Softened Sampans

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• hugolef (183)
• [2005-01-08 11:08]

Nice shot Thong. Tones are soft, DOF and frame excellent.
I had better this one than food (haha!)
Best regards

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• lilycat (1770)
• [2005-01-08 11:24]

I like the softened look. It really works well in this shot. Nice job.

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• hftey (328)
• [2005-01-08 11:26]

Nice work.. You know what, I just learned the technique this morning and tried it on my wife portrait. I love the effect, too bad my wife not allowing me to post that picture on treklens :)

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• fooeleen (2316)
• [2005-01-08 13:07]

nicely done, thong. i love the way this looks so dreamy...like there's a dozen stories to be told....nice ps work. i love it:)

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• padre (4035)
• [2005-01-08 16:50]

This is soft and erie. The positioning gives depth. Nice eye.

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• ywho79 (570)
• [2005-01-08 18:32]

Another extra step you can do is to duplicate another layer and add a 'reveal all' mask to it. Then using black foreground and white background brush, slowly 'paint' the parts of the picture where you need it to be sharp. Remember to set 'flow control' to 20% and opacity to 50% for the brush.

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• Miqra (0)
• [2005-01-09 10:17]

This looks almost etherial....I love what you did with the color and softening, excellent!

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• hojper (4087)
• [2005-01-09 17:14]

That is extremely nice softening of a beautiful shot taken at an interesting angle and composed very originally (little sky, front boat not complete, empty space on the right). But it all adds up to something very attractive and fascinating. Good first attempt.

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• maleentjeh (66)
• [2005-01-23 12:58]

Hi Thong, I just discovered this one. You did again a great job pp on this picture. Very very nice, very calming atmosphere. I like your work

Marleen

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• flyingdutchie (184)
• [2005-03-17 16:18]

I like the mood that this picture exudes. "A welcomed rest after a good day's work" :=)

I think the picture would have been even stronger if the background was blurred out even more.