Mark Braun
January 2025 - The Scream
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About the Image(s)
When I’m in the woods, I’m always looking for anthropomorphic things to shoot and in this case it mimicked a classic painting. As I normally do, I did the conversion in Lightroom and then went through 13 masks to pull out the features in the face and play down the other areas. Thought it was a fun way to start out 2025.
4 comments posted
Hi Mark - a very nice picture. One can look at it for a long time and sink in. Might be a nice series if you have more of them. Well done! Posted: 01/14/2025 15:22:37
Michael Laezza
Mark - Loved the effect you captured and then enhanced with your processing. What subjects do you generally find that you can attribute humanlike qualities? Posted: 01/15/2025 02:48:43
Very cool, Mark. I like finding "human faces" in nature. Your image made me look into it. There's actually a term for it: face pareidolial.
I thought your processing was very well done and emphasized the face. Using your work as a starting point, I decided to try to take it even further. I used the Photoshop Liquify tool and a bit of Camera Raw's light handling capabilities. I also made a tighter crop. Your thoughts?
Posted: 01/15/2025 03:09:13
I thought your processing was very well done and emphasized the face. Using your work as a starting point, I decided to try to take it even further. I used the Photoshop Liquify tool and a bit of Camera Raw's light handling capabilities. I also made a tighter crop. Your thoughts?
Posted: 01/15/2025 03:09:13
Mark,
The eye of a good photographer can bring such unique art to the viewer and your Jan submittal is a case in point.
Your processing brings out The Scream so well.
And Pete expanded our knowledge with Face Pareidolial - I will have to Google it
Regards
Emil Posted: 01/15/2025 14:50:10
The eye of a good photographer can bring such unique art to the viewer and your Jan submittal is a case in point.
Your processing brings out The Scream so well.
And Pete expanded our knowledge with Face Pareidolial - I will have to Google it
Regards
Emil Posted: 01/15/2025 14:50:10