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DAY 1 . where i live ... i feel like a voyeur!!
DAY 1 . where i live ... i feel like a voyeur!!
roz


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Collection: 002 - FEB 07. WHERE I LIVE
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II for Canon
Location: about 20km from where i live
Date: Feb 1, 2007
Aperture: F6.3
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Landscape, Rural
Date Uploaded: Feb 1, 2007

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Comments: 33
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 this photo of a shed is taken near concrete works which is about 20km from where i live ..
it'd be great if i could fix a burned out sky easily!!

i didnt really do much to this photo .. honest!! . converted white balance to tungsten in RAW .. then made new layer and selected area of sky above skyline and used gradient tool to create graded darker blue look ... then i had to erase bits of the gradient layer so the yellow flowers showed thru etc..... then i resized and did sharpen ......
this is the original, coz i know some ppl like to see them ...

it is extremely boring!!
nearly deleted this photo, but thought i'd try tungsten which i'm getting hooked on ... i dont think its that boring any more .....

edit ... after this image with title had been in dpc a few hours, i decided to make sure i got terminology right re voyeur ... well i didnt ... i actually meant that this photo gives a feeling of peeping thru secretively .. in the dict voyeurism is more of a sexual thing .... well i gotta say .. there's no sexual thing going on here ..... i'm leaving the title just for the hell of it ......

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 02/12/2007 10:45:11 PM
i like what you did with this...great photo!
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 02/09/2007 07:38:01 PM
I love it! Great job with that DOF, and the colors are wonderful.
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 02/03/2007 11:02:16 PM
I love the processing on this. Gives it a very eerie feeling. I also think you used the word "voyeur" just fine. :)
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 02/03/2007 10:02:40 PM
The composition makes the shot for me. I like the pp work you did but I also liked the original.
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 02/03/2007 07:46:47 AM
a very interesting and pleasing mage. well done indeed. to colours and tones work really well, as does the composition.
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 02/02/2007 04:45:36 PM
You really made this pic interesting. Great PP, I wouldn't be able to do that :S I will practice though.
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 02/02/2007 04:43:33 PM
I really like this, and I'm totally jealous of what you can do with post-processing; I'm still learning (and honestly don't enjoy that as much as "making" the image), but I would have chucked this one! I'm so glad you didn't, it turned out really good!
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 02/02/2007 01:39:24 AM
Great job on the editing. Love the colors - tres atmospherique :o).
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 02/01/2007 10:55:37 PM
I do get the sens of 'peeping' or sneaking up on your surroundings. Nice job in conveying the message!
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 02/01/2007 10:50:58 PM
Roz I love it, great colours it looks enchanting!
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 02/01/2007 09:40:08 PM
Nice repair job! I would have ditched the orij too, but you beat it into something nice to look at.
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 02/01/2007 08:53:49 PM
Nice job saving a "boring" pic. I used to really enjoy the effect of shooting Tungsten slide film in the "wrong" light.
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 02/01/2007 07:14:47 PM
I think you did a great job on the sky recovery. I cheated and chose a different shot, I worked on my burned out sky for a while and then just plain gave up. Congrats on sticking with it.
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 02/01/2007 06:52:53 PM
Hiya Roz this is beautiful love the blue tones much better then the original great PP work
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 02/01/2007 04:36:51 PM
I really like the colors, looks like it could be a book cover for a mystery novel or something. Neat shot!!
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 02/01/2007 04:27:23 PM
for me the post processing gives the cabin in the a mysterious feel.
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 02/01/2007 04:08:45 PM
Nice postproduction.
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 02/01/2007 03:26:01 PM
almost an ethereal feel to it...nicely done
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 02/01/2007 03:24:17 PM
I love the flowers and perspective! Very nice processing!
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 02/01/2007 02:10:26 PM
Nice processing. Really added some depth and interest.
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 02/01/2007 12:32:00 PM
Originally posted by xxrozxx:
... would there be an easier way? ...


The great thing about Photoshop is there are always 100 an 1 ways to do something. Some other things you could have tried would be...
Use the burn tool set to Highlights
Select the roof and adjust it via level or curves
Adjust it with variations
Adjust it with shadows/highlights
After you burn it, use the saturation brush
Used Hue and Saturation to adjust both the lightness and the saturation of the roof at the same time.

It sounds like your method worked well though - these are just some alternatives to play around with. I'm sure there are others as well but this should get you started :)

Message edited by author 2007-02-01 16:57:22.
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 02/01/2007 12:01:49 PM
Nice! I like the blue, and the floweres are fun.
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 02/01/2007 11:08:43 AM
Very cool image...gives me a feeling like I am entering into a fairy tale.
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 02/01/2007 10:58:42 AM
This image ROCKS.

Nice use of the WB to give a very elegant feel to what was originally a bland looking image. Wish I had this king of creative vision and the ability to pull it off!
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 02/01/2007 08:31:17 AM
Beautiful perspective here.
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 02/01/2007 08:30:45 AM
I love this shot, the colour and the perspective work well. Lovely.
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 02/01/2007 07:55:37 AM
Nice detail and DoF, Roz! Nice job with the PP too! Fantastic!
I'll be keeping an eye on this challenge :)
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 02/01/2007 05:07:08 AM
nice processing although I would like to see the shadows just a tad brighter, and maybe crop just a tad lower but leave the tops of those flowers. I like how the flower stems mimics th lines of the roof. Nice processing :)
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 02/01/2007 03:49:51 AM
Originally posted by Megatherian:
wow, you may not have done a whole lot to it but you still did a wonderful job processing this. It has a very magical "Fairy Land" sort of feel to it.

The only thing I'd change is to maybe burn down the roof of the barn a bit, with it so bright and fairly centered it detracts a little from the wonderful leaves.


hey dan ......
i burned the roof barn and it improved the image heaps ..... the thing is, and you may know ... when i burned it, it desaturated as well, so then i had to select that burned area and i did an adj layer/col balance and increased the cyan and blue to match the rest of the pic ... would there be an easier way? ...
i'm putting this question here for any other ppl who want to learn stuff .. and i'm gonna send this to you in a PM in case you never see it here ... thanks .......
 02/01/2007 03:48:35 AM
Pretty processing. I like the way you adjusted the sky. Nice contrast to the yellow flowers.
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 02/01/2007 02:33:30 AM
I realy like this one Roz.....
Great DOF, and I like the blue look that you achieved.....
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 02/01/2007 02:16:44 AM
This is BEAUTIFUL!

Well done - WONDERFUL!
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 02/01/2007 02:09:38 AM
wow, you may not have done a whole lot to it but you still did a wonderful job processing this. It has a very magical "Fairy Land" sort of feel to it.

The only thing I'd change is to maybe burn down the roof of the barn a bit, with it so bright and fairly centered it detracts a little from the wonderful leaves.
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