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This is my 2nd attempt at Manip, my entry for the 'Cottingley Fairies' contest at the wonderful #Manip-Contest in the beginner category.

:iconmanip-contest:

[link]

I sorta overdid the 'trying to make the photo look old' I think, and there are several things as a newbie, you look at and think 'should I change that?", but I thought the more I messed with it, the worse it may become.
And now its loaded up it looks even darker!! Oh well!
I quite like it, but LOVED doing it! I will become good at this stuff!!

Credits:

Girl: Eirian Stock - [link]

3 fairies: Jaymasee - [link]

Room: Rayvenstock - [link]


GREAT NEWS!! Runner up in Beginner category!! :)

:iconmanip-contest-award:
Image size
1425x1728px 466.01 KB
Make
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
Model
KODAK DX6490 ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA
Shutter Speed
1/64 second
Aperture
F/2.8
Focal Length
6 mm
ISO Speed
80
Date Taken
Aug 10, 2008, 3:17:38 PM
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:star::star::star::star-empty::star-empty: Overall
:star::star::star::star-empty::star-empty: Vision
:star::star::star::star-empty::star-empty: Originality
:star::star::star::star-empty::star-empty: Technique
:star::star::star::star-empty::star-empty: Impact

Ok.... I am going to try to write my first ever critique here <img src="e.deviantart.net/emoticons/f/f…" width="33" height="15" alt=":fingerscrossed:" title="I've got my fingers crossed."/>

Firstly, I love your choice of stock - it all goes together very well.

You have done very well with the ageing effect in general - the big point here is, if you take a look at old photos, they do not blur with age. Admittedly photos taken back then would be nowhere near as sharp as those taken using today's cameras, but I think there is a little too much blurring - not sure if it is possible/easy to reduce the blurring at this stage.

Over all, a very, very good manip for being so new to it.

I am sure I have missed some points, but I am not an expert manipulator myself - so I am only really critiquing the points I can see - hope you find this helpful <img src="e.deviantart.net/emoticons/d/d…" width="29" height="21" alt=":dance:" title="Dance!"/>