This is one I did for my 365 Club Self-Portrait Challenge. For Cee’s challenge I changed it by adding a sepia tone. I am not sure which one I like better. Which one do you prefer ?
The wings were added in Gimp with a brush that was sourced from ‘hawksmont’ at deviantART.
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Published by Jo Bryant
I was born in the land of Banjo Paterson, gum trees, and weather extremes.
I am a freelance photographer. I love to make images that make people happy. To capture forever a precious moment.
I am also a freelance writer/editor.
I live in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, but still like to claim my Australian heritage.
I graduated with a Bachelor of Communications in 2008.
I am writing my first novel.
I love to write poetry, short stories, and also write for the web.
And there is nothing that is on a par with a sunny summer's day spent at Waihi Beach.
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How very beautiful!!! Excellent work. Thanks so much for sharing with us.
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Thanks Cee ! I am having fun with these challenges.
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I loved this one, until I looked again at the first one, and have decided I like the other one best!
I’m funny about sepia, I lie trying it out but am rarely happy with the results!
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^like!
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I am a bit the same with sepia. I like my back better on this one. The wings are less defined, but I think I do prefer the other image. I just have to smudge the wings a bit more on my back to blend them i think.
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I am really enjoying the challenge though – of coming up with a different image every day. And I am learning so much about the camera and what I can do with it !! it is cool as well that the other guys in the challenge are really helpful and full of experience. They don’t mind explaining how they did what they did to this ignorant little Kiwi !!!
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I like this one, I don’t think digital sepia has the impact of chemical sepia, which I loved tinkering with in the dark room…
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I never used a darkroom sadly. What are the main differences you find between them that you could do with chemical sepia that you can’t with digital ??
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The chemical sepia attacks the various tones better, and if you have a really good contrasty picture the results are really enhanced. Haven’t tried a comparison, i.e. print a digital image on paper and sepia that. I just find the digital sepia to be insipid mostly, even with contrasty shots.
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It would be interesting to compare the difference in a shot using both methods.
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I prefer the sepia!
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Okay…but why Russell ???
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I don’t know. The first one seemed a little schmaltzy to me. The sepia conveys a sense of gravitas. With your back to the camera, you are looking forward, and the future is always a bit murky, isn’t it?
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I really do like them both and it’s hard to choose. It’s the wings. Different but both giving you that finishing touch. I vote door number one AND two 😀
P.S, then you lost me at Gimp and hawksmont and deviantart. DANG I wish I knew about that stuff!
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Thanks Gemma !! GIMP is a photoediting software like Photoshop only free. Hawksmont is the person who made the wings [as a brush you can use in GIMP…kinda like a stamp], and put them up on deviantART for others to use.
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very beautiful..
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Thanks kz !!
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Either, or. Fly baby fly.
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Thanks HH !!! i am always trying…to fly that is !
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This angel’s got no arms but looks much more etherial and other-worldly (the other of a specific, imaginary world) – but either way, it’s a terrific experiment Jo. 🙂
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Look again Meredith…she has arms…faint but they are there.
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Glad you like my experiment.
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Love the sepia. You know I love angels, and I love this. Beautiful!
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Thanks Angeline…you know, they are actually dragon wings I used…hehehehe
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I can’t chose between them angel, both are ethereal and lovely.
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Awwwwwwwwww…you called me angel !!! Made my day.
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I like the softness in this one.
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Thanks !!! I sure had fun getting it right in the end.
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I like them both very much.
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Thanks. I do too…I keep jumping between them as a favourite.
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Very beautiful and creative… such is the reflection of an Angel!…….. Wonderful Jo….. sending you a Hug or three xox
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Thanks Sue…especially for the hugs !!!!!!!!
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I like this one better, but don’t ask me why. 🙂 They’re both beautiful, Jo.
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It is great hearing from everyone which they like better…things like this are so subjective. And sometimes we will never know why one image speaks to us more than another.
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Love it with the sepia!
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Thanks…the speia seems to be a hit with most people.
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Very beautiful! And the sepia one is my favourite too. A giggle for dragon wings…
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Thanks…glad to hear you like it
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They are both amazing but I like this one more. And especially love those wings you’ve added. So exquisite.
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Thanks…the sepia one does seem to be the favourite of the two.
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I like the other-worldliness of this one, and the character of the other. Win win situation, and you are just too clever!
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Awwwwww…thanks Jo. not me…the software is the clever one…hehehe
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How lovely
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Thanks Suzanne
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Beautiful and imaginative!
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Thanks Tamara !!
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Very cool, angel, Jo.
Thank you.
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Thank you Hook.
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They are both very creative, but I think I prefer the other version.
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I like them both but for very different reasons.
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Both lovely … but I’m going with this one Jo … so dreamy and light you could float off the page … 😉
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Thanks Poppy !!!!
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They are both absolutely beautiful, but I think i like the other one a wee bit better 🙂 Amazed at your creativity Jo!
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Thanks Madhu…I keep hopping between them. I like them both but for different reasons.
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Beautiful shots.. Love ’em both. 🙂
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Thanks Eliz…I waffle between them.
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They’re good in different ways. I prefer the black and white, if I were to imagine it framed on a wall. Somehow, the sepia looks washed out below the neck on my screen.
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I like one one minute then theother the next…they are both so different it is hard to decide for me.
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It was hard to decide, but I like the colors in the other one better. This one is nice and has more of a chalk pastel feel to it, which would explain the softness, but I just like the colors in the other one. LOVE that you used dragon wings instead of feathery ones. 😉
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I rock back and forth between them depending on my mood. I knew you would like the dragon wings…they had a lot more substance than angel wings…oh dear I hope Cas isn’t listening.
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