5th Place~Group Radius 0.3 Wannabe~Sharon Elips by Canon DSLR Challenge

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Guest		20-Apr-2007 01:23
Beautiful image Sharon! Very artistic, I love it. - Henry

Canon DSLR Challenge		16-Apr-2007 18:46
Thanks so much, Michael and Sam! I have to give credit to Lee for the links and the original inspiration! ~Sharon

Guest		16-Apr-2007 18:43
This is graceful and energetic all at the same time. Nicely processed, Sharon, and thanks for the links. -Michael

Canon DSLR Challenge		16-Apr-2007 12:28
Very nice and thanks for the educational links, quite helpful. Sam Attal

elips		16-Apr-2007 04:41
James and the Giant Peach is a truly wonderful book, Lee. And Melanie was right, illustration on the front of the dust jacket of the original edition, the one illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert, is of a giant peach with a tree wrapped around it something like my photo. If only my photo had the softness of line and the subtle colors of Burkert's illustrations, now that would be something! I love her work. ~Sharon

Canon DSLR Challenge		15-Apr-2007 23:22
James and the Giant Peach was one of my favorite books as a kid. My mom used to read it to me many times. theFly

elips		15-Apr-2007 02:49
Thanks so much for posting your shot, Lee, and the tutorial! I think we may see a rash of these turning up in the galleries for a while! It will be fun to see what other people come up with for their "planets"! Thanks for your kind words, Lee, shu and Melanie! I'll have to go look at my copy of James and the Giant Peach, I suspect you are right, Melanie, there does seem to be a correlation with James. ~Sharon

Canon DSLR Challenge		15-Apr-2007 02:32
This is a fun one! For some reason it makes me think of 'James and the Giant Peach', or something like that. --Melanie

Canon DSLR Challenge		15-Apr-2007 01:49
Thanks for the tutorial! Now I want to go out and find a good scene so that I might try this technique. Loved the other ones in your gallery too! CJ

Canon DSLR Challenge		15-Apr-2007 01:33
Stunning, but it's the photographer's vision that must get the most credit and certainly the applied technique is very well done. You have done it again, Sharon! You are head and shoulders right up there with the best on this site. Congrats on this beauty! shu

ctfchallenge		14-Apr-2007 23:25
That was me. And this really is great. theFly

ctfchallenge		14-Apr-2007 23:23
This is a lot better than mine! http://www.flickr.com/photos/leefly/305307860/ a how to: http://www.dirkpaessler.com/blog/index.php/photographers-tools/2006/09/06/tutorial-create-your-own-planets/

elips		14-Apr-2007 21:39
Thanks, Cat and Tom! Lee, could you post a link to the image you did and the mini-tutorial that I seem to remember you doing in the forum thread? It was your marvelous image that inspired me to try my hand at this. Thanks! ~Sharon

Canon DSLR Challenge		14-Apr-2007 21:33
Wonderful! Don't thank me, Thank Lee! -Cat

Canon DSLR Challenge		14-Apr-2007 20:22
I've seen a very similar image from Lee before. the effect is stunning! nicely done best regards tom

Canon DSLR Challenge		14-Apr-2007 17:42
A big wow factor on this one Sharon. Fantastic tree to use the 'fish eye' on, looks so good. ~ Regards Melbob

Canon DSLR Challenge		14-Apr-2007 16:28
Get to join?? You're the new president! -Group Radius 0.3 co-founder

elips		14-Apr-2007 14:47
You guys are just too smart for me! I am glad you like it. I have either Lee or Cat to thank for the inspiration to try this. I haven't gone to look for it but one of them posted an image with a smaller tree in an earlier challenge. Just for comparison you can see the original image herehttp://www.pbase.com/elips/image/77128062. There are a couple of other polar coordinate images in that same gallery. Thanks so much for your kind comments! Do I get to join the group?! ~Sharon

Canon DSLR Challenge		14-Apr-2007 11:14
This is great. I love it. The look of how that little "plot of ground" represents the entire world, and the way it's embraced by the tree is just fantastic. Wow! Jim H.

Canon DSLR Challenge		14-Apr-2007 09:41
Well, with that EF15mm lens, I guess it has to be Sharon again....her range of talents apparently have no limits. Best Wishes, Traveller

Canon DSLR Challenge		14-Apr-2007 08:57
a very interesting and appealing image. Rob.

Canon DSLR Challenge		14-Apr-2007 08:25
Sharon, are you the wannabe having a ball with that fisheye lens and Photoshop? It looks like the same area as where the red chair was taken. This is a very good and fun image! :-) CJ

Canon DSLR Challenge		14-Apr-2007 08:03
Nico and Traveller, thank you very much!

Canon DSLR Challenge		14-Apr-2007 07:36
Someone is having Wayyyyyyyy toooooo much fun....lol Great addition to the Group Radius 0.3. Nice workmanship on an already good image. Best Wishes, Traveller

jnconradie		14-Apr-2007 07:03
Superb! Perhaps not in everyone's taste, but this example is so clean, clear, elegant, graphical that it has instant eye-appeal - well, to me at least. It looks kind of "organic", as if the tree is growing from some type of bulb. Compliments! jnconradie