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RED TIPI

Posted by Art Monkey (Salt Spring Island, Canada) on 7 April 2007 in Sport & Recreation and Portfolio.

this is a picture of me taken in hawaii - behind me is the bonzai pipeline - where for some stupid reason I decided to swim - I love the water and I love swimming, but shortly after taking this picture I almost drown - I still love the water and I still love to swim :)

I have played with the photo in Painter - where I was basically manipulating the colour like you would on an SX70 photo

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Comments (19)

ajoeh from Mataram, Indonesia

Good color tone, little bit soft I think..

7 Apr 2007 7:17am

@ajoeh: hi ajoeh, this was a slide that was scanned and then the colours were pushed around digitally in a program called painter - I tried to reproduce the effect of smushing around emulsion on an SX70 image - that is why it is soft :)

Shuva from Hyderabad, India

That little blur(slow shutter speed) really works here, but I would have cropped off the sky to give more sense of vastness to the ocean waters.

7 Apr 2007 7:31am

@Shuva: thanks for your comments Shuva :)

Behrooz from Tehran, Iran

I agree with Shuva. The overall blur is very nice about this photo.

7 Apr 2007 7:37am

@Behrooz: thanks Behrooz

Craiger from Vacaville, California, United States

Good use of value here!

7 Apr 2007 8:00am

@Craiger: Cheers Craiger!

Richard_Irwin from Belper, United Kingdom

You were brave facing that monster wave. Looks pretty scary to me.
Like your processing in Painter, makes it look like a C41 processed print

7 Apr 2007 8:00am

@Richard_Irwin: thanks for your continuing visits and comments Richard ;)

Myst from Bologna, Italy

Great pp! Love the hue!

7 Apr 2007 8:08am

@Myst: thank you ;)

Jen from Jessup, United States

Uh that's one h%$# of a wave, watch out!!! I know what you mean about swimming and the water...LOVE IT!!!
Love the shot! Looks like you are having a blast! The pp work is perfect!
Rip Tide?!

7 Apr 2007 12:04pm

@Jen: Thanks so much Jen and yes Rip Tide is correct

alla from Toronto, Canada

I like the softness of this photo.
Where you the only one in the water?!

7 Apr 2007 2:58pm

@alla: thank you alla - yes my boyfriend (at the time) and I were the only ones in the water - there was a lifeguard watching me drown with his binoculars! - luckily, it was my boyfriend who saved me :)

Alfredo J. Martiz J. from Tokyo, Japan

Really nice processing, the result is great, Nice shot!

7 Apr 2007 3:09pm

@Alfredo J. Martiz J.: thank you Alfredo

Daroru from Osaka, Japan

Who took the picture A.M? Cool shot - really nice processing and has a great feel; you look very happy and the angle and motion blur have a sense of spontaneous, summer-holiday snap about them. Shame about nearly drowning... you would not get me in that water for love nor money...

7 Apr 2007 3:30pm

@Daroru: my boyfriend at the time took the picture - thanks for your comments

Terry from Keokuk, United States

Very interesting photo.

7 Apr 2007 4:50pm

amy from Rocky Mountain House, Canada

LOOOOOVVE what you've done with the waves! It's like Aphrodite rising from the foam (ok, I'm reading Helen of Troy right now, can you tell?) In all seriousness, I do really love what you've done. Most excellent! And by the way... ARE YOU MAD? Glad you didn't drown! Oh yeah... rip tide?

7 Apr 2007 10:34pm

@amy: thanks so much amy - your comments are always much appreciated - even though my head keeps getting bigger :)
I guess I was mad - I have never been afraid of the water - I was also younger when that picture was taken and I think now I have more respect for the sea
and rip tide is correct!

Nick Passantino from Bronx, United States

Great processing, it looks as though youre going to be taken out with the current.. Nice one

8 Apr 2007 12:49am

@Nick Passantino: thanks Nick!

Rahul from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Thats a cool capture, and the tides are high pal, get out of there quckly hehehe..... :-)

8 Apr 2007 7:26am

@Rahul: thank you Rahul ;)

Sylvia from Milano, Italy

I really like this 'portrait' and the softening effect. I agree with Amy on the Goddesss effect!

8 Apr 2007 8:03am

@Sylvia: thanks so much Sylvia!

KM Faisal from Kerala,Kalpakanchery, India

cool

8 Apr 2007 8:09am

@KM Faisal: thanks KM

miu* from GA, United States

If I were this lady,I could not smile like her.
Because I can not swim!!

10 Apr 2007 8:39pm

@miu*: ha ha - I'm sorry you cannot swim though - it's a lot of fun :)

DTW from Orlando, United States

Go there and swim in the summer, no waves then. Pipeline can be a dangerous place.

19 Apr 2007 12:32pm

Paulo Jorge Oliveira from Odivelas, Portugal

Fantastic!

23 Apr 2007 8:05am

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