Painted Illusion, created by nellista

Painted Illusion
final rank: 1 out of 32 (final score: 57.2 %)
for contest: murals

This is a photo I took in the streets of Quebec.
What you see in the image is actually a huge back wall of a building that has
been painted to create a 3d live effect. I was struck by the credibility of the
painting!
The photo was taken by me with a Canon PowerShot SD700 IS.
As it was a cloudy day...the initial photo was a bit too dark.
Therefore I had to make some adjustment, as level and brightness and contrast.
I also sharpened the image slightly and added a bit of gaussian blur with an
overlay blending mode.

this entry has 5 comment(s)
final score: 57.2 %
votes placed: 116
submitted: 2 years and 256 days ago

Night Watch, created by nellista

Night Watch
final rank: 22 out of 50 (final score: 51.3 %)
for contest: moon rise

Photo taken by me with a Canon PowerShot SD700 IS.
Simple adjustments: levels, hue/saturation, brightness/contrast.

this entry has 2 comment(s)
final score: 51.3 %
votes placed: 128
submitted: 2 years and 256 days ago

Colors in the Night..., created by nellista

Colors in the Night...
final rank: 27 out of 50 (final score: 49.7 %)
for contest: moon rise

These beautiful sky and moon at night only took a few minutes and I was lucky
enough to grab my camera just in time to catch some really amazing colors as I
have rarely seen during the night.
Photo taken by me with a Canon PowerShot SD700 IS.
The colors are purely real...I only added some contrast to the whole image.

this entry has 3 comment(s)
final score: 49.7 %
votes placed: 128
submitted: 2 years and 256 days ago

Forgotten Belief, created by nellista

Forgotten Belief
final rank: 26 out of 52 (final score: 49.3 %)
for contest: parasite plants

Picture taken with a Canon PowerShot SD700 IS.
Cropped, adjusted levels, brightness and contrast, added gaussian blur and
changed blending mode to overlay. Then lowered opacity for convenience.

this entry has 4 comment(s)
final score: 49.3 %
votes placed: 150
submitted: 2 years and 256 days ago

God's Will, created by nellista

God
final rank: 40 out of 52 (final score: 47.9 %)
for contest: parasite plants

I took this picture in my home country with a Canon PowerShot SD700 IS.
I loved the angle of the shot, the texture and color of the ivy!
I only added a slight gaussian blur, changed blending mode to soft light and
lowered the opacity down to 65%.

I hope you like it just as much as I did!

this entry has 0 comment(s)
final score: 47.9 %
votes placed: 141
submitted: 2 years and 256 days ago

Nature's Rights, created by nellista

Nature
final rank: 45 out of 52 (final score: 46.6 %)
for contest: parasite plants

After a quick research I discovered that the wild mistletoe is considered to be
a parasite plant. Please check:
http://www.botgard.ucla.edu/html/botanytextbooks/lifeforms/parasiticplants/a0236
tx.html

Photo taken with Canon PowerShot SD700 IS.
Cropped, I erased the date that was on the image by mistake, adjusted levels
and contrast, added gaussian blur and changed blending mode to overlay with an
opacity of 73%.

this entry has 3 comment(s)
final score: 46.6 %
votes placed: 141
submitted: 2 years and 256 days ago

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