goodbye son...  don't forget to write! by northy

goodbye son... don't forget to write!

I'm sending Taffy (@taffy) a penguin... ;D

this is for my get-pushed challenge... this week Anne (@anne_k) challenged me to "take a SOOC image using light and shadow to create a sense of drama"...

this is sooc using a monochrome picture style with the contrast boosted as high as it can go, and sharpness almost as high... i used the orange filter effect as i think it was bringing up the blue of the stamp the best...

@anne_k here's one response to the challenge you set... the nice thing about sooc is you don't have to do anything after you take it out of the camera... the sucky thing about it, of course, is making sure it's RIGHT in camera ;p i hope to be able to have more fun with this over the week!
October 28th, 2014  
Very cool shot. Nailed it!
October 28th, 2014  
Great b&w
October 28th, 2014  
Excellent work, love it
October 28th, 2014  
You've done a great job of it :)
October 28th, 2014  
Well done
October 28th, 2014  
Wonderful sense of story depicted in the image! And what great lighting to capture it, too!
October 28th, 2014  
fabulous sense of drama and mood captured here with your lighting. I met up with Taffy last evening and she was telling me about your penguins and that you were sending her one.
October 28th, 2014  
I think Taffy will take good care of Mr. Penguin.....I love the way they are looking at each other, and the little kid on skis on the stamp that is sending him off!
October 28th, 2014  
Fantastic image! You are so clever at controlling the lighting. Wow for sooc! Do you shoot in raw? Fav!
October 28th, 2014  
Great SOOC shot. I began to learn what to do to improve the quality during @vignouse's challenge. It really stretched my thinking.
October 28th, 2014  
great, all your practice with penguins is paying dividends :)
October 28th, 2014  
Wonderful shot, I love the mood and am very impressed that you did so much in-camera!
October 28th, 2014  
Wow.
October 28th, 2014  
Need to tag @taffy here or she won't know she is tagged....
October 28th, 2014  
Great shot and love it in B&W.
October 28th, 2014  
this is a very accomplished piece of work - I doubt that you could improve it even were you to process - an easy Fav for me.
October 28th, 2014  
A great way to meet the challenge. Really interesting image
October 28th, 2014  
Great Drama
October 28th, 2014  
Superb mood lighting...and having penguins in the mix always causes drama!
October 28th, 2014  
Fantastic shot.
October 28th, 2014  
I love those penguins! Brilliant and fav
October 28th, 2014  
He looks so brave with his family, saying goodbye...tugging at my heart! You (and they) will see him again soon! Can't wait!!
October 28th, 2014  
@taffy omg - he's so thrilled to be cutting loose from the apron strings and he's looking forward to the adventure... No tissues required ;D
October 28th, 2014  
Congratulations on your 1000th photo. What an achievement!
October 28th, 2014  
Wow, image 1k, so amazing. Fantastic photo for SOOC. I didn't know you had a family of penguins.
October 29th, 2014  
Great shot-love the lighting!
October 29th, 2014  
@bill_fe well you know... one needs an "heir and a spare"... or two or three or four! ;p i picked up a few extra when i was getting one for Taffy... "just in case"... oh, and really, my 1000th should have been a while ago... i've got lots of holes in my project this year...
October 29th, 2014  
@pamknowler tx Pam... yes, i almost always shoot RAW... as i was being challenged to shoot SOOC, however, this is in jpg...
October 29th, 2014  
@northy Well, even with holes, 1k is still impressive.
October 29th, 2014  
Wow- lucky Taffy! However, I am now the proud owner of a Hedgehog and he's not even plastic! Thank you Vikki! @summerfield
October 29th, 2014  
@northy thanks that explains it. I could never understand people when they said sooc but shot RAW as I know any RAW shot of mine would need at least some tweaking.
October 29th, 2014  
the penguin's journey ?
October 30th, 2014  
Off to college?
October 30th, 2014  
lol I like this
October 30th, 2014  
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