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Photo of the day (April 2008)
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thanks, that was my intention
thanks
it's got a lot of photoshop work and i really don't know when to stop. i may have over post processed this one but i still like it a lot.
New York City
December 24th, 2007
D40 | 1/80 at /4.0 | 20 mm | ISO 200
i like the colors very much.
So Im posting a picture today since Im a little bored, and very introspective. Photographs mean so much to me, and when I take an amazing photograph Im overwhelmed to look at, just as I am when I see other's work. But early this morning I got a refreshed outlook on what pictures truly mean. Im posting this picture because it's not very good, in fact its no more than a mid-priced P&S picture with no Photoshopping, no color correction, its overexposed at the lamp, the composure is awful, and only one of the subjects even realize Im taking the photo. But in the middle is my Aunt Betty who passed away from pancreatic cancer about a month ago with no more than 6 days notice. It was when I seen it, the first once since her passing, that I realized once again the true magic of the photograph. They capture moments that you can never get back.
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It isn't a great picture but with the little backround info it makes the picture tell 1 million words. Not just 1 thousand.
How did you get the color like that? Did you do that in post-processing or on a camera setting.
fix your quote please.
I would say he just did some heavy post processing in photoshop and desaturated a lot of the image while super saturating other parts.
(this can now be done in aperture too, just not as well)
yup, it was done it Photoshop. Also made Curves adjustments and masked/layered the left/right sides of the building because the left side was a lot lighter than the bricks on the right.
Martin C, would you mind sharing how you got that effect? It looks great on that photo.
Very interesting photo. The way some bits are colorized and some aren't give it a really 'surreal' feeling.
Thanks guys, much appreciated.
What I did in Photoshop:
1) Select the Gradient Tool in the toolbar
2) Then when a toolbar pops up at the top of the screen, select reflected gradient from about 5 choices.
3) Once you have selected reflected gradient, hit 'Q' on your keyboard which will apply a quick mask.
4) Then using your mouse, click and drag over the area you want to be in focus (it will show up in red) once you have made your choice, hit 'Q' once again.
5) Go into Filter, Blur, then Lens Blur
6) Fiddle with the settings and hit OK
7) Voila! The lens blur may take some time to generate depending on how speedy your computer is.
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it's got a lot of photoshop work and i really don't know when to stop. i may have over post processed this one but i still like it a lot.
I don't think so here. I think the contrast between the background and your main subject are brilliant...
Ah, sounds a lot like a Tilt/shift effect. Usually I do this to try and make my subjects look like toy models:
It's tough to do correctly, i still need some practice... as can be seen from the above photo.
BTW, this is a personal photo of my good friends Colin (top left), my girlfriend Cortney (girl in the red shirt), Mike (only his head is visible...and what a beautiful head that is), and Pablo. I usually dont post photos of people i know or work with (unless it's a candid shot of some random person) just because Im paranoid of the online world. Sorry the image is really small, just wanted to show it as reference.
Edit: OH and the smashing title refers to the game they are playing called "Super Smash Bros. Brawl"
New York City
December 24th, 2007
D40 | 1/80 at /4.0 | 20 mm | ISO 200
I've been really liking some of your images for a while now and this is very nice indeed. You posted a photo on 01-12-08 I believe which I absolutely adored and which, along with some of Freebooter's and Valdore's work, has been pretty much the real deal for me. It was a photo of a black wall and was as deceptively simple as that description of it! But it was so, so stunning that I still often recall it and to see it blown up to poster size, professionally printed & framed, would be a sight to behold.
That's my favourite but there have been others, some of which are so wonderfully illustrative & 'finished' as to justify being referred to as pieces of art. Today's is lovely. The colours, the contrast between them, and the overall 'look' that you have achieved is fantastic.
Shot at a talent show last night.
hey, how do you manage to link your photos from your deviant art account? I always have toruble doing so...
Just right click the image you want, and select to copy the link to the image.
Thank you so much Carl, you comments are always very kind.
Yup, that's the effect I have been toying around with for the past couple weeks.Ah, sounds a lot like a Tilt/shift effect. Usually I do this to try and make my subjects look like toy models:
It's tough to do correctly, i still need some practice... as can be seen from the above photo.
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