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08/12/2004 01:29:21 AM · #1 |
I find neon quite interesting to shoot and have had more than a couple of attempts at it. Some thoughts:
Getting the exposure right is quite easy - meter up close to a strip. Red seems to be good. If you try and meter from where you are shooting, the shot will likely be quite over exposed.
Sharp focus tends to give you very thin, sharp neon which doesn't translate so well in images. Soft focus, out of focus and actively changing focus during the exposure can help a huge amount to give the visual 'bloom' that your eye sees but the camera ignores. With an SLR and a long exposure on a tripod, you can manually adjust the focus through the shot to good effect.
Neon also tends to be quite static - zooming through the exposure can also be effective. Particularly interesting is varying the zoom, and the focus at the same time. Certainly can be fun to play around with and see what you get.
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08/12/2004 01:31:25 AM · #2 |
Holy cow, I was doing this to my housemate's plasma TV just the other day! We were watching 'Spaced' at the time, if I recall correctly. :)
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08/12/2004 02:03:13 AM · #3 |
I was thinking of this effect too. I reckon another important trick is you're gonna hafta find the right neon light to go with it. How about the "O" in the Open sign. :P
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08/12/2004 09:19:52 AM · #4 |
Originally posted by 'Pong:
I was thinking of this effect too. I reckon another important trick is you're gonna hafta find the right neon light to go with it. How about the "O" in the Open sign. :P |
Yup - the right subject is certainly a big part of it too. |
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08/13/2004 07:52:01 AM · #5 |
is posterising allowed in this challenge?
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08/13/2004 07:54:46 AM · #6 |
Originally posted by goodman:
is posterising allowed in this challenge? |
IT is Basic editing
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08/13/2004 07:54:54 AM · #7 |
Originally posted by goodman:
is posterising allowed in this challenge? |
Posterising and similar effects are only allowed in Advanced editing challenges, and Neon is only Basic editing.
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08/13/2004 08:00:49 AM · #8 |
Originally posted by Konador:
Originally posted by goodman:
is posterising allowed in this challenge? |
Posterising and similar effects are only allowed in Advanced editing challenges, and Neon is only Basic editing. |
Unless you have a camera where this can be done with the camera! |
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08/13/2004 08:02:30 AM · #9 |
Oh yeh, anything done in-camera is legal :)
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08/13/2004 08:17:57 AM · #10 |
ok i'm still confused.
Post-shot Adjustments may be made to your image in a photo editing program, so long as the modification is applied to the whole image. This includes levels, b&w conversion, hue/saturation, sizing/rotating, curves and cropping (or their non-Photoshop equivalents).
this means it CAN be done afterwards, it is applied to the whole image?
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08/13/2004 08:28:30 AM · #11 |
Originally posted by goodman:
ok i'm still confused.
Post-shot Adjustments may be made to your image in a photo editing program, so long as the modification is applied to the whole image. This includes levels, b&w conversion, hue/saturation, sizing/rotating, curves and cropping (or their non-Photoshop equivalents).
this means it CAN be done afterwards, it is applied to the whole image? |
nope...it's a filter: "However, no effects filters may be applied to your image, with the exception of Noise and Gaussian blur, the two of which are allowed. Any filter permitted by this rule must be applied uniformly to the entire image"
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08/13/2004 08:55:17 AM · #12 |
Originally posted by Konador:
Posterising and similar effects are only allowed in Advanced editing challenges, and Neon is only Basic editing. |
And note that even then, using any kind of filter that turns something recognizable as a photograph into something that most would consider "digital art" will likely get your picture disqualified.
And Pedro is correct when he points out that no effects filters may be used in Basic Editing challenges.
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08/13/2004 09:00:04 AM · #13 |
Originally posted by EddyG:
Originally posted by Konador:
Posterising and similar effects are only allowed in Advanced editing challenges, and Neon is only Basic editing. |
And note that even then, using any kind of filter that turns something recognizable as a photograph into something that most would consider "digital art" will likely get your picture disqualified.
And Pedro is correct when he points out that no effects filters may be used in Basic Editing challenges. |
Hmm - so we are allowed to convert an image from 16 bit, to 8 bit, but not 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, or 1 bit ?
Like everything in image editing, there are more than one way to posterise an image. You can posterise an image using the basic editing rules - but you can't do it the easy way with the filter that's designed to do it.
Message edited by author 2004-08-13 09:01:29.
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08/13/2004 09:07:48 AM · #14 |
and you have to huff legal things like gasoline to get high, rather than smoking pot, which is the easy way :)
(ref to other threads...sorry, couldn't help it) |
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08/14/2004 09:31:49 AM · #15 |
Gordon, thanks for sharing your knowledge to all of us. Your tip has been very helpful as I took some photos of neons that didn't look very good.
Thanks again! |
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08/14/2004 12:10:49 PM · #16 |
I've been trying to find a neon sign which I could possibly use as the starting point for this challenge - they are like hen's teeth around here.
This is not an easy challenge. |
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08/14/2004 12:12:07 PM · #17 |
| You have hens with teeth on that side of the pond??? |
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