Giant Squid by Canon Image Challenge


01-JUL-2012	Paul

Found a guy flying a giant squid kite and I am having a little fun playing with it. There wasn't enough wind for it to really get airborne.

Canon EOS 50D
1/1600s f/5.0 at 100.0mm iso400 full exif

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Guest		04-Jul-2012 04:51
Cool experiment Paul. Keep at it, especially if it's fun!

Canon Image Challenge		04-Jul-2012 00:11
I like it like this, looks cool. And as you say a fun way to learn new techniques. Regards, -Najinsky

Canon Image Challenge		03-Jul-2012 22:40
Thanks for the comments, the drop shadow is what gives it the separation to create the 3D look without it, it looks flat and stuck on. I can lower the level of shadowing or drop it completely on the entire image but not (to my knowledge) eliminate it from just the OOB part of the image. I may experiment with more masking to see if that's possible in the future because I didn't even save the PSD file on this since I was just playing around. I do that quite often for learning.

Canon Image Challenge		03-Jul-2012 21:47
well you got the kite partly up in this image. i've always loved images like this, but it takes work to get it just right. maybe if you get rid of the shadow around the protruding part of the kite it would help, or at least drop the shadow in a more realistic way. shu

Guest		03-Jul-2012 21:43
I would rather see the full picture, without all of these distractions. Sierra

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