Selective desaturation attempt - DPChallenge Forums

Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED VR

06/20/2004 11:11:00 AM · #1

Well, I have to post it here otherwise I'd be submitting it for the current challenge (2 min job so a bit rough). I caught this poppy swaying in the wind and thought the crop added to the feeling of movement?

jadin

Nikon D800

06/20/2004 11:15:37 AM · #2

I like it.

I have an idea for selective desaturation, but there's no way I can finish it today :/

Canon EOS-60D

Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS

06/20/2004 11:18:47 AM · #3

I think it's a good attempt...why didn't you want to enter it?

06/20/2004 11:21:27 AM · #4

Originally posted by laurielblack:

I think it's a good attempt...why didn't you want to enter it?

I reckon there will be lots of much better flower pics. I prefer my (current)submission and only hope the voters do as well :)

Kylie

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ35

06/20/2004 01:36:45 PM · #5

Darn! I was gong to come home and finish editing one of my quickie flower attempts that I had come to like - - - -but then I saw this one of yours. This one would have stood out to me even amongst all the flowers I know we are going to get. I will keep mine to myself now! BEAUTIFUL shot and I think, unique.

06/20/2004 03:35:31 PM · #6

hmm, the more I think about it the more I reckon I should have submitted it (cleaned up). I went back to my current submission but don't like it as much now - doh! maybe I shouldn't have posted this. Am busily trying to reshoot the submission.

Philos

Canon EOS-30D

06/20/2004 04:15:50 PM · #7

I first submitted a similar picture (a different flower, but similar idea).
Looked at it, liked it, looked at it again and knew that this would not stand out against the rest...

I then came up with a very different idea when I was driving home, shot it, desaturized it and this one I still like....

I hope I do well, it's NOT a flower :)

Great pic btw, would have won over my flower...

indianzfan

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

06/20/2004 04:36:54 PM · #8

More flowers? Maybe the name of this site should be DFChallenge. Digital Flower Challenge.

Message edited by author 2004-06-20 16:38:21.

06/20/2004 04:41:05 PM · #9

Originally posted by indianzfan:

More flowers? Does DPChallenge stand for Digital Flower Challenge?

hehe, if its well done then does it really matter? however, that is one of the reasons I chose a different subject. After several rejects I hope my submission does well and may even get a dq request :)

Fotowereld

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

06/20/2004 04:57:39 PM · #10

I have nothing against flowers, if they're portrayed well! Your poppy is beautiful!

I have entered my submission (submissed my entering?? how do I say this right?!?!!) yesterday and am pretty confident about it!

Then again, I'm always confident and then I wake up at Monday mornings and see my photo has fallen under 5.0 again :P
I find it hard to be original. Or let me rephrase that: I find it hard to figure out what others find original. Many times I have an idea I think is very nice, then many others did too and photographed the same :LOL: !! Sometimes I have a small hunch that maybe one or two will come up with the same (like the nosepicking job!!) and I have the same hunch now...let's see tomorrow!!!

Good luck everybody!!

06/20/2004 05:33:56 PM · #11

Well, I very much doubt anybody will submit a picture of my subject and if they do I may well know them, if I don't then I should :) It will be interesting to see how I score, am looking for 5+ (thats good for me).

06/21/2004 12:44:39 PM · #12

Well, maybe I should have submitted the poppy :( Woke up this morning to a 4.2 that has now grown to 4.6 (46 votes). 2 comments, one very complimentary t'other commenting on ps'd colours (and some valid comments/suggestions on the rest of the pic). OK so its maybe not the best photo in the world but the colours are as they were in the orig, I guess because its not an everyday sight that I'm getting so many 3's?

06/21/2004 06:41:39 PM · #13

ok, so I'm talking to myself but my submission has his 5.000 after 68 votes, thats quite a jump I reckon :) I'm feeling better now.

Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS

06/21/2004 06:53:10 PM · #14

I didn't enter this one. I had thought about this photo for the technique but couldn't remember if it had been taken within the challenge dates and then yesterday I never got a chance to try it. I tried it today for the heck of it. I'm not a fan of selective desaturation so it's hard for me to have a really objective opinion, especially where my own work is involved.

Canon EOS-60D

06/21/2004 06:56:45 PM · #15

Melissa, that's beautiful! It's unique as well. It would have scored well. :o)

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

06/21/2004 06:57:41 PM · #16

BTW, my preference is for the original.

Originally posted by melismatica:

zeuszen

Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II

06/21/2004 07:00:42 PM · #17

This is my first desaturation attempt. I was advised to enter this one to satisfy a DPC appetite, but decided to enter something I like instead. Of course, I'm being clobbered for this, again. ;-)

Message edited by author 2004-06-21 19:01:43.

06/21/2004 07:02:22 PM · #18

I have to agree that the orig is better and whilst I do like the desat (very much) this proves that there is a time and a place for using desat. I'd also like to see this with the 'real' sky cropped out and realigned.

Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS

06/21/2004 07:02:41 PM · #19

Originally posted by laurielblack:

Melissa, that's beautiful! It's unique as well. It would have scored well. :o)

Thanks, Laurie. I wish I hadn't gotten bogged down this week. At any rate, I can't remember if I took this photo on Sunday or Monday. I was retracing my steps in bed Saturday night with the intention of working on it Sunday but totally forgot until it was too late. It won't kill me to miss a challenge, I guess.

I don't have software for extracting the exi--whatever--- info. :-D They all seem to be for Windows. iPhoto is on my other computer but that seems to automatically set the date to the time the photo was uploaded. I should check the old Nikon software and see if that does it. I don't use that software since I got the card reader a long time ago.

I'll check that right now! (she says, thinking out loud)

Melissa

Canon EOS-60D

06/21/2004 07:04:06 PM · #20

Originally posted by zeuszen:

This is my first desaturation attempt. I was advised to enter this one to satisfy a DPC appetite, but decided to enter something I like instead. Of course, I'm being clobbered for this, again. ;-)

Zeuszen- that's a great pic of the puppy. That yellow ball really stands out. You know, hindsight's 20-20! :o)

06/21/2004 07:05:36 PM · #21

Originally posted by zeuszen:

This is my first desaturation attempt. I was advised to enter this one to satisfy a DPC appetite, but decided to enter something I like instead. Of course, I'm being clobbered for this, again. ;-)

I like this one, Zeus, because it is hard to tell if you used PS or if it is just a really monochromatic background (including the b&w dog, of course). I saw a photo in the challenge that I thought might be yours but I don't want to give any revealing info.

Melissa