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Country Memories

© Karma Wilson

Country Memories

Uploaded: August 18, 2004 08:08:04

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The other day as my husband sighted in his gun I took my daughter down the road to get pictures of wheat and cows. But I got some precious pictures of her that reminded me of my childhood in the country. The day was hazy (field burning) so I applied a blur overlay layer in GIMP to work with that dreamy feel.

Comments

Mellanie August 18, 2004

Love it!! Very country feeling! Wonderful job, Karma!! #159577

Tammy L. Odell August 18, 2004

Love this image Karma!! Love that wide open country!! #719280

Dan Holm August 18, 2004

Excellent image, Karma! Love the simple, strong composition and the color! #719283

Doug Wean August 18, 2004

A painting!Beautiful idylic Image! Beautiful effects!

Doug #719398

Larry Lawhead level-deluxe August 18, 2004

Great shot, Karma, it has a timeless feel!!

Larry

#719462

Jennifer Rennison August 18, 2004

Wonderful composition and colors. Beautiful, Karma! #719485

Ellen L. Zaslaw August 18, 2004

Nice work ! Very effective ! Lovely. Evokes a very dreamy mood/feeling ! #719486

Casey A. Hanson August 18, 2004

This is lovely!
Nice job Karma! #719490

Peggy Wolff August 18, 2004

Very pretty Karma! I love the soft muted colors with the soft focus. :o) #719596

Cathy Gregor August 18, 2004

This is a really beautiful composition, Karma! I like the way the road takes me through the picture.
-cathy #719607

cj patterson August 18, 2004

great image. looks like a postcard. beautiful airy feel to it. can almost feel the wind blowing! great work! #719646

Colette M. Metcalf August 18, 2004

Lovely image, Karma!!! #719713

Wendy M. Amdahl level-deluxe August 18, 2004

Wow Karma...I've been away all day and I just started looking around...how beautiful this is! Nice capture! #719822

Elisabeth A. Gay August 19, 2004

Nice shot of a little barefoot country girl!! :) #721132

Karma Wilson August 19, 2004

I just wanted to take a moment to thank all of you for your wonderful comments. I've had so much fun learning photography and I feel looking at all the pictures here and reading the discussions is making me a better photographer. Thank you all...I am looking forward to learning more each day.

Karma #721271

Tammy Nuxoll August 19, 2004

Wonderful Capture Karma!! #721457

Sharon Day August 19, 2004

I loved this one right away! The child walking and the curve of the road. She looks so carefree. Nice composition :) #722353

Audrea Telkamp August 31, 2004

I love this image!! It captures exactly what growing up "rural" feels like!! #748200

Wendy M. Amdahl level-deluxe September 13, 2004

Congratulations my friend on your well deserved finalist! :o) #774508

Mellanie September 13, 2004

Congrats, Karma!!! #774609

Jennifer Rennison September 13, 2004

Congratulations, Karma! #775704

Laura Berman September 13, 2004

Way to go, Karma! Congrats on an excellent image! #775716

Donna J. Taff September 13, 2004

Congratulation's, Karma!!!!! #775739

Deborah Sandidge September 13, 2004

Congrats to you, Karma! #776099

Dan Holm September 13, 2004

Alright, Karma! Congratulations!!! #776105

Kelly Abernathy level-classic September 13, 2004

Congratulations ! -K #776244

Judith G. Secco September 14, 2004

Congratulations, Karma! Wonderful image.
Judy #777360

Karma Wilson September 14, 2004

Thank you everyone! I'm honored!

Karma #778265

Dale Ann Cubbage September 14, 2004

Congrats Karma! #778302

Stacey A. Bates September 14, 2004

Congrats Karma, a wonderful image :-) #778654

Karen Beri September 14, 2004

Congrats Karma, on this beautiful image! #779452

Teri F. Inman September 14, 2004

I didn`t comment before.....don`t know how I missed it but this is beautiful. Reminds me of my growing up days. Congratulations! Well deserved, Karma!!

Blessings
Teri in Canada #779476

Audrea Telkamp September 14, 2004

Congratulations Karma!! #780550

Noel Baebler September 14, 2004

This is an image to remember always. Absolutely a moment. Congratulations! #780839

Murry Grigsby September 14, 2004

Congrats Karma! #780958

Carol Brill September 14, 2004

Wonderful work, Karma, congratulations and best of luck! #781263

Janet Detota September 17, 2004

Congratulations on making the finals. Beautiful capture! #787754

Colette M. Metcalf September 18, 2004

Congratulations!!! #790178

Sal September 19, 2004

Congratulations Karma! #791235

Mary K. Robison September 22, 2004

Wonderful capture with terrific perspective, Karma. Congratulations on its finalist spot!
Your entire gallery is awesome (an adjective I rarely use)! #798831

Susana Matos October 05, 2004

Congratulations, one of my favorites!
Cheers from Portugal, Su #824282

Kathleen K. Parker level-deluxe October 16, 2004

Beautiful and congratulations for the finalist!!!
kathleen #847811

Tammy McAllister October 17, 2004

Love the mood you created Karma! Congratulation! #850806

Dave Tilley November 16, 2004

Great shot. However, I wanted to suggest something else. By doing a quick edit in PS I was able to further promote your dreamy effect in a neat way that you you might want to try next time.

1. Balance the Levels. Try the Auto feture is you are new to this. The histogram showed a High-key image.

2. Duplicate the layer twice. You should now have three layers, all indentical.

3. Go to the top-most layer, and apply Gaussian Blur. Usually 3-4 pixels is enough. You want to blur the image but still maintain the image shape.

4. Apple the same blur to the next layer.

5. You botttom layer remains untouched.

6. The top layer should be set to Screen.

7. The second layer should be set to Overlay.

8. Adjust the layer opacity of the top two layers. A range of 45-70% each. This is more subjective. Adjust the opacity until the "dreamy" feeling is achieved, but not overwhelming.

9. Also, play with the layer order of the top two layers. The Screened layer might look better on top of the Overlay layer, or vice-versa. It depends on the image composition.

Don't think me presumptuous. I just sawy this great image, and thought it could be enhanced even further. #916585


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