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The Reapers Rose

Postby mic on Thu May 12, 2005 12:38 am

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Just something a liitle different from your average flower pic :roll:

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This one is Extracted & played with & Tweaked a bit :lol:
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Postby storm on Thu May 12, 2005 12:45 am

nice rose. The title emotes specific feelings for me. Something about the waterdrops reminds me of tears. very powerful. Great Pic.
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Postby mic on Thu May 12, 2005 12:48 am

Thanks storm,

Coming from you that is a great compliment, you're NetMagi's friend I believe ?

That great Hand Shot ?

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Postby PiroStitch on Thu May 12, 2005 12:50 am

Nice rose Mic :) Very poignant.

The rose itself almost looks inverted :)
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Postby mic on Thu May 12, 2005 12:54 am

Thanks Wayne,

No, Channel Mixed with the Green then a Curve to lighten a bit

I'm Mr Channels now :roll:
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Postby PiroStitch on Thu May 12, 2005 12:57 am

Heh nice one :)

By the way, have a look here ;)
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Postby mic on Thu May 12, 2005 1:08 am

WoW :shock: Cool Wayne,

I might audition for that :lol: :lol:
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Postby trebs on Thu May 12, 2005 1:30 am

Nice effect there, a black rose. Sort of weird IR type feel to it.

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Postby shakey on Thu May 12, 2005 1:43 am

This is an outstanding image. Just to nitpick I'd clone out the spider web thingy connecting two petals at about 1 -2 o'clock.

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Postby leek on Thu May 12, 2005 2:32 am

shakey wrote:This is an outstanding image. Just to nitpick I'd clone out the spider web thingy connecting two petals at about 1 -2 o'clock.

shakey


I think that's just another petal Shakey...

Mic... what's Reepers???
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Postby BBJ on Thu May 12, 2005 7:18 am

Im not a flower person Mic but looks ok considering, we learn to expect these lil ahh different qualities you have.LOL
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Postby mic on Thu May 12, 2005 11:54 am

Thanks trebs, :wink: Yeah kinda :)

Thanks shakey, :wink: No, can't see any spidy web

Leek, Reepers as is The Grim Reeper which is supposed to be spelt Reapers, surprised Greb B wasn't on to me for that :x

Thanks BBJ, :wink: Thats nice.

Cheers,

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Postby leek on Thu May 12, 2005 12:19 pm

mic wrote:Leek, Reepers as is The Grim Reeper which is supposed to be spelt Reapers, surprised Greb B wasn't on to me for that :x


He delegated to me :lol:
And actually it should be spelt Reaper's :wink:
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Postby mic on Thu May 12, 2005 12:23 pm

Are great,

Another spelling Nazi :wink:
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Postby Nnnnsic on Thu May 12, 2005 12:23 pm

*takes his metal ruler out*

Stand in line!!! (Fixed.)
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Postby sirhc55 on Thu May 12, 2005 12:27 pm

Mic - I believe there is a funeral association by the name of The White Ladies - maybe you could start one with your black rose and call it The Men in Black :wink:
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Postby mic on Thu May 12, 2005 12:31 pm

Thanks Mistress Leigh, :wink: I'll be standing in line :oops:

Chris, Hmmm, not a bad idea. :wink:
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Postby johnd on Thu May 12, 2005 2:05 pm

Mic, I like it a lot.
(And, it gives me some more ideas.)

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Postby dhess on Thu May 12, 2005 2:23 pm

I love it!

It almost has a terminator 2 style liquid metal effect to it.
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Postby mic on Thu May 12, 2005 3:24 pm

Thanks johnd :wink: kepp em cumin

Thanks dhess, :wink: glad you love :D so do I :wink:

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Postby mudder on Thu May 12, 2005 7:35 pm

Really like this, it's something different and for some reason has a very powerful, sombre, almost evil feel to it... Maybe it's just me :?

Wish the spider thread wasn't mentioned, now it sticks out doh! The power of suggestion is amazing...
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Postby mic on Thu May 12, 2005 10:18 pm

Thanks mudder, :wink: Thats exactly what I wanted to hear, hence the name.

With a pic I just start out with something normal, with a bit of imagination which hides itself within my brain somewhere I occasionally trap it and something like this comes out. Sometimes it takes hours, this one took about 5 min, it's the quick ones that usually work the best :roll:

I find red wine, green & blue pills even more interesting :lol: :lol:

Thanks for seeing & feeling.

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Postby jethro on Thu May 12, 2005 10:26 pm

cranial capacity of the average human rates at about 12% mic i believe you have hit the 15% mark. i like pics that use our imagination even though you invert you are using at least 1-2% more of yur cranial perception than the average joe blogs. surely there are more people on this forum who can be expressive and creative in their ow way like mic does and enlighten everyone here with their own special talents. LET GO PEOPLE BE BRAVE BE ADVENTEROUS
shoot it real.

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Postby mic on Thu May 12, 2005 10:31 pm

Gee Jethro,

I thinks I better break out the RGB Pills next

Watch out :shock: :shock:

Thanks. I think :?

Mic. :wink:

Where's Marcus, hasn't his miss aloud him to play :wink:
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Postby jethro on Thu May 12, 2005 10:34 pm

marcus is doing something i think mic
shoot it real.

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Postby mic on Thu May 12, 2005 10:38 pm

What, with his Miss :? :lol: :lol:
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Postby shakey on Thu May 12, 2005 10:41 pm

leek wrote:I think that's just another petal Shakey...

Mic... what's Reepers???



Cleans glasses
Adjusts laptop screen
looks for crow to eat

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Postby stormygirl on Thu May 12, 2005 10:59 pm

I think this is great Mic, is that evil of me?? :shock:

A black almost velvet looking rose....I love it! And I agree about the water dropplets looking like tears. A very powerful image IMO.

Well done......keep up with those pills!
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Postby MCWB on Fri May 13, 2005 12:25 am

Whoa, that looks great mic! Almost has an 'electron microscope' type look to it in parts. Very cool. :)

I definitely want some of what you're on though, must be good stuff! ;)
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Postby mic on Fri May 13, 2005 1:07 am

I'll forgive you this time shakey :wink:

Gees, thanks Stormy, I'll pOp another just for you. :wink:

Thanks MCWB, :wink: :wink: Life MCWB LIFE ! :D
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Postby pippin88 on Fri May 13, 2005 9:34 am

Great shot.

Or rather great manipulation. Looks like a black rose.

Would you mind doing a very quick run through of how you do that?
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Postby mic on Fri May 13, 2005 11:26 am

Hey PiP :D

Well, you go >

Channel Mixer with Blue Channel or Green.
Levels which will drop the background
Then lighten a bit

Crop / sharpen / size / post :D

Some don't work well though, it all depends on the light you capture in the original image.

Have a red wine & let your imagination have a play. Great stress relief too. If you have young kids that drive you nuts it's good quality time with yourself. :lol: :lol:

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Postby stormygirl on Fri May 13, 2005 9:39 pm

mic wrote:
Have a red wine & let your imagination have a play. Great stress relief too. If you have young kids that drive you nuts it's good quality time with yourself. :lol: :lol:

Mic. :wink:


Except after reading through the 200 odd posts from the day, there is no time left to play!!
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