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dragon... for good luck!


dragon... for good luck!
Photo Information
Copyright: Anneke Reiss (Ejtaan) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1092 W: 119 N: 1914] (9484)
Genre: Places
Medium: Black & White
Date Taken: 2007-05-28
Categories: Daily Life, Architecture, Artwork, HPP [Heavily Post-Processed]
Camera: Nikon D-70, 18-70 Nikkor DX
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-07-29 1:25
Viewed: 489
Points: 28
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Good luck to everyone... specially here on TL.

In China you see lions and dragons everywhere.
Lions are a sign of power... dragons are for good luck.
The more dragons people had in/around the house, the more luck it would bring them. So they believe...

This here is a dragon that is a roof ornament on a roof in the Yu Gardens in Shanghai.
Since the background in the original image consists of a lot of green and other dark roofs I decided to take out the background, so I made a clippingpath in Photoshop and I replaced the background with just one color; dark green here.
In our album this same dragon will be on the front page along with the title of our book: 12 may / 30 may 2007 CHINA
(over here this looks a bit silly, but I assure you in the album it looks fabulous!)

Other than the clipping path I only resized the image for TL.

Hope you like this and.... good luck to y'all!

:-)
Anneke

Pedros, s_a_s_h_a, Helkoryo, vandana2923, GreenBaron, Lanbowen, Werewolf, milas, Hendrika has marked this note useful
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To Lanbowen: HemaEjtaan 1 07-30 02:49
To s_a_s_h_a: ssht...Ejtaan 2 07-29 02:00
To Helkoryo: :-) thank you!!!Ejtaan 1 07-29 01:52
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the interesting photograph, good cold colours are adding the charm to the whole...

Hi Anneke,
I see, you have got many china's shots in the pouch...
Nice shot of china's dragon with good point of view and lovely colors composition.
Good post processing work.

Best Regards,
Alex

Good moring my friend

Superb capture and POV I love the tones here and your framing sets the image really well. Excellent and interesting notes my friend and thank you for the lucky wish

We have some sunshine now this morning, I hope the weather is nice over there for you today and that your having a good weekend too,

TFS kind regards Helen

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  • jawa Gold Star Critiquer [C: 1679 W: 0 N: 1] (10933)
  • [2007-07-29 1:57]

Hallo Anneke
Mooie comp. juist in beeld gebracht.
Ik hoop dat hij ons allen geluk en vooral gezondheid brengt.
Gr Jos

Great photo, very interesting.
Love the details captured.
Great POV and like the dark background.

Tfs Tracey

Anneke,

So right...Dragaon is sign of goodluck, and its my chinese zodiac sign too :)

Beautiful BW shot here. Sharp, well composed. TFS

Vandana

Great sharpness and clarity. Nice lighting.
TFS
Leanne

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  • puffy Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2015 W: 136 N: 3063] (16565)
  • [2007-07-29 12:19]

Oh yes.. we all can do with a bit of luck. :D Excellent sharpness, DOF and details, very nice captured, thanks for sharing Anneke.

Thanks for sharing

cheers,
Sweety

Hi Anneke

Great subject and prespective here... Fantastic

Amri HMS

Heel mooie details en fijne contrasten. Deze draak heeft heel wat details. Wat voor boek ga je maken?
Groetjes
David

Hoi Drakie,
Excellent PP-work, the dark (on my monitor black) BG takes care the dragon head get its attention needed. Perfect contrast. Regarding the PP-work, we have to sit for an hour so you can learn me (again) the tric of layers.
Take care and have a nice day!
TFS
Hans

:) Later....

Well! I'm a Lion on my Zodiac... SO i can sing I Got The Power if SNAP will not intend a pursuit! But they will never know...
It's simply give the impression he will jump to the sky in less then one second!

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  • milas Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2152 W: 379 N: 2133] (22986)
  • [2007-07-31 10:56]

merhaba myfriend anneke;
Great photo, very interesting.
Love the details captured.
Great POV
selamlar

Effe tsjekken...
Hi Anneke,
Zi is deze foto heel mooi, maar in de thumbnail komt dat niet uit ... waarschijnlijk door de zwart grijs tinten of door mijn ogen.
Hoe is het met het hoofd en hoe is het met het aftellen??
Prettig weekend,
Take care and TFS
Els

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