Patrick's suggestion - THANK YOU PJ

[Vinam]

Patrick saw something in one of my photos that I missed. He suggested it to me and I ran with it,

Here's the original, ( btw the water marks come off when they get the photos and dvd )



I don't see shapes as well as he does, but both Jim and Patrick have me working on that.. He saw a Heart in the fireworks behind the couple and let me know !



I removed some of the lines through thier heads and added some where I thought it might look better. I'm still tweeking the shape of the heart not exactly happy with it and it looks a little cheesy , but I wanted to show it and thank Patrick the best way I know ... show him !

thanks buddy,

Vin

[pjflan7]

Hey Vin...one more suggestion.....it looks like there is more smoke over their head than in the original? I would remove the smoke entirely above the couple......makes them look like one smoking hot couple...lol Is there a way you can confine the smoke to the perimeter of the fireworks and let it be black among the stars?

[Vinam]

Well bud if you were to look close, you'd see it says " heart by PJ " in the smoke, just kidding LOL .

I was debating if I should use the greyish smoke fill or more clear and black..I see what you mean, it's distracting.. I'm still playing with it, and I agree it'll look better when thier heads aren't smoldering.

With such randomness in the background , I can pretty much do whatever I want with it.. opacity makes it easy to clone or heal with a soft brush.

We'll get another look tomorrow, I might even rip apart a few of my fireworks shots and combine something less spikey... not really sure,, but now I'm curious on what I can do with it, I just don't want it to look like a hack job.

Thanks very much,

Vin

[lindyannajones]

Hey, Vin, Lin....What a great suggestion to find the heart in the photo. Aren't you the guy who once said "I don't do portraits?" I guess you do! One of my favorite parts of the photo is seeing your name and the word "Photographer". That makes my heart sing! Really nice work, Vin. Love, Lin