Peter Newman
December 2024 - Doesn't Pay Electric Bill
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About the Image(s)
Equipment: Nikon D300, Nikkor 18-200@62mm; 1/16 @ f8, ISO 1600
About: The image was taken in the Atlanta Aquarium. If you stuck needles under my fingernails, I could not honestly say whether the Atlanta Aquarium or the Monterey Bay Aquarium was more fascinating. Initial processing in ACR: rough crop, enhance; color and exposure. Topaz Gigapixel, PS, On1 NoNoise, Topaz Sharpen AI: changed background to black, enlarged selected subject, reduced noise and sharpened. Fine tuned in PS. All comments appreciated.
4 comments posted
Hi Peter, Definitely electric. The tiny red areas make the image come alive. The grainy texture from cropping and sharpening to a small part of the scene helps make the critter otherworldly. The focus softness in parts of the image adds some depth. Interesting. Karl Posted: 12/13/2024 15:17:48
I like your processing. It created an interesting extraterrestrial creature. In the original, ET looks concave with the cloverleaf at the bottom of a bowel. Processed, he looks convex. I like the horizontal flip. The crop looks tight to me. The jellyfish to the right of ET has wonderful tendrills, and is in a different position. I would try a different crop that would include the tendrilled one, and provide more room for them to move about as though they were in outer space. Posted: 12/15/2024 17:40:34
Happy St. Patrick's day, I see an electrical shamrock! Posted: 12/18/2024 19:10:11
Wonderful! I see an anemome waiting for prey,and not wanting to pay any electric bill. The patterns and red touches are gorgeous! Posted: 12/20/2024 17:18:44