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05/14/2007 02:52:47 AM · #26 |
| i think there will be A LOT of selectively saturated photos ... :-))) |
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05/14/2007 04:38:16 AM · #27 |
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05/14/2007 04:40:45 AM · #28 |
uh.. this comes a week later.. mumble mumble..
Message edited by author 2007-05-14 04:48:07.
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05/14/2007 06:34:23 AM · #29 |
I used the histopry brush for this one. It took mere seconds.
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05/14/2007 07:22:37 AM · #30 |
| Ish. This effect is already waaaaaaaay overdone here as it is. |
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05/14/2007 07:35:23 AM · #31 |
Originally posted by datcat:
Should the desat be total desaturation or could it be say...75% desat? |
It does specifically say grayscale in the challenge instructions so I suspect it's total desat or nothing. I like your thinking though :-) |
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05/14/2007 01:28:18 PM · #32 |
Originally posted by SoulMan1978:
Originally posted by datcat:
Should the desat be total desaturation or could it be say...75% desat? |
It does specifically say grayscale in the challenge instructions so I suspect it's total desat or nothing. I like your thinking though :-) |
well you can do it 75% desat, as it is legal, but the votes will "monster kill"(gamers will understand what that means) you with low votes |
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05/14/2007 03:38:01 PM · #33 |
As someone who votes on all challenges yet generally can't stand selective desaturation... I'm begging you all to put a little extra thought into this challenge so my eyes don't bleed by the time voting is over :)
I normally find selective desaturation annoying for the same reason I find a few other things annoying: for the most part, people do it gratuitously. Same goes for sepia, and a lot of HDR stuff here. People do it just because they know how to do it, and they don't put a whole lot of thought into why they're using these techniques.
Sepia is one of those things that is generally ugly to begin with, but can evoke an old time feeling if done well. Yet some people will just apply it for the sake of applying it. Ditto for selective desaturation.
Here's a shot to use as some inspiration:
This, to me, is the absolute best example of the use of selective desaturation I've ever seen. Why? Because it helps tell the story. To the little girl, the whole world is a gray, scary place. She's lost, and her only hope -- the only part of her world that isn't scary and gray -- is that the police officer can help her. I have looked at this shot over and over again, and I can just feel the emotions of the situation. And the selective desaturation plays a huge and tremendously appropriate role in that.
I challenge everyone to think about WHY you're using this technique as you put your shots together this time. Don't just do it because it's the challenge topic and ya gotta do it... :) |
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05/14/2007 04:29:50 PM · #34 |
I was just about to say the same thing as Alan, only with a little bit less tact. :)
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05/14/2007 04:42:38 PM · #35 |
Originally posted by Azrifel:
I was just about to say the same thing as Alan, only with a little bit less tact. :) |
Good thing Alan got there first. ;)
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05/14/2007 04:56:13 PM · #36 |
I was looking over the first challenge for Selective desaturation and got to wondering something...
These all look like selective COLOR. Where the entire image is desat and the subject was in color.
Wouldn't selective desat mean that the image is in color but the subject is NOT in color?
Just a thought...
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05/14/2007 04:58:29 PM · #37 |
Originally posted by Tlemetry:
I was looking over the first challenge for Selective desaturation and got to wondering something...
These all look like selective COLOR. Where the entire image is desat and the subject was in color.
Wouldn't selective desat mean that the image is in color but the subject is NOT in color?
Just a thought... |
Glad you asked...I thought the same thing for a bit....I guess that would work |
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05/14/2007 06:51:14 PM · #38 |
Originally posted by Tlemetry:
Wouldn't selective desat mean that the image is in color but the subject is NOT in color?
Just a thought... |
Not according to the challenge description - - - "Highlight one or more elements in your photograph by converting the surrounding areas to grayscale."
When itt says to "convert the surrounding ares to grayscale" and the opposite is done you can expect to be scored accordingly by voters. |
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05/14/2007 07:13:39 PM · #39 |
| My Selective Desat color is going to be black. |
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05/14/2007 07:32:39 PM · #40 |
Originally posted by jaysonmc:
My Selective Desat color is going to be black. |
Black is absent of color.
DNMTC
;)
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05/14/2007 07:45:09 PM · #41 |
My grays are a tad warm, I wonder if the voters shall know :-)
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05/14/2007 10:23:47 PM · #42 |
Originally posted by Gringo:
Originally posted by jaysonmc:
My Selective Desat color is going to be black. |
Black is absent of color.
DNMTC
;) |
isn't black the absent of light colors where as white is the absent of pigment colors? (I think most would give the DNMTC though.) |
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05/15/2007 02:10:30 AM · #43 |
Black is the absence of all colours (0,0,0) and white is the presence of all colours (255,255,255).
Message edited by author 2007-05-15 02:14:05.
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05/15/2007 03:02:58 AM · #44 |
Originally posted by Greetmir:
Black is the absence of all colours (0,0,0) and white is the presence of all colours (255,255,255). |
yes, in a additive color world such as computer monitors, but in a printing world (subtractive colors) all colors mixed together give you black. So the real question is, if you print a b/w picture then display it on a computer screen is it additive or subtractive color? :D |
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05/15/2007 03:29:47 AM · #45 |
Originally posted by sabphoto:
Originally posted by Greetmir:
Black is the absence of all colours (0,0,0) and white is the presence of all colours (255,255,255). |
yes, in a additive color world such as computer monitors, but in a printing world (subtractive colors) all colors mixed together give you black. So the real question is, if you print a b/w picture then display it on a computer screen is it additive or subtractive color? :D |
In optical physics, Color is light. Black is the absence of light, and therefore, the absence of color. So, I guess it becomes an additive color rendition of a subtractive color composition. Hehehe. So I'd have no choice but to give it a DNMTC.
;P
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05/15/2007 04:34:50 AM · #46 |
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05/15/2007 08:59:22 AM · #47 |
Originally posted by goodman:
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For a second I thought that was a Leroy Troll holding some cheese.
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05/15/2007 09:15:36 AM · #48 |
Originally posted by noisemaker:
Originally posted by SoulMan1978:
Originally posted by datcat:
Should the desat be total desaturation or could it be say...75% desat? |
It does specifically say grayscale in the challenge instructions so I suspect it's total desat or nothing. I like your thinking though :-) |
well you can do it 75% desat, as it is legal, but the votes will "monster kill"(gamers will understand what that means) you with low votes |
Yeah I know "monster kill" LOL, I hear it from the laptop my son is using all the time. We sit next to each other in the "office". OK I read the challenge details after I posted, too bad, I like a partial desat. |
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05/15/2007 01:09:44 PM · #49 |
Originally posted by sabphoto:
Originally posted by Greetmir:
Black is the absence of all colours (0,0,0) and white is the presence of all colours (255,255,255). |
yes, in a additive color world such as computer monitors, but in a printing world (subtractive colors) all colors mixed together give you black. So the real question is, if you print a b/w picture then display it on a computer screen is it additive or subtractive color? :D |
The reason all colors are mixed together in print to give you black is that the ink on the page REFLECTS or BOUNCES light off of the page leaving the absence of light therefor the darker color.
Without light there is no color. A rainbow is made by light being prismed through water droplets which separate the light into varying degrees.
At any rate if you have your subject in greyscale then you should probably expect your score to reflect (pun intended) it. |
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05/15/2007 03:55:07 PM · #50 |
Are you able to create a triptych using the same image just cropped diffently in advance editing? I know we just had a triptych challenge that was advanced editing...but, it had the extra rule of using up to three images.
T.
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