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[Gina]

I had this vision during the time my dear sister was pregnant. We spoke about the idea and with her kind co-operation, this is the result. Please give me your thoughts and comments, this is my most challenging work so far and also the longest time to create.

[mib2]

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Hi Gina

Kinda scarey photograph and this would look great in a gallery.

Dave R

https://www.daveritchie.com

[jojo]

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Very different Gina - certainly made my eyes open wide when viewing. As per Dave's comments I'm sure it's got gallery potential. As and when, how did you achieve it?

jo

[Autumn]

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Sensitive and brilliantly executed. It is a most amazing and unusual piece of work Gina. Well done.

I also would like to know how it was achieved.

[Pops]

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Brilliant work. Excellent lighting and presentation

[Autumn]

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You know Gina, I don't really know how good this pic is technically, but I think it is fairly unique (of course there are probably dozens if I looked for them), but if I were you I would be making sure I had a better copyright mark on it. Although yours has your name it could very easily be cropped. I know you can make them to go right through the image. I haven't done it myself but I am sure someone would tell you how to make your photograph more secure.

Hope you don't mind me saying so.

[Gina]

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Thank you everyone for commenting. I am happy to explain how I achieved this image but as Audrey has pointed out, this is one of a kind as far as my research leads me to believe. I've trawled the net and books for months to find something similar. I really do need help with embedding a copyright in my work now and any advice would be very much appreciated.

The concept behind this image was to give my sister something remarkaby different and I believed from the start I could achieve it. We talked about how to achieve the end result and although I'm very pleased with the end result, I might have found a different technique that will be even better. I will give details on how I achieved this as soon as my final experiment is complete and I have found out how to protect my work, other than plastering my name all over the image.

Finally, does anyone know a professional portrait photographer personally that wouldn't mind having a chat with me about my work? I'd like to broaden my horizons and get my work seen by the right people with more critique and advice but the net is a minefield of sites that give 'nice work / great shot' comments and I need more detail than that now. I know my work is not technically perfect but I'm working on that and believe in myself, my portrait work is good and I have people asking how much I charge to do portraits now

I really do love this site and all of you that contribute. I've never found any other photo site that offers what DP Now does.

[Autumn]

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Gina, I googled and found this on UTube:

[ame]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=IqZoHhBTEvY[/ame]

It's quite good if you use Photoshop and Lightroom.

There are others under Google, but I haven't looked at them. Good Luck.

[Gina]

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Thanks Audrey, I'll find something that works but I can't afford Photoshop or Lightroom

[Caz]

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Late again.... but a beautiful image Gina - and I agree with the previous comments about protecting it.

I don't know what photo-editing software you use, but I did a quick google search and found a couple of sites that offer free watermarking software.

I know Picnik (part of flickr) and the online Photoshop Express will let you add text to your image, but not sure how effective they would be.

[ekkl]

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Gina, have a look for Picasa3, that is out now and you can do loads with it and it's free.

Good pic by the way.

Paul.

[Jocelyn Walker]

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Gina....superb! I can appreciate just how much time & patience (creativity) went into achieving your quite unique photo!

[Jocelyn Walker]

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Gina, last week Cogito mentioned a website that has loads of really useful & interesting photo effects, one of which was how to create your own watermark! It may be worth having a look! www.photoshopessentials.com/photoeffects