Maryellen Bauer  


Rocks by Maryellen Bauer

April 2021 - Rocks

About the Image(s)

This is a photo I took on the rocks at Sea Ranch, CA. I've been watching Sarah Marino (Nature Photo Guides) videos and reading her ebooks and so I'm trying to find the small scenes and abstracts in nature. Also I'm still having (too much) fun playing with Topaz.


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Hi Maryellen,
This is a nice photo but since you didn't include the original or mention what you changed about it other than you maybe used Topaz, I don't know what to comment on..
  Posted: 04/10/2021 14:17:39
 
Hi, thanks. I'm sorry. We were leaving for a few days when I realized I hadn't uploaded a photo. I'll attach the original which isn't too different. Actually in Photoshop I added a little of the orange stuff to the lower left. My idea was to add balance. In Topaz I used the Precision Contrast and Precision Detail and then added the frame.   Posted: 04/11/2021 15:51:45
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Brad Becker   Brad Becker
I see a theme emerging with this and last months image. They are both nicely executed and would succeed for a coffee table book or possibly cards.   Posted: 04/11/2021 19:51:21



Tom Kredo   Tom Kredo
I like the color combination of this abstract. I have no clue what it is.   Posted: 04/12/2021 15:31:29



 
Love this image Maryellen, for me it's a beautiful intimate landscape. I would define it as a nature image though instead of creative, even though you added more details to it in PS.   Posted: 04/18/2021 22:54:04



Henry Roberts   Henry Roberts
(Group 40)
Maryellen, I think you have a great small scene and abstract here. But I also think you have a lot of smaller scenes if you cropped in on different small sections of the scene. I don't know what it was at Sea Ranch but if it were Minnesota I would say it was small yellow lichens scattered across a rock outcropping.   Posted: 04/24/2021 14:42:53



Lisa Cuchara   Lisa Cuchara
I like it a lot as an abstract, but I am not sure how it is an "altered reality"

"These members are committed to altering the image so that it departs from the reality of the original photograph.
"http://psadigital.org/group41/about.php   Posted: 04/26/2021 15:02:44
 
Thanks. You're right. I definitely strayed from the purpose of this group.   Posted: 04/30/2021 10:56:59