Good evening from a cooler Hastings.
This weeks challenge by Sonel’s Corner Photo-Editing Challenge is feathers. I knew this was coming up but didn’t really have any feather photos as such. Only loads of photos of ducks and birds. But I wanted something different. The other day I opened up the egg carton to get some eggs out for dinner and guess what I found. That’s right. A beautiful feather. So dinner was delayed just so that I could take some photos. I don’t normally do still life but it was fun to see how many different ways I could take photos of a single hens feather.
So here they are:
They have all been edited with GIMP for a cartoon affect just to bring out the details and textures a bit more before I headed to FX Photostudio Pro for the final editing and then Photoshop to add the copyright. I just tried out different affects for the different looks.
I just loved seeing the other posts for this challenge. There is definitely a Hitchcock feel to some of them which is fun. So here are some of the other posts for this challenge:
http://sonelscornerphotochallenge.wordpress.com/2014/01/27/photo-editing-challenge-feathers/
(Not) Alfred Hitchcock’s…..The Seagulls
http://deelusionsphotography.wordpress.com/2014/01/28/sonels-photo-editing-challenge-feathers/
http://hopethehappyhugger.wordpress.com/2014/01/27/sonels-corner-photo-editing-challenge-feathers/
http://beccagivens.wordpress.com/2014/01/28/feathers-sonels-photo-edit-2/
Sonel’s Photo-Editing Challenge: Feathers
http://firebonnet.com/2014/01/28/photo-editing-my-feathered-friends/
http://emiliopasquale.wordpress.com/2014/01/27/photo-editing-challenge-feathers/
Thanks for visiting.
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Wow! These are truly amazing shots Raewyn and the edits are stunning! I bet the family wasn’t very impressed..LOL, but I am glad you found the feather. It would have been a great loss if you did not take photo’s of it as you’ve captured it so well. Thanks for taking part and for sharing. 😀 *hugs*
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Hehe. They are used to me now. It is a lovely feather of contrasts. Soft and more defined. 😀
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I am very surprised that a feather showed up in your egg carton considering all the steps an egg probably goes through during packaging. That must have been one tenacious mother hen. And you’ve done a great job. I think my favorite is the first shot. It looks like it’s been lit from behind.
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I mean the first one with the broken egg shell!
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I know. That was staged as a still life. 😀
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Thank you. I think that is my favourite shot too as it really shows up the feather. Yes, I was very surprised to see the feather and I still have it. 😀
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Love your feathery photos 🙂
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How serendipitous! I’m a fan of the first shot and edit (broken egg). The back light is really cool.
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😀
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I love all your edits! Great job. 😀
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Thank you. 😀
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