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06/12/2012 01:53:01 AM · #1 |
Thanks
Message edited by author 2012-06-14 23:12:09. |
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06/12/2012 02:10:37 AM · #2 |
link: //500px.com/photo/3381116
There is a myriad of ways to apply tints and color selectively or wholly to a BW image. One way is the Color option in PS.
Did you register just to ask that question or do you plan on hanging out here? There's lots to learn and plenty of helpful folks. |
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06/12/2012 03:16:50 AM · #3 |
Thanks
Message edited by author 2012-06-12 23:43:19. |
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06/12/2012 05:20:04 AM · #4 |
There are some really terrific tutorials on YouTube - seriously! Have you seen them? I've learned all sort of techniques from there - and I've never had problems on this site when asking for specific advice. Put your profile up, add some photos to your gallery - give people a sense of who you are and that you're not a troll and you'll likely get what you need!
We put the fun in dysfunctional here. No doubt about that. |
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06/12/2012 05:31:57 AM · #5 |
Welcome Larry, I was a bit like you when I joined here and was daunted by the skill other photographers were showing. My first entry was a 4.2 and my advice to you is to show your pictures here and maybe enter a challenge - the sooner you do that then (imo) the faster you will progress. Yes, you are correct there are not a huge amount of 'how did they do that' tutorials here but as suggested places like you tube are awash with them.
If you see a photo you really like then I'm pretty sure a pm to the photographer would usually result in a good response regards how it was taken.
As for your Q, looks like a duotone though it could have been accomplished via several methods. |
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06/12/2012 05:59:04 AM · #6 |
Originally posted by larryp:
"Did you register just to ask that question or do you plan on hanging out here?"
First, TY for the warm welcome.
Well I have been "hanging out" here for over 2 years now. Reading, doing, and learning from the "How'd they do that?" and "tutorials" Wish more people would post there to help others. Also have been trying to learn from what people have posted in the Photo info, Photogs comments, etc here. I have also been trying to teach myself things from exif info from sites like flickr. and any tutorial I can find online and in youtube. I have taught myself about lightroom, CS5, gimp, and numerous other programs that I can get for free, at a discount or used. I don't steal software and it takes time to save up and afford some. I don't have expensive len's, 99% are used, I have a couple of filters. I spend alot of my free time trying to learn how take a good photo, and post processing to try and get a result that does not suck. I buy books and lessons (Brad Buttry, Brent Pearson, Tony Kuyper, to name a few) and what ever I think it will take to get a result I like. So far I don't like my photos, they all have a defect and I may never be as good as the people at this site. Will I ever post a photo I have taken on this site, most likey not for some time. Should I post a comment on every photo on this site that I like that says "Awesome photo" to stroke someones ego? You tell me. All I had was a question I tried to answer on my own and could not. Was asking someone for help outside my comfort zone, guess. If I don't belong here. let me know. |
Don't get defensive, Larry - you just registered today and we get a fair amount of spammers who make stuff up just to be able to post a link or something. It also seemed strange you were asking on DPC about how they did that to an image on another website. If you've just been lurking for two years, I would say that is not the most productive way to improve your skills. We've had rank amateurs (myself included) who have learned and excelled by participating in voting, entering challenges (costs nothing, doesn't hurt), voting and commenting on the challenges - all you need for that is an opinion and most people have those. If you want brutally honest feedback, you can get that. If you want "Awesome photo!", you can get some of that, too.
Sorry if I was off-putting in my initial response. You are certainly welcome here and encouraged to participate. Best of luck to ya. |
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06/12/2012 06:25:33 AM · #7 |
Hey Larry-
Most everybody here is pretty friendly, and you shouldn't feel intimidated to enter. Everybody starts out somewhere, and getting out there and used to receiving criticism is incredibly beneficial. It's also hugely advantageous to make comments on the photos of others, as it forces you to consider images critically and understand what you like and why, how to examine a photograph and to understand what does or does not fit or work in your opinion. This is the core of forming your style- determining what you like, why you like it, and then how to create it.
The forums are typically a great help, as well, so don't hesitate to ask if you're curious how a particular process was done. Of course, as Ecce noted, you're more likely to get specific feedback on images entered here, simply because we know the rulessets and there's a great chance the photographer themselves can be contacted for further details.
Hope you stick around. |
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06/12/2012 08:12:53 AM · #8 |
Hello and Welcome
Just to add what others have said ,I have never come across anyone who if asked will not tell you how they processed an image on this or any other site.
Anyway, if you participate here, post some shots,look,comment etc. you will learn loads and that's a promise.
All the best.
neil |
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06/12/2012 08:39:06 AM · #9 |
Just to reiterate what the others have said, you are in the right place. It's a friendly online community, outside of the shark tank (cleverly disguised as "Challenges open for submission"). Go ahead and enter some challenges, but put on your thickest skin first. You won't know until you try. One of the strongest learning experiences to be had is commenting on others challenge entries, and not just the ones you like the most. In fact there is the most to be gained by commenting on the mediocre entries. They don't suck, but they are not great either. What did they do right and what is lacking? By doing this, you will learn things that make for an interesting photo that you can apply to your own photography.
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06/12/2012 08:42:04 AM · #10 |
Hi Larry
Welcome. I am really new here (about 6 months) and just as new to DP. I have a kit lense and a middle of the range camera a tripod and very little else. I am learning how to use Gimp via the internet (just to give you a picture of how seriously amateurish I am :-)). So I am basically in your shoes (or you in mine ... whichever ...) and in this particular instance, I feel I for once am qualified to give advise :-).
Advise number 1:
ENTER THE CHALLENGES. And as far as I am concerned there are 2 reasons why you should do that. Firstly, it forces you to take a variety of pictures, many of which you would probably not normally take. Taking things out of your personal comfort zone makes you think about your picture much more than if you take pics you regularly take. Thinking about what you do is always a good thing :-). Secondly you get feedback on your pics. Although reading the feedback people give on other images is a great way to learn, at the end of the day you want to improve YOUR pictures. Even if there are only a few comments, the votes will tell you where you are. OK, so you need a fairly thick skin at times ;-), but if you are in it to learn, then those numbers are really great. Someone (sorry, I really can't remember who :-(), wrote on the forum a few weeks back that they keep statistics on their images. I started that (thank you :-)). I like graphs, so I am plotting my scores and also my average score (even an average over the past 4 challenges ... I get a bit compulsive sometimes ;-)). Obviously my aim is to constantly improve on my average score. It is my personal journey here on DPC among all these fantastic photographers and it is the way I measure how I improve.
Advise number 2:
ENTER THE CHALLENGES ...
Advise number 3:
ENTER THE CHALLENGES ...
Well, you get the picture :-)
Now seriously, the next advise is to vote and COMMENT. The reason for that is that you actually critically look at a picture when you comment. And by comment I don't mean "fabulous" (OK, so I often write that too, because, well, what else is there to say about some of them? :-)). But that is OK (I think so anyway). In months and years to come I will have probably become more picky and more critical and my "fabulous" will be less frequent, but in the meantime, as someone else said to me on a forum (forgot who you are too :-( - so sorry), give those "10's" if you feel the picture deserves it in YOUR eyes. Its YOU who is voting, you don't vote for anybody esle.
Once people get to know you, you may make friends here. I got so very, very lucky and someone has kindly taken me under his wing and is helping me - it makes such a BIG difference.
But first step is: ... well, you knopw what is coming: "enter the challenge" :-).
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06/12/2012 11:35:51 AM · #11 |
Welcome, Larry! You will learn MUCH faster by doing than by reading :-)
Plus it's a lot more fun!! |
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06/12/2012 03:27:36 PM · #12 |
DON'T LISTEN TO ANY OF THEM! Run away NOW! It only gets worse the longer you stay....
No, not really. Well, yes, really, but that is beside the point. Enter. Show pictures and ask for feedback. You'll learn faster. |
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06/12/2012 04:50:49 PM · #13 |
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06/12/2012 04:58:40 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by JH:
Art's our guard dog. |
Well, someone needs to paper train him.
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06/12/2012 05:19:14 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by JH:
Art's our guard dog. |
Bite first, ask questions later ;-) |
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06/15/2012 01:05:13 AM · #16 |
Ecce Signum, looks like a duotone though it could have been accomplished via several methods.
Thanks for the help Ecce, I'll look into that. |
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06/15/2012 02:05:49 AM · #17 |
On top of some of the other suggestions, you may look at Silver Efex Pro for achieving colors like this (with burn edges selected to get the thin vignette). Also not sure if it was intentional to have it so "glowy", but Color Efex Pro's "Glamour Glow" is a quick way you can achieve this look.
Hope this helps :) |
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06/15/2012 02:44:34 AM · #18 |
| Thanks OverflowStudios, I do have Silver Efex, will look into Color Efex Pro. TY for taking the time to reply. |
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06/15/2012 03:11:40 AM · #19 |
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
link: //500px.com/photo/3381116
There is a myriad of ways to apply tints and color selectively or wholly to a BW image. One way is the Color option in PS.
Did you register just to ask that question or do you plan on hanging out here? There's lots to learn and plenty of helpful folks. |
Whoa whoa whoa, WTF? How is my reply "attacking"?? I fixed his link, offered some basic direction in response to the question and effectively just asked if he was serious about hanging out here and I tried to encourage him to do so. Then I encouraged him to participate, apologized for my initial response sounding a bit harsh and wished him luck. I realize I'm not DPC's Miss Congeniality but again, WTF?? |
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06/15/2012 08:58:27 AM · #20 |
in corel paintshop pro x4 i can choose various color wheels to desaturate, or the entire picture.
for example, i can take out everything that isn't green, one at a time, or leave 5% of red, 10% blue, etc.
Additionally, each program has a way to restore color to a selected area. In photoshop it's the history-undo brush; in paintshop you apply a desat layer and then erase the part of the layer you don't want stripped of color with the eraser brush, when you flatten you've got various bits of color back.
stick around, don't mind art, don't mind the forum trolls, and have fun.
enter some 'open' challenges before you dive in head first and pay for a membership, see what you think.
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06/17/2012 01:43:17 AM · #21 |
TY Ryan for the advice. (fixed typo)
Message edited by author 2012-06-17 01:43:52. |
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06/17/2012 01:46:55 AM · #22 |
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
link: //500px.com/photo/3381116
There is a myriad of ways to apply tints and color selectively or wholly to a BW image. One way is the Color option in PS.
Did you register just to ask that question or do you plan on hanging out here? There's lots to learn and plenty of helpful folks. |
Yes there are. Ken just isn't one of them. ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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06/23/2012 02:50:52 AM · #23 |
| I notice Matt. Real fast. But TY. |
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06/23/2012 04:56:31 AM · #24 |
Riddle: If Ken isn't helpful, how do we know what this thread is about?
Message edited by author 2012-06-23 04:57:11. |
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