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12/04/2022 11:02:56 PM · #101 |
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12/05/2022 08:39:35 AM · #102 |
Originally posted by Tiberius:
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Nice conversion! |
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03/21/2023 10:21:01 PM · #103 |
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03/30/2023 09:24:58 PM · #104 |
Originally posted by Tiberius:
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Nice work! |
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04/01/2023 06:59:20 AM · #105 |
Originally posted by vawendy:
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After some contemplation, I decided to add this radial blur in Photoshop, mostly for the tram to stand out more against a very busy background. But I'm still not sure if it was worth it, I'm generally not a big fan of such post-factum modifications... |
I didn't care for it I thought it was rather gimmicky and part of the charm is how cramped it is |
Lev, I also really like your original here. It̢۪s charming, has character, tells a story |
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05/09/2023 10:20:01 PM · #106 |
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Crop, Levels, Topaz Studio Filter (warming grunge), Darken Edges, Sharpen |
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05/10/2023 02:03:50 PM · #107 |
Not a tropical paradise after all ...
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RGB and Blue Curves, a little Gaussian Blur to very top where the leaves are ... |
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09/29/2023 09:53:39 PM · #108 |
For the fun of it ... thought I'd post a few in here. :-)
Spot Light Challenge
Nightscape II
Balance IV
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09/30/2023 10:41:26 PM · #109 |
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10/01/2023 11:12:53 AM · #110 |
finally evidence that something can come from nothing. |
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10/01/2023 09:11:32 PM · #111 |
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10/18/2023 09:07:17 PM · #112 |
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10/19/2023 03:06:05 AM · #113 |
Originally posted by glad2badad:
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Crop, Levels, Topaz Studio Filter (warming grunge), Darken Edges, Sharpen |
NICE edit!! |
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11/17/2023 04:27:45 AM · #114 |
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11/17/2023 12:01:41 PM · #115 |
Originally posted by Tiberius:
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Clever and pretty awesome end result! |
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01/18/2025 09:42:57 PM · #116 |
because Debbi  Barroness was wondering how i got the reflection in this pic i'm putting in both the edited version and the original jpeg ....
btw .. the fly was on the metal sink in the kitchen and that's why the reflection .. :)
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01/22/2025 02:37:05 PM · #117 |
oops. nevermind.
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01/24/2025 03:47:07 PM · #118 |
In the comments to my post for best of 2024, I received a few comments about the strange blur:
I admit I got carried away - I was so fascinated by the possibilities of PS's neural filters and went a bit overboard.
I want to show you the original here and ask you to tell me how I could really have improved it. The distortion was also a problem - I couldn't get to grips with that.
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And the background story:
I know the young man in the photo - a friend with whom I play in the same orchestra. He was having a bit of heartache at the time and we thought of something fun to do together and came up with the idea of something crazy to do on a first date. That's how this photo came about. We really had a lot of fun, especially because passers-by reacted so differently to it.
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01/24/2025 04:12:12 PM · #119 |
| I like the original picture better except I would have cropped it in to maybe a square crop just past the person standing on the right and closed in on the subject just a bit. |
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01/24/2025 05:02:19 PM · #120 |
I would have taken the same crop as you did, i.e. cut of a part of the left.
But first I would have rotated the image to get the verticals vertical (and maybe apply some perspective correction)
I think the picture needs the door in the train clearly visible. It is as if he is waiting for a loved one to exit.
I think a more natural and less strong blur would have been fine (I know some Iphones can apply and move the blur after the picture has been taken, maybe try that?)
In your entry the blur was just too irregular, unlogic and also showing some harsh edges, especially around the head of the person looking to the left.
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01/24/2025 05:40:59 PM · #121 |
I think the center of the image IS vertical -- I think you could apply perspective correction to squeeze the top, and as suggested crop just to the left of the goblets(?) and to the right of the door.
I think the "problem" with the blur is that it is too extreme considering how deep into the image it starts -- if you are trying to simulate s shorter DOF look than what your lens/aperture setup yielded I'm pretty sure your mid-ground people would have some blur affecting them.
If part of the idea is to associate the waiter with the open door then it makes more sense to me that the door be sharp instead of blurry.
Another (old-style) way to emphasize your subjects would be to create one or more masks to selectively apply tone and/or saturation changes -- personally I like the B&W treatment, and I'd try darkening everything but the door and the guy on the bench just a little ... |
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01/25/2025 01:41:51 AM · #122 |
The easiest way to check whether something is horizontal or vertical is to take the ruler tool in photoshop and use that to draw a line along an structure in the centre that is supposed to be vertical or horizontal.
If you then go in the menu to image, rotate canvas, arbitrary it will show you the degrees necessary and if you press OK then it will execute that rotation. (I get 0.7 to 0.9 in this image, which is small but enough to be noticed, so here it is mainly perspective distortion)
The longer the line you draw the better.
If you have a landscape you can draw a long line along the horizon for example and apply this, even if the horizon is not in the centre.
Normally you use the centre to avoid a structure that was affected by perspective transformation.
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01/25/2025 09:15:17 AM · #123 |
Wow, so many helpful suggestions!
Thank you!
I'll try again with a little more time on my hands |
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01/25/2025 11:22:06 AM · #124 |
Working from the 1200 pixel original, I concerned myself primarily with the cropping/perspective issues. I agree the color image works better, although I wouldn't rule out a more precisely executed B/W that used color sensitivity adjustment to differentiate different areas.
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1. I opened in Photoshop and used the ROTATE tool to square up the vertical on the large pillar and crop the extraneous wedges.
2. I Copied that layer and used the SKEW tool to adjust the implied horizontal level and clean up any perceived flaws in the overall vertical aspect of the scene. It was necessary (IMO) to NOT go for full correction (perspective correction tool) because the image was getting too geometrically distorted.
3. Having done all that, I was left with an image that was disturbingly *stretched* vertically: the subject was looking tall and skinny. So I took the entire image and squished it vertically util the proportions looked right.
That was about a 10-minute quick-fix, followed by a smidge of contrast work.
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01/25/2025 01:18:58 PM · #125 |
I respectfully disagree with all the rotaters and skewers and croppers. You are straightening to what purpose? To make me bored?
The shot has a natural candid energy to it. All you need to do is play with the black and white conversion until you like it. Does not need artificial blur. |
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