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Toy's effect

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Title     Toy's effect
Photographer     rodadur/Philippe (1,475) Send mail to this user
Portfolio     Colors
Categories     Abstract
Humorous
Sports
Camera     D70
Content advisory     G (general audiences)
Submitted     February 4, 2008 1:55:45 PM CST
Views     514
Rating     10 Thumb-up

Those rugby players are real ones ! If they seem to be toys, that's because I accentuated within PS the blur both backwards and on the front of the picture. This way, the DOF is very limited as if the scene was shot only few centimeters in front of the camera. Colors are also heavily saturated in order to accentuate the sensation, as toys colors are generally very strong.

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Non-conforming thumb-up Non-conforming thumb-up Non-conforming thumb-up    from knes/Anne (961) Send mail to this user on June 8, 2008 7:01:24 AM CDT

Brillant image. anne...

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From rodadur/Philippe (1,475) Send mail to this user on June 8, 2008 7:30:22 AM CDT

:-) again !

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Thumb-up Thumb-up    from lenormand/Philippe (4,344) Send mail to this user on May 23, 2008 3:51:28 AM CDT (2)

Nice effect and beautiful colors. It seems it may be improved by smoothing out a bit more the transitions between sharp and blurred areas.
Have you been inspired by the works of Japanese photographer Naoki Honjo ?

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Thumb-up    from zsoody/Zsolt (200) Send mail to this user on February 9, 2008 3:11:23 PM CST (2)

Hello Philippe, Yes, you achieved your goal with this picture. The players really look like toys and I always liked pictures like this. There are a few things I don’t like. The players in white are good but nothing is there to excite the viewer. The action is on the upper right corner but the picture is blurred there. Therefore, this version of your photo has lost the center of interest. The blurring on the Goalpost is bad. You have to selectively blur that area. In the front it is less blurred than it is in the back. Don’t give up! Good idea!

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Thumb-up Thumb-up Thumb-up    from lumapluma/Andrea (15,959) Send mail to this user on February 5, 2008 2:25:40 AM CST (2) Early critique

Hi Philippe Great idea just the opposite of this month assignement (it could be an idea for the next one) The job you did in post process is fabulous Thanks for sharing

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Thumb-up Thumb-up    from driesje/Andries (1,127) Send mail to this user on February 4, 2008 2:39:00 PM CST (3) Early critique

Philippe, good job.

In addition to what was already said, it looks like you also did something to the grass? Almost like some fake grass you see on a toy train set as well. One additional change is nice as well: the crop. It strengthens the idea of toys (kind of like you are looking at a table. Together with the grazing angle it was shot at: Nice!

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From rodadur/Philippe (1,475) Send mail to this user on February 4, 2008 2:47:23 PM CST

Thanks Andries for your appreciation. Nothing specific for the grass, it is the color saturation (specially the yellow) that adds to the sensation it is not real grass.

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Thumb-up Thumb-up    from a14711b/Doug (486) Send mail to this user on February 4, 2008 2:22:03 PM CST (3) Early critique

You achieved your desired results well. I though they were toys that should have been entered in last month's assignment. Nice work reducing DOF and color of field looks almost game board like. Thanks for sharing.

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