Holiday Spirits

© David S. April

Holiday Spirits

Uploaded: December 17, 2004 10:10:52

Description

This year's family holiday card - hope you like it. Dina, Samantha and Dave are wrapped in cheap colored gauze from Hobby Lobby. We had fun doing a variety of poses but it was very uncomfortable being shrunken down and stuffed in the jar to pose for the picture. Zach's image holding the jar was not very well lit and was pretty noisy, so I cleaned it up with a few different noise reduction tools (NeatImage and Noiseware) and did some dodging, burning as well as spot editing to remove som

Comments

Brinn MacDougall December 17, 2004

This is great, David!! Dave, doesn't look to happy..lol..alot of work and well worth it!! #197320

Gary A. Meier December 17, 2004

This is FANTASTIC!! #981669

Peggy Wolff January 04, 2005

This is incrediable! I absolutly LOVE this photo! I predict big wins for this one! #1014846

Diane Dupuis January 05, 2005

This is so creative and well executed! What an amazing idea! So well done! #1015493

Gloria B. Wood January 05, 2005

Oh my Goodness....here is the best of the best in creative photography! I am so impressed...just love this!!! Excellent! A+ #1015862

Leanne M.E. Boyd January 05, 2005

Wow, David - you went to alot of work putting this together, and it shows! Very creative and magicial. #1015910

Amy M. Parish January 05, 2005

This is so cool! Wish I had thought of it. Your friends and family must have LOVED it! Great job! #1016051

Kathleen K. Parker level-deluxe January 05, 2005

This is the best funny Christmas card I have ever seen!! LOLOL I Love It!!
Kathleen #1016344

Roseann E. Dreasher January 18, 2005

This is definitely the most creative and attractive holiday card yet! Congrats on your very well deserved finalist (and probably win!)
RED #1044537

Donna J. Eaton January 18, 2005

This is wonderful David! Soooo creative! Congratulations on your finalist! #1045524

Mata Patan January 19, 2005

This shot deserves the grand prize winner on my opinion. It is magic, original, full of work and so nice. I like the expression of the boy, he is an actor! Congratulations! #1047537

Diane Dupuis January 20, 2005

Congrats on your finalist David! I'm still lovin' it!! #1051927

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