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05/01/2002 11:24:48 PM · #1
The first section under our new "Learn" menu option, this section will feature step-by-step recreations of your favorite DPChallenge photographs written by the photographers themselves. The first article featured in this section is fittingly by [url=profile.asp?USER_ID=715]Remie Ammeraal[/url]. His site was the inspiration for this section, so be sure to thank him.

I'll be contacting a number of photographers in the coming week asking if you'd be interested in writing such a tutorial. We'd love to highlight top images and controversial ones. Have an image you'd like to know how it was done? Ask for it here and/or message that photographer to see if he/she is interested!

We hope you enjoy the new section. The "Learn" menu will continue to grow and become an invaluable resource on the site.

Drew

* This message has been edited by the author on 5/1/2002 11:27:33 PM.
05/02/2002 12:11:59 AM · #2
i sure would like to know how "ryano" gave life to a little pubic hair. i felt like i received a grand exposition from a single photograph. like a baby bird cast from the nest, that little pubert had but only adventure in its future
05/02/2002 07:27:10 AM · #3
"ryano"
05/02/2002 07:35:20 AM · #4
"idiocy"
05/02/2002 07:35:44 AM · #5
yeah. i didnt think he was old enough to have pubes.

;)

Originally posted by clay:
i sure would like to know how "ryano" gave life to a little pubic hair. i felt like i received a grand exposition from a single photograph. like a baby bird cast from the nest, that little pubert had but only adventure in its future

05/02/2002 09:56:31 AM · #6
This is wonderful ! I love reading and learning how some of this was done. Thank you so much for this site and the hard work ya'll put into it. Always thinking of ways to improve and help others:)

Really nice/helpful tutorial Remie !
05/02/2002 10:20:14 AM · #7
Yes, great new section. Highlights that I have to do a lot more thinking, planning and preparation. My picture description would be "Came up with idea, pointed camera at subject, uploaded photo!" . . . ;o) Thanks for sharing, Remie!
05/02/2002 10:58:14 AM · #8
Another great addition. Can't wait to read more.

Good on you Remie for setting the precedent
05/02/2002 01:56:17 PM · #9
I put up another outstanding one by Gordon McGregor. Let us know if you're interested in doing one or know one that you'd like to see!

Drew
05/02/2002 01:58:28 PM · #10
Wow, another great howto! Thanks Drew, Gordon, ace stuff!
05/02/2002 04:34:57 PM · #11
Interesting tutorials from Remie and Gordon. I was certain that Remie's shot had been caught by electronic means rather than trial and error it was so perfect!
05/02/2002 05:01:42 PM · #12
oh yeah, way cool tutorial remie : )
05/03/2002 05:56:02 AM · #13
curious about something GM, looking at your permutations of levels adjustments for the rotunda.

how did you get that yellow-y tint with the levels?
05/03/2002 07:38:05 AM · #14
Originally posted by magnetic9999:
curious about something GM, looking at your permutations of levels adjustments for the rotunda.

how did you get that yellow-y tint with the levels?


It's due to variances in converter settings when I'm converting from Canon RAW to TIFF format. I use several converters (breeze browser and a program called 'powershovel') to convert each as slightly different effects. Going back and carefully looking at it, the final version was done in powershovel with slightly different white balance settings and saturation levels.

Didn't really want to go into these camera specific details in the tutorial because I thought I was rambling on enough! If you look at the final entry you'll notice a white strip down the right hand side, as powershovel doesn't convert to a straight 3:2 ratio image and I had to enlarge the canvas to get an image that would fit into the size restrictions. Langdon commented about it on the entry. The samples done for the tutorial were converted using breeze browser and a linear workflow which gives less saturated results.

The levels command still over whitens or over darkens the entered version though so the principles are sound.

I go into some of this in more details on my site in the workflow sections.

* This message has been edited by the author on 5/3/2002 7:40:47 AM.
05/03/2002 10:34:54 AM · #15
how fortuitous!

Originally posted by GordonMcGregor:
Originally posted by magnetic9999:
[i]curious about something GM, looking at your permutations of levels adjustments for the rotunda.

how did you get that yellow-y tint with the levels?


It's due to variances in converter settings when I'm converting from Canon RAW to TIFF format. [/i]

05/03/2002 10:40:14 AM · #16
Originally posted by magnetic9999:
how fortuitous!

Not really, it's a setting you type in after all..

05/03/2002 11:05:35 AM · #17
ah, didnt read that carefully. thought an artifact of the conversion process was this color shift, but now i get it was intentional.

Originally posted by GordonMcGregor:
Originally posted by magnetic9999:
[i]how fortuitous!


Not really, it's a setting you type in after all..

[/i]

05/03/2002 11:17:32 AM · #18
Originally posted by magnetic9999:
ah, didnt read that carefully. thought an artifact of the conversion process was this color shift, but now i get it was intentional.


Somewhere in between the two :) My standard workflow is converting the Canon RAW files to 16-bit TIFF without any gamma correction, and then doing the gamma adjustments with the curves command, plus some hue/saturation shifts.

For the challenge with the rules as they were at the time, I felt this would probably be stretching the rules too much, so I used a different conversion program. It just so happened that the red values I used for white balance were a bit warmer, giving the more 'orangy' feel to the final version.

05/03/2002 09:31:39 PM · #19
Like everyone thanks Drew and ?? for the new section. It's really nice to see these examples. I look forward to more.
Also thanks for DP and all the hard work and your time.
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