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04/29/2007 09:04:45 PM · #1 |
are you bored and waiting for rollover? are you a photoshop guru who's ready to help me with a kind of stupid request? then have i got a job for you.
help! it's nancy drew and the case of the luminescent helicon!
i shot some photos of a band last weekend and the band came up with the concept for one of the shots. the idea is to do a "manger" scene (ala the birth of jesus) but using a helicon tuba (it's like a french horn tuba thingy) as the baby. they want the baby to "glow" (in the form of light rays and actual glowing) and the word they keep using is "luminescent."
i have decided to swallow my pride and upload some rough, unretouched images for you to review. if anyone wants to play, please do. i also have the NEF files uploaded and available for download if you want to go really crazy. just send me a PM.
i lit the shot two ways -- one has a direct flash aimed at the tuba for some luminescence, and one without that flash going off.
yes, i know you can see the flash in the shot. I KNOW THE IMAGES I'M UPLOADING HAVE PROBLEMS! i haven't done a lick of editing on these. so please just focus only on the helicon. and remember your steps so i can try to work with your tips in mind. :)
c'mon...who's got game?
 
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04/29/2007 09:36:26 PM · #2 |
Not that good, but fun and quick...
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04/29/2007 10:17:23 PM · #3 |
new layer,
outlined the instrument flood filled with white,
Gaussian blur white,
Layer effect overlay,
new layer
a couple star brushes,
surface blur on star layer,
Shadow/Highlight
noise ninja
Grad layer (radial reversed black 150%)
grad layer effect multiple
grad layer (radial white 100%)
grad layer white effect screen)
Dup layer
Filter, highpass 4.0
highpass layer effect overlay
hmmm, I think that is the just of it all....
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04/29/2007 10:41:36 PM · #4 |
I played, though I'm sure it's not at all what you're looking for ;P
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04/29/2007 11:35:19 PM · #5 |
Something like this?
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04/29/2007 11:43:33 PM · #6 |
these are all on the right track -- thanks!
i need to do it in such a way that it's the focal point but not the focus of the image -- does that make sense? all of the band's faces should still be clearly defined. the helicon isn't the ONLY light source in the photo, but it's definitely prominent.
you guys are great for helping out.
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04/29/2007 11:57:52 PM · #7 |
heres my crack at it, not much different
 just used lens flare, then faded it out a little.
I also added glowing edges, first. (edit)
Message edited by author 2007-04-29 23:58:53. |
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04/30/2007 12:42:38 AM · #8 |
My laptop with CS on it is under the blue screen of death so this is my rusty shot with the elements tool set, i cloned out the light on the celing and used a gradient map to darken up the edges one multiply layer , and a bit of dodge and burn.
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04/30/2007 12:43:33 AM · #9 |
Originally posted by Kelli:
I played, though I'm sure it's not at all what you're looking for ;P
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04/30/2007 01:23:47 AM · #10 |
Improved mine a bit.
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04/30/2007 01:53:16 AM · #11 |
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04/30/2007 04:41:45 AM · #12 |
Here's my crack (pun intended)
And this is essentially the same one but with an added element I thought it needed...
Fun stuff. :) |
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04/30/2007 05:39:41 AM · #13 |
just a quickie in my own weird style
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05/07/2007 10:47:41 PM · #14 |
hey everyone!
i kind of dropped the ball on this, but i really appreciate everyone's help.
i found another shot in the series that i liked better (for a couple of reasons), so here's kind of where i ended up with the photo:
i wanted the soft glowy effect, so it's purposely not very sharpened. i also did a partially desaturated version just for fun:
the client sees them tomorrow. i hope they like them! :)
ps -- here's one more that i just had to upload because i love it so much. :)
needless to say, these guys are insane.
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