we were made for this!

women's hockey... Canada vs US... going for gold :D

ok - the fact that we won may be the only redeeming feature of this image...

for get pushed this week, Laurie (@luvmynynix) challenged me to tilt-shift photography... i have never tried it before and all i can say is that i suck at it big time!

first challenge - can't find a decent scene... i might just possibly be able to get myself to an overpass this week to catch a train to tilt-shift, but it's iffy due to kid sports commitments...

second challenge - tilt shift processing... i have photoshop for heavens sake, which has tilt shift built in... you'd think i could figure it out... nope - not a chance... after messing around with a variety of different bits of software and tools, i ended up copying the original image, adding gaussian blur, and then masking out around the big screen... totally lame... Sorry Laurie!

[Simply Amanda]

Cool effect here.

[Kerri]

Very cool shot

[☠northy]

@luvmynynix - i think this one defeated me... i know it was supposed to be outdoors and landscape, but no chance to get somewhere high enough for an outdoors shot this week so i had to take the liberty of shooting indoors :)

[Terri]

Cool

[Lisa Poland]

Silver, that's OK, we'll take that. I just wish they were showing it on TV. We have DVRed all of the Olympics on NBC and they didn't show the men's big game between U.S. and Russia. Hoping they at least show the last two games.

[Maggiemae]

An interesting shot - I can't watch hockey as it's too rough! There is a tilt shift option in both befunky and ribbet!

[Spanner]

This has worked fantastically well. Nice work.

[Laurie]

Oh my goodness! You are waaaay too hard on yourself! This is great! The people next to the screen totally look like they are from a miniature set! Love this! Can't wait to give it a shot myself!

[Sally Ings]

I really like it, the effect has worked in my humble opinion! Btw a tutorial I have seen shows exactly what you described you did.

[Trinda Love]

I agree with those who think you did an amazing job on this processing!

[Paul Myers]

Congratulations on the win. two inches to the right and that empty net shot hits nothing but net and the US wins. That's the way the puck bounces I guess.

You might want to read through this.
http://www.digitalphotoguide.net/post-production/simulated-tilt-shift-using-photoshop-elements/

[Call me Joe]

love it !

[Nancy]

Cool shot..congrats..exciting!

[summerfield]

to my limited knowledge of anything photographic, this is tilt-shift. just so you know, i was made to sit and watch the game tonight. i don't know why when it's already over and done with, canada already won, so why i had to watch it was beyond me. on a more positive note, i cut out a lot of grocery coupons. :-)

[jayn]

looks great to me. love this shot - your processing is brilliant

[jerry plume]

Cute little people! Congrats on your big win!

[Lisa]

I love the processing. very creative.

[Shanne]

@northy - the best instructions I've seen are the ones @asrai gave when he did his amazing shots (probably before you started here) http://365project.org/asrai/365/2011-07-29 http://365project.org/asrai/365/2011-08-14
He explains on the first shot how to do it.

[Jay Holm]

Men play today. Go U.S.A.

[Charlotte]

Amazing, love the selective focus.

[Lou]

Well heck, I like it. Sorry about the digital shenanigans - they can be a real pain, can't they? Anywho, congrats on the win. But please tell the people who made that sign to work on their comma negligence. It's killing me.

[Humphrey Hippo]

And what an awesome game it was too! :)

[Andreas]

I hope you beat the Swedes in the final, they become so full of themselves when they win ;-)

[Penny Price]

Love the processing.

[Pea]

This is such a cool effect, I think it looks great! I've not heard of this before but you've inspired me to give it a try

[Steve Angell]

This is great...well done!
You nailed it!

[Katia]

What a neat capture!!! :)