Theme - Trying to imitate Dave

[Cheryl Slechta]

One of my favorite images that Dave posted was of someone sitting on a bench and it looked the bench was moving out from under him. Here it is on his website - http://critterscapes.zenfolio.com/p5...55704#h9f55704. I've always remembered it and I realized yesterday that I had an image that I'd taken in St. Petersburg of this charming critter sitting on a bench outside a shop. So, this is my version - certainly not an original conception on my part but fun to do.

[Dennis Bishop]

You did a great job with this. I like the angle, the colors, and the amount of motion.

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Great Cheryl. A really fun image. I never realized what a powerful effect Dave had on everyone, til I see all these wonderful pictures from everyone this week.

[Anita Bower]

What a creative idea. You found the perfect subject--whimsical, comical, sitting just right. The colors are marvelous. I'd like the bench behind the subject to be a little clearer.

[Cheryl Slechta]

Thanks, Dennis, Jackie and Anita. Anita, she was sitting on the very end of the bench - I would have liked more bench too. It's funny, I worked on this before I found Dave's image on his webpage and I remembered the image as the bench being stationary and the figure moving and I couldn't figure out how to do that. I was pleasantly surprised after doing my image to find that his bench moved also

[Anita Bower]

Thanks, Dennis, Jackie and Anita. Anita, she was sitting on the very end of the bench - I would have liked more bench too. It's funny, I worked on this before I found Dave's image on his webpage and I remembered the image as the bench being stationary and the figure moving and I couldn't figure out how to do that. I was pleasantly surprised after doing my image to find that his bench moved also

Ah, sitting at the end of the bench. It isn't a big deal. I like this!

[Nancy Bell]

Awesome motion blur behind the critter! I guess I would prefer to have her a bit more to the right in the frame so there is more in front where she is looking. She is quite the critter!

[gary ellwein]

I like this image a lot. After viewing Dave's web site, I understand the respect and admiration expressed by those who knew him. Hats off to the creator of the alligator vamp. Cheryl, how did you create this effect?

[Cheryl Slechta]

Thanks, Gary. It actually was very simple. I took the base image, did a duplicate layer and then applied Filter>Motion Blur in the direction and strength I wanted. Then I lowered the opacity of the layer so that I could see what I was doing, added a layer mask and painted the gator back in. I'm not much good at selecting things or complicated masks but my technique works for me.

I like this image a lot. After viewing Dave's web site, I understand the respect and admiration expressed by those who knew him. Hats off to the creator of the alligator vamp. Cheryl, how did you create this effect?

[gary ellwein]

Thanks Cheryl for the nearly immediate reply. Motion blur, another filter activated for the first time.

[Judy Howle]

I love this image!! The critter is very interesting and appealing and you did a wonderful job with the motion effects.