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Stars in the Meadow
Image Title:  Stars in the Meadow
 
 By: Carsten Ranke  
  Copyright ©2005



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Photographer Carsten Ranke {K:14453}
Project #43 Unusual Vision Camera Model Canon 300D
Categories Digital
Landscape
Photoart
Film Format
Portfolio Landscape
Lens EF-S 10-22 mm
Uploaded 5/14/2005 Film / Memory Type IBM 1GB Microdrive
    ISO / Film Speed 0
Views 317 Shutter 1/30
Favorites Aperture f/5.6
Critiques 26 Rating
6.00
/ 5 Ratings
Location City -  Mariazell
State - 
Country - Germany   Germany
About A single RAW shot, handheld (1/40 sec f:5.6 @ 10 mm, that is 16 mm in film terms)
To connect dandelions and sky, I took this old hut and colored the B&W. Ok, a bit cliche the colored B&W, but here I like it more than the monochrome.
B&W and toning from a 16bit TIF, with Convert to B&W Pro and PS. A composite of 5 different B&W TIFFs (toned for sky, hut, trees, grass) and one color TIF (select > color range, layer mask from selection).
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There are 26 Comments in 1 Pages
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Todd Miller   {K:16464} 5/14/2005
i wouldn't call this cliche at all...i think the tones are so dark and moody that the colored dandelions have a glowing/surreal look....very cool if you ask me! love the wide angle too.
cheers,
todd


Fadel J   {K:13542} 5/14/2005
Fabulous results Carsten, I can imagine the BW beauty of this, but the coloring work you did is much more powerful and moody!


Felipe Gutiérrez   {K:55} 5/14/2005
WOAA, GREAT COMPOSITION, THANKS FOR SHARING!!


Francesco Martini   {K:12304} 5/14/2005
excellent dark image!!!!!


Chris Spracklen   {K:32552} 5/14/2005
Remarkable image, Carsten.
Superb PS work, as ever, and a very dramatic composition.
Very enjoyable!
Best regards, Chris


Barry Wakelin   {K:7838} 5/14/2005
I agree, this coloured version works really well. Great choice of colours and skilfully applied.


Gina Barone Oliver   {K:1011} 5/14/2005
Awesome! Nice title.


Dino Lupani   {K:15101} 5/14/2005
Eccellente lavoro, splendida luce e drammaticità, congrats!!
Ciao


Rosario Esposito   {K:9796} 5/14/2005
La luce e i colori sono splendidi.Bravo
-Rosario-


David Hofmann   {K:23827} 5/15/2005
Very beautiful scene. I was going back and forth between the two versions and I can't pick a favorite. Boh have their own very interestings aspects.

Excelent work and composition!


andree lerat   {K:16731} 5/15/2005
I think that I prefer the black and white version although both images have their merits. The sky seems darker in this version. Regards, Andree


Dirck DuFlon   {K:35779} 5/15/2005
Hi Carsten! I like this version quite a lot, and I have to say I prefer it over the black and white. I see nothing cliché about this at all - rather it's a fantastical (and fantastic!) scene of a world where the imagination can run free!
Both versions seem a little dark to me (especially the B&W) but only to the extent that I wish I could see a bit more detail in the hut itself. I love the drama it creates, though!
Hey, thanks for your comment - I've been away from UF for a while and haven't been commenting or posting until now.


Mary Brown   {K:67788} 5/17/2005
I really like this. The colours and lighting are wonderful. Great effect. I like this one better than the other. I don't know why, just because.
Mary


Thilo Bayer   {K:50301} 5/18/2005
Hi Carsten.

scary stuff this time ;-)

I like the wide angle perspective, the dark mood and the fabulous sky. I have some concerns with the general toning (this is definitely a personal thing, but I don't like that kind of color) and the yellow spots in the grass. The look a bit burned out to me.

anyway, I appreciate your idea behind the rework. this is photoart. go ahead on your path.

best wishes,

Thilo


György Szönyi   {K:8347} 5/18/2005
Yet another beautiful and awsome picture from you, Carsten. Congratulations on the technical process, too. I cannot really decide between the BW and the colored one. Both have their merits.


Giorgio Goretti   {K:15471} 5/19/2005
Great work Carsten,
i like your idea and the result looks wonderful,
anyway i have some perplexity about that general blueish/violet toning...a bit bizarre for my feeling... but the whole stormy atmosphere is fantastic and match perfectly my taste (as you already know ;-))
take care
Giorgio


Fabio Ficola   {K:10466} 5/19/2005
Great effect on this great scene.
The dandelions seem like little lamps lighted in the field, the blue casting give a perfect mood.

Congrats Fabio


Chris Hunter   {K:25631} 5/21/2005
Another great result from a good amount of effort.

Cheers,
Chris


Saqib Zulfiqar   {K:2770} 5/26/2005
Excellent!!!!


Antonia BauerleinSehnert   {K:30021} 5/27/2005
I adore this! You know how fond I am of moody, magical fantastical imagery -- this one has my heart. You did a beautiful job. The color on the flowers is fantastic. Antonia


Paul Lara   {K:77712} 5/28/2005
This is OUTSTANDING!


Giovanni Allievi   {K:1052} 6/1/2005
Great vision. I prefer this one over the BW version. Very good PS job.
Congratulations!

Ciao.
G.


Jose Ignacio (Nacho) Garcia Barcia   {K:91154} 6/12/2005
simply magic.in my favorites.


FERDINAND DOTREMONT   {K:6587} 6/16/2005
Very nice work. I like it.
Ferdinand


 6/19/2005
Wonderfull Capture and nice color, contrast and sharpens.


Lukasz Kuczkowski   {K:14684} 7/30/2005
true heaven :-)


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