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 05/27/2004 01:16:42 AM · #1
Selective desaturation is one way you can lead the viewers eye to your subject. Done wrong it looks kind of hokey... Done right it can make a picture pop.
 05/27/2004 01:21:55 AM · #2
Stop making fun of me :P
 05/27/2004 01:23:52 AM · #3
Originally posted by faidoi:
Stop making fun of me :P


I was actually thinking of calling this the Faidoi Challenge!!!



Message edited by author 2004-05-27 01:25:01.
 05/27/2004 01:30:23 AM · #4
rofl :)
 05/27/2004 01:32:32 AM · #5
I think moodvilles' example is cooler.

Message edited by author 2004-05-27 01:32:43.
 05/27/2004 01:39:18 AM · #6
And duckius plasticius are very elusive. Moodville was lucky to capture him at such close range.
 05/27/2004 05:51:59 AM · #7
Argh ... this would be my own 'personal' version of 'hell'! You'd all be damn certain not to receive a vote from me :-)

E
 05/27/2004 06:28:40 AM · #8

05/27/2004 08:09:33 AM · #9

05/27/2004 09:09:19 AM · #10

05/27/2004 09:22:04 AM · #11
Originally posted by e301:
Argh ... this would be my own 'personal' version of 'hell'! You'd all be damn certain not to receive a vote from me :-)

E


And maybe it would get it out of everyones system!
 05/27/2004 09:32:30 AM · #12
Originally posted by faidoi:
I think moodvilles' example is cooler.


Hey now! I dont normally like or do the selective desat thing but well, I was weak and um stuff and couldnt resist. Now everyone knows my little guilty secret!
 05/27/2004 09:38:28 AM · #13
Originally posted by moodville:
Hey now! I dont normally like or do the selective desat thing but well, I was weak and um stuff and couldnt resist. Now everyone knows my little guilty secret!


We won't tell! We'll take your secret to our graves. ;-)
 05/27/2004 08:25:20 PM · #14
Trying out the new quote :P
 05/27/2004 08:36:54 PM · #15
Moodville & Faidoi:

Throw all your moody, de-saturated stuff my way! I can't do it yet (which will keep me popular here lol), but I love it (which will lead to further unpopularity). I always seem to like darker images than anyone else . . . . what does that say about me????

Message edited by author 2004-05-27 20:37:15.
 05/27/2004 08:57:07 PM · #16
Hey, nobody mentioned my selective desat! ::sniff sniff:: I'm just kidding. The ones from Faidoi and Moodville are much better than the one I did for a free study.
 05/27/2004 08:58:58 PM · #17
Originally posted by MrAkamai:
Hey, nobody mentioned my selective desat! ::sniff sniff:: I'm just kidding. The ones from Faidoi and Moodville are much better than the one I did for a free study.


Very nice!!! ;0)
 05/27/2004 09:00:17 PM · #18
Originally posted by MrAkamai:
Hey, nobody mentioned my selective desat! ::sniff sniff:: I'm just kidding. The ones from Faidoi and Moodville are much better than the one I did for a free study.



This one?

This was captured without desat correct?

Message edited by author 2004-05-27 21:01:51.
 05/27/2004 09:38:57 PM · #19

05/27/2004 09:50:29 PM · #20
Originally posted by faidoi:
Originally posted by MrAkamai:
Hey, nobody mentioned my selective desat! ::sniff sniff:: I'm just kidding. The ones from Faidoi and Moodville are much better than the one I did for a free study.



This one?

This was captured without desat correct?


Faidoi, you are correct. The fire extinguisher entry was full color with auto color correction. Just don't look too closely at the roses in my free study entry as you'll see the chromatic abberation. :)
 05/27/2004 10:04:13 PM · #21
Might be a good challenge. I wouldn't mind doing one of these again:


05/28/2004 07:07:05 PM · #22
Originally posted by Havok:
Might be a good challenge. I wouldn't mind doing one of these again


I agree. This would be a good challenge idea. :)
 05/28/2004 07:10:34 PM · #23
Ooh ooh ooh make this a challenge admins! I'm all for it!
 05/28/2004 07:50:21 PM · #24
Originally posted by e301:
Argh ... this would be my own 'personal' version of 'hell'! You'd all be damn certain not to receive a vote from me :-)

E


I'm not sure what e301's reasoning is but count me out of a challenge like this. There is no way I would vote on it either. I'm not sure italics are enough to emphasize how much I really dislike this technique. No offense, of course. To each his own. It just seems hokey to me, no matter how skillfuly it's done. I have yet to see a photo I wouldn't have liked better if it had not been treated with this technique. I call it gilding the lily. If your subject isn't compelling enough to draw the eye than my suggestion is to spend more time composing the image so you have less time spent in tarting it up in Photoshop.


05/28/2004 08:21:01 PM · #25
I think I've only done this once:



...and haven't done it since. I think.
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