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SarAH!² says:

wow this is sooo cool. i love how you've made the mask in colour seem alive by adding eyes - very well done. its a very beautiful and interesting photo and its very well captured! great! Score 9/10 (from the Score
Me!
group)
Posted 44 months ago. ( permalink )

AndreZ says:

Great shot ... I love the masks.
Score 8/10 (from the Score Me!
group)
Posted 44 months ago. ( permalink )

ilangovan_media says:

Be generous to Explain that coluring technic
Score 10/10 (from the Score Me!
group)
Posted 44 months ago. ( permalink )

M.O.C. says:

cool idea. So many faces to choose from, what made you decide on that one?

Score 9/10 (from the Score Me!
group)
Posted 44 months ago. ( permalink )

f.trainer says:

it's a photoshop cutout, quickmask probably? doesn't really appeal to me on a completely subjective level.
6/10 (from the Score Me! group)
Posted 44 months ago. ( permalink )

exfordy says:

Hi. (hope this isn't too long and boring...)
This photo was taken with a Canon film camera in 1992. Today I scanned the negative and opened it in PaintShop Pro. I selected the single face. (I tried drawing around it but am not steady enough with the mouse so I used the Selection Tool set at Circle and with the shift key kept pressed progressively selected several circles - the face is nicely curved.) I inverted the selection and, still with the shift key depressed, I drew around the ribbon. That gave me the area I wanted greyscale. I copied that and pasted it as a new image. I made that new image greyscale and copied that. I pasted that as a new layer on the original coloured image.
I used the Magic Wand selector to select the eyes and painted them white. I found a photo of eyes and resized it and copied only the eyes and pasted them into my white eye areas.
I softened the edges and painted a single pixel highlight (that you can see at the larger size) on each eye.
Job done!
(There may be a quicker way to do some of this but I am learning as I go.)
Posted 44 months ago. ( permalink )

exfordy says:

M.O.C. This is so subjective (6/10 v 10/10). I wanted a face nearer the centre than the edge. This one is slightly angled so gives a slightly quizzical feel. Could have been fourth to the right of this one though.
Posted 44 months ago. ( permalink )

exfordy says:

... Oh and I tweaked the vertical perspective to get the faces to line up with the framing better...
Posted 44 months ago. ( permalink )

stupid blue says:

i love this photo! 9/10
the vertical arrangement is very pleasing to look at and the open-eyed mask is both surreal and creepy.
Posted 44 months ago. ( permalink )

linda yvonne says:

Great eye and composition. Good post processing. 9/10 Score me abstract
Posted 44 months ago. ( permalink )

Omar Junior says:

great
9/10 Score me ABSTRACT,ALTERED,PHOTOSHOPPED,ETC
Posted 44 months ago. ( permalink )

[Redboy] [deleted] says:

this remember Venice to me.
but there's something strange,
a strange feeling that i like so much.
9/10.
Red.

POST 1, SCORE 5
ABSTRACT,ALTERED,PHOTOSHOPPED,ETC.
Posted 44 months ago. ( permalink )

julkastro says:

excellent definition
score 9/10
ABSTRACT,ALTEREDED,PHOTOSHOPPED,ETC.
Posted 44 months ago. ( permalink )

kuraelangel says:

very cool... like the single colored mask. great touch
9/10
www.flickr.com/groups/abstractalteredphotosho ppedetc_post...
Posted 44 months ago. ( permalink )

Snelvis says:

Brillian composition and great use of selective colour! Instant fave.
Posted 44 months ago. ( permalink )

axiepics says:

* This was voted a hit from Hit, Miss or Maybe **
Excellent visuals.
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

Huma^ says:

I really like this picture.. love how you have used colour on one mask.. how did you pick which mask to colour?

** This was voted a HIT from Hit, Miss or Maybe **
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

.SANCHEZ. says:

** This was voted a HIT from Hit, Miss or Maybe **
.very.cool.effect.
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

exfordy says:

Hi Huma^. I wanted a face nearer the centre than the edge. This one is slightly angled so gives a slightly quizzical feel. Could have been fourth to the right of this one though.
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

ohsnap!1986 [deleted] says:

Sweet composition!

(from the 1on1 group)
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

alien2077 says:

cool effect!!
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

ChunukBair says:

Felt it very hard to mark this one, because whereas this works as a piece of art - like the Warhol prints, endlessly repeating the same picture with different colours - as a photograph, I would have preferred to see this in all B&W or all colour.

If it was to be a combo of both B&W and colour, maybe the shot could have been tightened in to four, or perhaps nine of the masks. As it is currently, with the amount of masks in there, it feels a bit of sensory overload.

Great thinking for the idea. And seeing that this was taken in New Orleans, could the one 'live' face be a metaphor for the city trying to recover? Or am I looking too deeply into it :)

From the MiRea's Realm Group, you are given a 5.5/7 ranking.
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

Reini68 says:

This picture suffers the same problem that most scanned pictures do. It doesn't appear to be sharp. I only could help with this when I bought my Coolscan and tried hours and hours on which settings I get the best results. And I keep on trying to improve it still.

I'm not so fond of the selective colorization either. I cannot tell you why, but I simply wish the colored part was the face of a human instead. This would be a clear winner.

From the MiRea's Realm Group, you are given a 5/7 ranking.
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

Kiwitui [deleted] says:

Marking on this shot is inevitably very personal. Some will love it, some not so.

I don't like the very soft focus, and the desaturation. It doesn't convert what I consider to be a very standard composition into anything special.

I feel the same about all processing really. To score well a photo needs good basics of composition.

What I do like best is your obvious willingness to experiment!

From the MiRea's Realm Group, you are given a 4.5/7 ranking.
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

Armonya says:

WOW What a job ! Congratulations !
Now this image is so different from the real shot that it is very difficult to give it a rank. Technic is not in the photo but in the work you made with tools, so that I'm going to give an opinion on the result, even if the original shot must be good to get the result you have.

From the MiRea's Realm Group, you are given a 6.5/7 ranking.
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

gundunasu u zeneize says:

Personally I would like to see this in colours, Why B&W, to make this more interesting? This is more a gray orgy! I don't get the feeling I am sorry, 4/7 from MiRea's Realm group.
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

Oshadee says:

very very good job ... but a bit more saturation would be better .. ??
From the MiRea's Realm Group, you are given a 5/7 ranking.
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

JuanJ says:

Congratulations!

Ditching the highest and lowest score you get a total of 25.5 out of 35 in the MiRea's Realm Group.

You are invited to post your pic in MiRea's Realm Upper Chamber
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

dM.nyc™ says:

Don't forget to post this in the discussion thread!

--
Seen in Just One Photo (?)
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

exfordy says:

Ooops. Thanks for the reminder Daniel and thanks for the fave.
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

Moo. Silly Moo. says:

This is absolutely creepy and gorgeous at the same time. I think it's the fact that the colored-in one has eyes. heh
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

exfordy says:

Thanks Moo.
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

iamnotanumber8885 says:

Great image. Faved.

Seen in:
www.flickr.com/groups/justonephoto/

Deserves to stay there for longer than the average. Say FIVE minutes! (Just joking!)
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

Chrisser says:

Really excellent, but time for it to be removed and be replaced with the next photo to be replaced.

www.flickr.com/groups/justonephoto/
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

LaserGuided says:

Way cool shot! Love the work on selective coloring and the eyes. Awesome work!
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

Furball says:

Art is in the eye of the beholder, to quote a popular phrase. This composition falls into that category. Too often the contributers and myself included in websites like these just dole out eye candy, but is it really art? Art is a vision up for interpretation and yours is certainly all that. In the numbers game I give it a 11...as well as a FAV.
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

exfordy says:

Belated thanks.
Thank you. Really.
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

pareeerica says:

Great photo! :)

I saw this magical picture in 'It's magical' - a photo manipulation group @ www.flickr.com/groups/its_magical
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

joel ormsby says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called MASK THE TRUTH, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

Simon says:

We loved this image so much we used it to illustrate an article about mask making.

Love VentnorBlog
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

exfordy says:

Thanks for telling me.
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

Lochithea [deleted] says:

Your image is of excellence!!
You are INVITED to Masques & Devices:

Post 2 / Comment 1
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

exfordy says:

Thanks but I do not join groups that require me to comment on other posts. Nor do I like groups that include group icon / images in their comments.
If you would like my photo in your group please use the 'Invite this photo to...' function under the comment box.
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

Mowgli Chic says:

Love this one! I am an artist, and I need your permission to use these masque photos for my painting inspiration! thanks!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

exfordy says:

Thank you. Please do use my photo. If you post a photo of the subsequent painting I'd appreciate a mention as the photographer of the photo you used for inspiration.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Mowgli Chic says:

would definitely refer to your photography..Thanks!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

VagabonderZ says:

Hi,

Your image has been used in an article at Matador. The post can be found here:

www.bravenewtraveler.com/2009/10/12/interview -jamie-catto...

Thank you for sharing your wonderful photo!

Carlo
Co-Editor Matador Trips
carlo-alcos.com
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

exfordy says:

Hi. Thanks for telling me.

--
Seen on my Flickr home page. (?)
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

K-Joy says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called creative masks, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

theconsciouslife says:

Hi Brian,

Thanks for the great picture!

I have taken the liberty to use this photo in my blog post on How to be true to yourself and hyperlinked it to your Flickr profile.

Thank you very much.

Cheers,
The Conscious Life
Posted 5 weeks ago. ( permalink )

exfordy says:

Thanks for telling me.

--
Seen on my Flickr home page. (?)
Posted 5 weeks ago. ( permalink )

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