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01/15/2007 04:29:36 PM · #1 |
I was messing around today. It's not much of a picture, I know, but it's an interesting effect. So how was it done? Any takers? Shot, processed, & uploaded in last 30 minutes...
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01/15/2007 04:35:31 PM · #2 |
| Gradient map adjustment layer? |
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01/15/2007 04:38:34 PM · #3 |
| Uhm... looks to me like you dragged the shutter, and then sharpened/converted to sepia/duotone... (?) |
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01/15/2007 04:40:39 PM · #4 |
| It looks like its been tone mapped in some way |
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01/15/2007 04:45:12 PM · #5 |
I'll go with the tone map or perhaps a duotone conversion.
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01/15/2007 05:04:21 PM · #6 |
I don't know how it was originally processed - you should post the original - but duplicating it is a simple matter of copy/paste...
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01/15/2007 05:05:43 PM · #7 |
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01/15/2007 05:28:51 PM · #8 |
No 'fense to anyone, but I don't see whut the debbil is so inturstin about it?.?.?
<=== apparently artistically inept |
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01/15/2007 06:05:04 PM · #9 |
| I don't know but I think Art Roflmao is on the right track. Can you give us a hint? |
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01/15/2007 06:08:44 PM · #10 |
Here's an original exposure with no editing whatsoever, and without any form of fill light being used for that matter:
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01/15/2007 06:10:04 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Here's an original exposure with no editing whatsoever, and without any form of fill light being used for that matter:
R. |
OK, I'm changing my vote... =] |
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01/15/2007 06:12:43 PM · #12 |
Ok it looks like you're using either photomatix, shadow/highlights or a combination of the two.
If it's shadow/highlights are you playing around with the midtone slider?
Message edited by author 2007-01-15 18:13:25. |
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01/15/2007 06:25:01 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Here's an original exposure with no editing whatsoever, and without any form of fill light being used for that matter:
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Wow this is so much nicer than the edited version.
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01/15/2007 06:31:33 PM · #14 |
My hypothesis (I'll post my results in a minute):
- Curves, inverted in the shadows, normal in the highlights. Kind of a concave-up parabola
- Curves, generate vignette (I sued a quick mask and the gradient tool)
- Black & white tool, with "tint" checked
- Final tweak with hue/sat (unnecessary unless you're trying to match a specific tone & saturation level)
The edit took all of 3 minutes. Curious if I used the same tools as Robert.
Edit:
Here's my shot at it...
Message edited by author 2007-01-15 18:33:34. |
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01/15/2007 06:32:23 PM · #15 |
To get close I had to use an invert adjustment layer in Lighten mode.
The foreground seems inverted, while the background (sky) is still light.
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01/15/2007 06:38:05 PM · #16 |
| My guess would be that you converted it to a duotone and changed the overprint colour to a lighter shade. |
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01/15/2007 06:44:42 PM · #17 |
Originally posted by kirbic:
(I sued a quick mask and the gradient tool)
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Why, what did they do to you?
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01/15/2007 06:45:31 PM · #18 |
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Originally posted by kirbic:
(I sued a quick mask and the gradient tool)
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Why, what did they do to you? |
LOL!
It made me see red of course!
Edit: now quit pickin' on my shitty typing Leroy!
Message edited by author 2007-01-15 18:46:08. |
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01/15/2007 07:50:57 PM · #19 |
Here's my go at it with gradient mapping. I didn't crop or sharpen it like Bear_music's. I realized he did that after I uploaded it and I'm to lazy to fix mine so it's "just perfect"
I'm guessing this is one of those "how many ways can you skin a cat" kind of challenges. In Photoshop especially there are an awful lot of ways to get to the same location. |
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01/15/2007 08:14:26 PM · #20 |
"How many ways can you skin a cat", indeed. I was just messing around in PS with a truly mediocre image, and stumbled upon this particular workflow that looked as if it had been shot with a fill flash on the trees, basically.
The original image was tone mapped. The fill flash look came from a gradient map adjustment layer. So megatherian basically is the winner here. Runnerup with a bullet to Kirbic, who actually more or less duplicated the image first, albeit with a slightly different approach. My vignetting was created by 4 gradients, one from each edge, on a multiply layer, for what that's worth.
An interesting aspect of this is that, save for the vignetting, the process that created this image is 100% basic-legal: something everyone might bear in mind when they think about the relationship of "basic" to "advanced" editing. No selection tools were used in the making of this image, and the vignetting is not integral to the effect, just an afterthought.
I'd be the first to agree with anyone who suggested, as karen did, that the original is "better" than the edited version, with the caveat that neither, IMO, is especially good. But this is how I find out things; by taking unmemorable shots and messing around with them.
R.
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01/15/2007 08:21:31 PM · #21 |
| He's the Great Experimentator. ;) |
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