Lisa Cuchara
July 2024 - Untitled
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July image attached, a composite some Topax plugin.
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8 comments posted
Lisa, I love the effect you have achieved with your Topaz plugin which has added a sense of mystery and intrigue to the landscape. Not so sure about the placement of the frog as there is a tendency for my eye to wander out of the right-hand edge of the frame. Flipping the image horizontally prevents that happening and strengthens the left-to-right lead-in lines of the pathway. I find the turquoise/aquamarine colour of the frog to be a little insipid and visually jarring with the wonderfully saturated Autumnal colours of the woodland behind. I would like to have seen a more vibrant colour to the frog and have changed the colour as below to give a flavour of what I mean. Posted: 07/11/2024 08:03:54
Thank you Brian, your comments and artistic suggestions are always so well thought and detailed.
I do like the image flipped, the path micely leads the viewer down into the scene that way. Great suggestion!
This is an Australian Tree frog, and it is turquiose. I guess I could have used a hundred different species that I have owned and photographed, but this one is large and sits nicely so it seemed easier to add to the mushroom. I have owned orange frogs and red frogs and purple frogs and other color frogs, but this one has always been one of my favorites and I see the piece as whimsical but not fantasy so the red coloration doesn't work with me. Alas I do see what you mean about the turquise against the fall colors, so I might have to try again with a different frog.
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The Frog Whisperer: Portraits & Stories Paperback by Lisa Cuchara and Tom Cuchara Posted: 07/19/2024 02:59:36
I do like the image flipped, the path micely leads the viewer down into the scene that way. Great suggestion!
This is an Australian Tree frog, and it is turquiose. I guess I could have used a hundred different species that I have owned and photographed, but this one is large and sits nicely so it seemed easier to add to the mushroom. I have owned orange frogs and red frogs and purple frogs and other color frogs, but this one has always been one of my favorites and I see the piece as whimsical but not fantasy so the red coloration doesn't work with me. Alas I do see what you mean about the turquise against the fall colors, so I might have to try again with a different frog.
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The Frog Whisperer: Portraits & Stories Paperback by Lisa Cuchara and Tom Cuchara Posted: 07/19/2024 02:59:36
Lisa, Thanks for the link to your book on Amazon. The title 'The Frog Whisperer' is a masterstroke and the image of the frog on the front cover is outstanding. The more I looked at it, the more I wanted to see it sitting astride the mushroom on your image this month. Reading through some of the pages, I was drawn particularly to the Poison Dart Frog who seemed a charming little chap and less than one inch long. Posted: 07/23/2024 11:19:12
I love the fantasy woodland but my first reaction was that maybe I would have had Mr Toad driving his car along the road. Toad or frog? Not sure of the difference but The turquoise colour doesn't quite fit in. Posted: 07/12/2024 11:30:29
All toads are frogs, but frogs are not toads ;-)
This is an Australian Tree frog, and it is turquiose.
I wil go back and look for one of my barking frogs, the green might fit better since that species is more of a woodland green. Posted: 07/19/2024 03:00:45
This is an Australian Tree frog, and it is turquiose.
I wil go back and look for one of my barking frogs, the green might fit better since that species is more of a woodland green. Posted: 07/19/2024 03:00:45
Lisa, I also very much like the textural handling of the tree lines road. Can you share some of the process that went into creating the image prior to adding the texture, i.e. how did you create Original 1? I find the frog a little distracting and would like to see a different handling or different subject to add to this otherwise enchanted scene. Posted: 07/18/2024 20:34:59
The image itself was taken at night using live composite where I was using a flashlight to light the trees. It is SOOC. Live composite captures one frame to freeze the pixels and then only new light is added, like using a hundred plus layers on lighten blend mode in PS, only doen in camera.
Not sure what other subjects I have photographed that would fit there. I do love frogs, lol.
Posted: 07/19/2024 03:03:05
Not sure what other subjects I have photographed that would fit there. I do love frogs, lol.
Posted: 07/19/2024 03:03:05
Lisa, Thanks. Another thing I'd like to play with, although not sure my camera has the option of live composite. Posted: 07/19/2024 03:55:59