show your photoshop skills / help me out 11-8-2003

11/08/2003 12:32:07 PM · #1

great job to everyone who participated and i have to say this was a great learning experience for me and hopefully others as well!

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Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

11/08/2003 12:53:54 PM · #2

How about this? Details are in the photo's notes. This is only a 5-minute version to give you the idea.

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moodville

Nikon D100

11/08/2003 12:59:35 PM · #3

This is my attempt, probably a little extreme. Details are in the photo notes. Just a quickie!

crabappl3

11/08/2003 12:59:52 PM · #4

Here's my workup.

justine

Canon EOS-50D

Canon EF 28-135mm F/3.5-5.6 IS USM

11/08/2003 01:02:21 PM · #5

//www.dpchallenge.com/image.php?IMAGE_ID=46077
my attempt

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

11/08/2003 01:02:50 PM · #6

I think it's interesting that we all (until justine snuck in her post ahead of me) came up with a square crop of the face!

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11/08/2003 01:03:39 PM · #7

here's my go at it.
image details show process
i think it looks pretty good

photoshop rocks ;}

soup

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

11/08/2003 01:06:07 PM · #8

man these are all awesome!

HRoxas

Canon EOS-5D

11/08/2003 01:33:47 PM · #9

My go at it. Cropped, darkened a bit for contrast, gaussian blur on the background, highlighted some yellows on the subject, usm

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

11/08/2003 02:20:47 PM · #10

So I was reading the article on judging in another thread ... decided to look at the author's gallery of colour images, and got this: Tiger

The article on judging is very good, as well, and the guy has two interesting-looking eBooks on Photoshop techniques.

Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 VR DG IF-ED

11/08/2003 03:36:05 PM · #11

water color filter.... maybe
cool effect though.

Originally posted by GeneralE:

images, and got this: Tiger

soup

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timj351

Sony DSC-F707

11/08/2003 04:33:59 PM · #12

Here are my versions. Nothing too fancy. It was already pretty good to start with. I started by running it through Neatimage to reduce some of the background noise. Then I cropped it a little tighter to focus on the face while still keeping a little bit of the lion's body and the background for more interest. I also adjusted the levels and applied some burning to darken a few areas. Then I sharpened the lion while leaving the background alone. Great excercise.

T

Pedro

Nikon D200

11/08/2003 04:58:33 PM · #13

Here's my take josh - I prolly would have square cropped it, but tried something different since a lot of others did that.

I shifted the yellow hues a bit (toward red), upped the saturation a bit, upped the contrast a bit, minor crop, added a border, unsharp mask (1, .3, 260), resize with 'save for web', unsharp mask again (1, .3, 200), save.

Edit: Tim was right, by the way, it's really good to begin with

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deafwolf

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 EX DG APO IF for Canon

11/08/2003 05:19:26 PM · #14

I'm a rookie at this PS stuff, but here is my attempt.

kavamama

Panasonic DMC-FZ10

11/08/2003 05:21:21 PM · #15

Here's mine, not Photoshop, tho...

11/08/2003 05:22:57 PM · #16

here is my version after seeing the results here. i didn't think i would like the b&w take on it at first, but i decided on it, gives a more raw aggressive feeling i think. i also think the consensus is the vertical crop of the head which i chose for my composition. here it is:

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

11/08/2003 05:28:13 PM · #17

Originally posted by soup:

water color filter.... maybe
cool effect though.

Originally posted by GeneralE:
images, and got this: Tiger

soup

I just thought the overall composition was similar to what I had done a half-hour before I saw his; cropped in tight and square ond blurring or otherwise de-emphasizing the background to frame the face further.

With mine, I thought the transition to B+W and ultimately "fading" to almost black added a feeling of dimensionality to it, almost like the face was thrusting towards me emerging through a gray mist.

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

11/08/2003 05:30:08 PM · #18

Originally posted by achiral:

here is my version after seeing the results here.

I like how you've done it, incorporating components of several suggestions.

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

11/08/2003 05:34:45 PM · #19

Originally posted by GeneralE:

Originally posted by achiral:
here is my version after seeing the results here.

I like how you've done it, incorporating components of several suggestions.

i aim to please :)...but seriously thanks to everyone who had suggestions...you were all very helpful

mediamst

Canon EOS-5D

11/08/2003 06:37:41 PM · #20

achiral, I do believe I like your PS work the best on this shot. Good job. I loaded it up in photoshop myself and I really cant improve on it much more than you did. Nice work

11/08/2003 06:49:38 PM · #21

i'm a big fan of mostly BW photos

but i think in this i would remove the red in the eyes.

BW looks good though...

Originally posted by achiral:

soup

11/08/2003 06:54:21 PM · #22

Originally posted by soup:

i'm a big fan of mostly BW photos

but i think in this i would remove the red in the eyes.

BW looks good though...

Originally posted by achiral:
here is my version after seeing the results here. i didn't think i would like the b&w take on it at first, but i decided on it, gives a more raw aggressive feeling i think. i also think the consensus is the vertical crop of the head which i chose for my composition. here it is:

soup

i would 99% of the time agree with you however i think it makes the photo a lot more intense and rabid. after i desaturated the eyes again it just didn't have as much pow

11/08/2003 06:57:57 PM · #23

i think its too much.

maybe partially desaturated
seems to draw attention a bit too much.

soup

Azrifel

Nikon Coolpix P340

11/08/2003 07:19:47 PM · #24

1) Fred Miranda's Chroma Noise Reducer
This takes out the coloured background noise without affecting any detail.

2) Fred Miranda's DV Pro setting 4
Shifts the color balance to get Fuji Velvia colors. = extra saturation

3) Apply Gaussian blur with a 3 pixel radius

4) History Brush the Lion back to the pre blur state with a 200px soft edged brush (=rough, smoother with a smaller brush, would also require more time) Effect is better bokeh, imho.

5) Image resized to 640x427

6) USM 300% on 0,3px 0 treshold (forgot to do this in lab mode)

7) Save for the web, close to 150kb.

Result is a natural looking image with better balance between everything and a good clean sharp punch.

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