exact what you saw: The little boy climbing....Thank you.
Comment from ZenTrip
Photography it has been said, as I'm sure you've heard, cleo, is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.
Here I think you have turned it around to 99% inspiration and 1% perspiration.
Although to be realistic I must refigure to about 50/50 in this case as I read of all you have manipulated in order to present your image.
I have neither heard of nor seen a Bravais until now. I'ts spectacular.
But not nearly as spectacular as your image of the child gravitating toward his catch of the rainbow.
The image is overwhelming and invokes a strong emotional impact on a number of levels.
Your technique(s) are admirable but your concept is of the soul, and revealing in context that smacks of the sacred rather than worldly concerns. It comes in 2nd to what is my most favorite mixed-media photo of yours which is, As Time Goes By - if I recall correctly.
The expression on this child's face is nothing short of remarkable - and along with your story - which I'm sure is also remarkable - the total effect is one of pure shamism, in its most respectful and productive sense - in which one is interceeding between the possible and the impossible, between humanity and the struggle for survival in positive spirital realms.
Intoxicating in its depth.
reply by the author on 16-Oct-2008
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Photography it has been said, as I'm sure you've heard, cleo, is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.
Here I think you have turned it around to 99% inspiration and 1% perspiration.
Although to be realistic I must refigure to about 50/50 in this case as I read of all you have manipulated in order to present your image.
I have neither heard of nor seen a Bravais until now. I'ts spectacular.
But not nearly as spectacular as your image of the child gravitating toward his catch of the rainbow.
The image is overwhelming and invokes a strong emotional impact on a number of levels.
Your technique(s) are admirable but your concept is of the soul, and revealing in context that smacks of the sacred rather than worldly concerns. It comes in 2nd to what is my most favorite mixed-media photo of yours which is, As Time Goes By - if I recall correctly.
The expression on this child's face is nothing short of remarkable - and along with your story - which I'm sure is also remarkable - the total effect is one of pure shamism, in its most respectful and productive sense - in which one is interceeding between the possible and the impossible, between humanity and the struggle for survival in positive spirital realms.
Intoxicating in its depth.
Comment Written 15-Oct-2008
reply by the author on 16-Oct-2008
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Thank you. As allways you made my day as you saw what you were looking at.
Do you know the story "The little Prince" by Antoine de Saint Exupery? It's what I was thinking about when I created the picture. I actually had the title similar but I don't know if I would interfere with copyrights so I didn't used it. I were still searching to find out about the copyright as the discussion here on FAR started.
Now I know I don't want to change the title. I like to make people think about what they see. If the do so some stars more or less don't seam important anymore.
And something else The boy has some Saint Exupery's Prince but he is more because he will survive and find his rainbow especially with his sceptical view of the world.
Thanks again.
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Just loaded with imagery and so much to kindle the spirit and imagination. It is one of your most outstanding images, to me, and Thanks for the notes - and yes, I know the story of the Little Prince. Very appropriate. It's been some time since I've read it. I should go back and reread. The imagery you've accomplished is captivating.
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Thanks again for being always kind and helpful and throuought.