In the Corner pictures

Last retouch, thanks for wise counsel !

In the corner picture by apraxine of the Independents
for Seagull photoshop strange pictures contest
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15 User comments about In the Corner pictures

Keb

Nice work here. I am convinced this is an actual photo.

ale8oneboy

*sings* "... Thats me in the corner... thats me in the spot light losing my religion..." *stops singing*
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Hamid1976

Did a great job, but I think if you made the shadow on the beak follow the contours of the face and beak a little more and maybe lower the opacity just a tad it would be much more realistic. This way the face looks a little flat to me, but that’s just me. Overall excellent execution Good Luck

kibuyu

Very convincing, nice attention to lighting. I would just darken his feet some. It's a white chair, so his pink feet should be darker than what they are standing on, no.

Skorpion

Nice execution and attention to shadows, also idea is nice and require some imagination. Well done. Maybe just lil size of the bird and this will be done.

Laff

Yep... the boids too big. But brill composition... love it. Little more work and you are smokin. Great job.

Keb

Editing really brought this to life. Nice work.

kibuyu

, this is looking so great. My only suggestion now is to make that shadow at base of his bill not so dark - similar to the stripe shadow on his breast. Then, you could have a winner.

raygregory

I think this is the most visually interesting of the lot. Very ambitious too. Shadows are difficult (for me anyway). I'm just wondering if it should be a bit fuzzier (but this is not a suggestion, just something to expereiment with). For example, the shadow of the top of the chair closest to the wall would be a bit sharper than the shadow of the forward chair leg (which is further from the wall). For this purpose, I'd use the blur tool, set kinda low, and just run over it selectively by hand (though maybe there's a more advanced gradient way to do the same thing).

NewsMaster

Beautifully done. After the edit, I would never guess it's not a real photo, should I have seen it outside of contest

Hamid1976

Congrats on a well deserved Trophy...

NewsMaster

Congrats on the win apraxine, AND on your first gold. You were the only one stopping mean chopping machine Hamid from having a clean sweep

Hamid1976

Tell me about it.. Seriously Congrats again, it was a great Chop...

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