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Kaushik Balakumar
11-01-2008, 12:59 PM
http://www.pbase.com/bkaushik/image/105344571/original.jpg

The colourful autumn leaves lying around the tree trunk & roots was pretty inviting. While viewing the image on my PC, I felt something lacking about the image. The gaps between the leaves & the sharp rendering of the veins & leaf edges looked a bit aggressive. I felt if I could bring a diffusing effect, it cud perhaps be a little more soothing to eyes. This image gave me the opportunity to try the 'Orton effect' which I wanted to experiment with for a long time.

Techs:
Nikon D60 + Nikkor 18-55mm;
f/5.6, 1/160, ISO200

Wud like to know ur views...

rgds,
Kaushik
denise ippolito
11-01-2008, 02:33 PM
I love the composition, the colors and the softening effect
Valerio Tarone
11-01-2008, 03:45 PM
Really lovely colours & composition. Wohh!
Michael Pancier
11-01-2008, 09:48 PM
orton works great here. love the shot
Fabs Forns
11-01-2008, 10:22 PM
The Orton effect looks wonderful here, great composition, a keeper for sure!
Roman Kurywczak
11-02-2008, 10:15 AM
Yep,
Orton effect is a very good choice here..........popping some more contrast in may work also.......but just for you to explore.....as I like your original comp and effect very much. Nicely done!
John Blumenkamp
11-02-2008, 11:14 PM
This is very nice Kaushik... I really like your presentation with the black border too. A beautiful image all around. I'm not familiar with the 'ortan effect'... is there something to read on this that I'm not familiar with? Nice work!
Kaushik Balakumar
11-03-2008, 04:37 AM
Thank you all for the feedback :)


This is very nice Kaushik... I really like your presentation with the black border too. A beautiful image all around. I'm not familiar with the 'ortan effect'... is there something to read on this that I'm not familiar with? Nice work!

John, here's a tutorial by Fabs Forns on Orton effect: http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php?t=11216

More general info on photographer Michael Orton's technique where he used to sandwich 2 slides of same scene: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orton_(photography (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orton_%28photography))

:)
Robert Amoruso
11-10-2008, 10:17 AM
Beautiful. It works perfect for me.