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08-30-2006, 01:47 PM
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| Harlech Castle Here are few photo's of the castle that i took while on holiday recently the castle is in mid wales and was built in the late 13th Century (now ruins) on the first photo you can see in the background part of the snowdonia national park Have fun Palms ps Steve if it makes you think of another "ditty " it should be Men of Harlech  |
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08-30-2006, 03:43 PM
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| Hi Palms.... Lovely photos....looks a spooky old place! Pavel...nice stormy sky...fits the old ruin well.. Dan...like your doorway...nicely toned colors... I have also done a dark and stormy scene to add to the spookyness....In photoshop CS2 with Niks color effects and a blast of Lucis Art sculpture.. The second one i used the same....in reverse order.. The doorway i cropped and used xero illustrator and tweaked it with curves... Patricia...  Last edited by patriciakay; 08-31-2006 at 08:39 AM. Reason: correction... |
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08-31-2006, 06:00 AM
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| Pavel like your use of the bad dream filter will have to add that to my list to look into and i think the colours in your worst dream are excellent Dan i really like the way you have made the brickwork stand out Patricia you really do sell the lucis art filter (maybe to me one day ) i had thought of the same crop as yu but changed my mind for some reason funny how similar themes are thought of love the spooky ones although i must say the castle itself wasnt spooky. Dan, Braveheart might be at home in the castle but this one is over the wrong border  i also have gone for the illlustrated look will try and think of sonething a bit different Palms |
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08-31-2006, 08:44 AM
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| Pavel...I also like the colors in your bad dream one...cool... Palms....the colors and details are excellent...good illustration.... Thanks to all for the comments... Patricia....  |
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08-31-2006, 12:57 PM
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| I am in awe of those dark and thunderous skies above. Blood red, cold steely black, clouds which hold the the promise of storms that mere man cannot control and a castle whose stones have been there 600 plus years. In New Zealand, such places can only be imagined and one day, I should so love to experience 'feeling' those environments. leanan`si |
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08-31-2006, 01:02 PM
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| Glow in the dark castle and one to fool the enemies  Leanan'si you get used to the limits but doing it this way the posts are always there so you can look back and not find red crosses or image missing etc etc as you do on other forums Palms Last edited by palms; 08-31-2006 at 01:18 PM. |
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#17
08-31-2006, 01:45 PM
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| Second photo, I was distracted by a bright white area within the arches and started to clone it out when I thought about it and realised that it looked like an area which had disintegrated and the daylight was coming through. I changed tack and used an omni light (about twenty zillion variations) to try and make light the feature of the photo. I've been exploring Virtual Photographer as extra filters and used 'radiant' to finish. I'd like to say a big thank you to those who give us these photos to play with, who contribute and who comment. It's giving me experience and a widening of horizons which I never expected to enjoy when I came here. My own stash of personal photos are currently locked away on a hard drive which refuses to boot up .. but I will keep watch for some in future photographs I take. Thank you all again, leanan`si |
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08-31-2006, 02:13 PM
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| Old castles and forts...what great photographic subjects. Steve |
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#19
08-31-2006, 02:18 PM
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| Posted some images, but couldn't come up with a "ditty" for this one. And you'll have to enlighten me re. "Men of Harlech." Steve Quote:
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#20
08-31-2006, 02:29 PM
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| Steve i like the way the bricks look metallic, is it the same technique on all three ? weird if it is because i think it looks billiant on the third one ( not meaning it dosent on the other two ) Just got your next message, The song is almost a anthem for the welsh people it is quite a stirring battle song ( needs to be heard by a welsh choir sends chills up your spine ) but what i didnt know until just is that it appears in the film zulu for any one interested here is a web page about the song, film and connection between the two http://www.data-wales.co.uk/harlech.htm And yes you would know the tune which if it is getting to you, there is a midi file here http://www.contemplator.com/wales/harlech.html hope i havent bored you all Palms |
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08-31-2006, 03:07 PM
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... To partially redeem myself I must say I did not mean to "spookify" the image in the first place. It happened gradually. Pavel |
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#22
09-01-2006, 08:07 AM
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| Just listened to the midi. That's a beautiful melody! You folks in the British Isles have a way with beautiful and poignant melodies. "Danny Boy" never ceases to stir great emotions when I hear it. Have you heard it by the American John Gary? And the Irish Tenors and their rendition of "Ireland" will reduce one to tears. As for the images...same technique used on all. Buzz & Lucis filters with "hunt & peck" tweaking. And auto saturation used more than once on some. Thanks for the comments and the info on the song. Steve Quote:
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#23
09-08-2006, 07:28 PM
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| Forgive me.  heheheJanet (I have a whole group of little boys who are going to love this as a front on their invitations to the party coming up.) Last edited by Janet Petty; 09-08-2006 at 07:36 PM. |
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