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

09/05/2005 03:52:49 AM · #1

I've decided it's my ambition to be like Joey Lawrence when I grow up, and to that end I took a stab at making poor Rosie Jack grungy, from this:

to this:

Hopefully Joey will come along and bless my efforts, jejejeâ�¢ Rosie Jack and her mother, fortunately, have gone back inland and aren't around to see this terrible thing I've done to her.

Robt.

tonyv

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

09/05/2005 06:02:17 AM · #2

I think that the first issue is that Joey starts with subjects that we expect to be grungi-fied. Not sure that babies fall into this category.

Yours seems to have more texture (as in cardboard, bumps, rough rock) than those of is I have looked at. His seems to be dirtier with the texture coming from blobs and blotches of colour.

And that all makes sense ... ?

Cheers
Tony

AlexSaberi

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS

09/05/2005 06:33:51 AM · #3

I agree with tonyv. Not the best subject. Original looks much better.

KiwiChris

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

09/05/2005 07:13:14 AM · #4

Me too...

Your texture has more of a regular bump-map than a 'dirty' feel.

I've been playing with this as well, and can't really 'get' what Joey and others do, but I'm close with my lawnmower shot in the 'show us your mower' thread I started (Or at least I think I am...).

In that shot I used a random 'Plasma cloud' for the texture, cranked up the contrast, desaturated it and set it's layer mode to 'Darken'. (In Gimp, btw, similar process in PS).

Also the left side of his face has become to bright, and really detracts from the grunge. My eyes are sucked into his right ear, and don't really get back. :-).

Oh, and for the obvious, there is something very wrong with grunging a baby!

(Now off to have a go myself...)

KiwiChris

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

09/05/2005 07:26:02 AM · #5

:-).

Konador

Canon EOS-500D Rebel T1i

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS

09/05/2005 08:00:09 AM · #6

How about this one? :) This is fun!

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

09/05/2005 11:55:33 AM · #7

Go folks, go! Poor, grungy Rosie Jack! Do your worst (or your best?)

I quite agree that a baby's not the standard choice for grunging; that's why I did her, of course. And I agree this isn't a very good grunge attempt, but hey, it was late and it was my first try. I'll get better, I promise. I wanna be just like Joey, I do.

C'mon people, grunge her up for me! Best grunge shot will receive a free print from me, from my very own printer.

BIG PRIZE! Grunge that baby!

Robt.

Message edited by author 2005-09-05 11:55:58.

downtherabbithole

Canon EOS-30D

09/05/2005 12:59:09 PM · #8

Originally posted by bear_music:

I've decided it's my ambition to be like Joey Lawrence when I grow up, and to that end I took a stab at making poor Rosie Jack grungy, from this:

to this:

Hopefully Joey will come along and bless my efforts, jejejeâ�¢ Rosie Jack and her mother, fortunately, have gone back inland and aren't around to see this terrible thing I've done to her.

Robt.

speaking of joey, where is he at? I haven't heard from him in a couple of days.

downtherabbithole

Canon EOS-30D

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

09/05/2005 01:00:52 PM · #9

hey, just a random idea. what would it look like if you croped everything out of the grunged image but the babies eyes and nose and mouth...just tighten the crop up.

sorry, just a thought

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED

09/05/2005 01:04:58 PM · #10

Originally posted by gi_joe05:

hey, just a random idea. what would it look like if you croped everything out of the grunged image but the babies eyes and nose and mouth...just tighten the crop up.

sorry, just a thought

Well, it would lose the powerful sense of depth, and it would lose the comntext of mother & child, but other than that....

R.

Ennil

Nikon D200

09/05/2005 01:12:23 PM · #11

"How to turn a baby into a monster?" by the DPC gang. Out next winter.

Joey Lawrence

PhaseOne P45

Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM

09/05/2005 01:25:49 PM · #12

Looks pretty good Rob, but yeah the mother looks a bit too happy for grunge. :o)

Put the kid in an abandoned house and give him some matches or something, that would make a nice grunge picture. :-p

(*thinks about saying jejeje, but then wants to avoid a lawsuit)

Originally posted by gi_joe05:

speaking of joey, where is he at? I haven't heard from him in a couple of days.

He's dead, I ate him.

Here's my grunge, poor kid.

ursula

Fujifilm X-T2

Fujifilm XF 55-200mm f/3.5-4.8 R LM OIS

09/05/2005 01:51:24 PM · #13

Mum and baby both look way too happy (and I'm not even sure what grunge is).

Poor little baby!

Neil

Fujifilm X-T30

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

09/05/2005 02:11:38 PM · #14

Oops, wrong one. Corrected:

Message edited by author 2005-09-05 14:18:58.

BlackDot

Canon EOS-20D

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

09/05/2005 02:15:35 PM · #15