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08/07/2003 01:37:48 PM · #1

I bought a magazine that had a photoshop training cd and only took me a few minutes to learn what I call the flip
here are the before and after pics before
after
just thought i'd share... also wanted to share this image too ( i took her husband out of the pic lol)
woman

bruster54

Canon EOS-600D/T3i Rebel

Canon EF 100-300mm f/5.6

08/07/2003 01:43:27 PM · #2

I have got to learn that trick! Thanks for the info and a great job!

BAMartin

Apple iPhone 5

08/07/2003 01:43:31 PM · #3

Which magazine did you get this CD with? I will have to look for it.

Barbara

rll07

08/07/2003 02:11:56 PM · #4

got it in Digital Photography at your news stands now!
has a cd with cover platered right on the front..sorta hard to hear so you gotta turn your speakers way up

maxpower

Canon EOS-10D

08/07/2003 02:14:02 PM · #5

uhhh... that doesnt look very good...

just inverted and blurred... i think...

maybe it is good and im just in a bad mood (directly related to the odd comments ive gotten on my right angles shot) :-p

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM

08/09/2003 03:35:08 AM · #6

I am sorry, but the second one looks really fake. The colour on it is great and all, but the reflection would never look like that in reality.

You could put the relfection on a separate layer and adjust the opacity over the original water and erase portions of the edges to make it look like it actually belongs there.

Just a suggestion.

If you'd like I could take your image and show you how.

PaulMdx

Canon EOS-1D

08/09/2003 04:55:43 AM · #7

I hope you don't mind me having a go myself rll07..

Here's my effort

Still not great I know.. The problem is increasing the opacity of the reflection means the water becomes less textured, making it look more fake, so it's a fine line.

Please PM me and I'll remove the image on your request.

Message edited by author 2003-08-09 04:56:29.

tlalonde

Nikon D850

Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6G

08/09/2003 06:13:32 AM · #8

that "trick has it's place, but not in that photo. The pic was better off without the PS. The details in the waves and the stump or whatever is in the lake look much more natural.

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

08/09/2003 06:20:12 AM · #9

Also, if you carefully observe natural reflections in nature, you will discover that very rarely you can see the entire top part reflected right from the top edge to the bottom edge. Many times (depending on a viewpoint) you will see the relfection starts actually 1/3 into the reflected surface. I hope this makes sense. I will try to find an example.

Konador

Canon EOS-500D Rebel T1i

08/09/2003 06:34:19 AM · #10

I hope you dont mind me having a go also, I did it to experiemnt and also to learn myself.

I'll take it down if you want.

08/09/2003 08:17:14 AM · #11

Here is my version. I will delete it from DPC after this thread is over. I hope the owner is not too upset at us for twidling with his photo.

I did it really fast so the colour correction is not at it's best.

08/09/2003 08:21:59 AM · #12

rll07 at least in your "after" photo, you did good job with the colour correction.

wewillexplore

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

08/09/2003 09:17:08 AM · #13

This kind of "help" is present at Photocritique.net too and I like it. Anything I ever post, people should feel free to do their own version and put it up somewhere to show me. I think it helps me learn.

:)

As for the pictures - I like the trick, but I'm not even going to attempt it on this photo.

smellyfish1002

Canon EOS-20D

Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM

08/09/2003 09:58:50 AM · #14

OK, I couldn't resist the practice...
Here is my effort.
I used a displacement map, as well as several layers with gradients and layer masks.
By the way, I believe this is Maroon Bells in Colorado (near Aspen).

//www.pbase.com/image/20158990

Message edited by author 2003-08-09 09:59:04.

pitsaman

Canon EOS-30D

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

08/09/2003 10:31:08 AM · #15

PSP 7 version

It can be done even much better,don't have time to vaste now!

Message edited by author 2003-08-09 10:32:10.

dan_pendleton

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

08/09/2003 10:34:01 AM · #16

Hope you don't mind.. I had a go too..

:0)

krets

08/09/2003 12:42:48 PM · #17

Here's my try...

Oh wait, that's real.

Nevermind. ;)

timj351

08/09/2003 06:17:00 PM · #18

This is a great exercise in showing how we have very different ideas of what reality looks like. My favorite version was from smellyfish1002 but each one is interesting.

T

08/09/2003 07:34:31 PM · #19

I really like dan_pendleton's version. Nice ripples.

08/09/2003 07:35:17 PM · #20

Oh, timj351, I don't think it has to do much with reality. We can't fool mother nature.

glimpses

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

08/09/2003 09:08:42 PM · #21

well.. this is becoming a kind of photoshop skill context, isn't it?
Actually a skill (like the photoshop one) in order to be tested should consider also "the time to deliver".
I mean.. given enough time, everything becomes possible and pitzaman is once again right:
if it is too much time expensive then it may well not be worthwhile considering.
That's why I provide also the time I spent doing this: approx. 30 mins.
Also to have an alibi for whoever can see some of the many imperfections here and there. ;)

Here is my version of it:

A special "ciao" to my new friend timmi!

Message edited by author 2003-08-10 17:17:26.

Konador

Canon EOS-500D Rebel T1i

08/09/2003 09:10:36 PM · #22

Time wise, mine took between 5 and 10 mins in between a game of Unreal Tournament 2003 :)

glimpses

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

08/09/2003 09:19:34 PM · #23

I was playing chess too! ;)

drewmedia

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

08/09/2003 11:01:13 PM · #24

Originally posted by dan_pendleton:

Hope you don't mind.. I had a go too..

Very impressive!

rll07