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09/08/2005 05:51:32 PM · #1
Please tell me what you think of this picture-I am trying hard to learn composition. Also if you know what these items are and their use send me a PM. :)BTW-this picture was taken with my P&S camera and not my rebel.

Lowell



Message edited by author 2005-09-08 17:52:37.
09/08/2005 05:58:33 PM · #2
gavel, protractor, square edge.

edit: yeah i'm wrong on the 2nd one i think. It's a compus.

Message edited by author 2005-09-08 18:00:40.
09/08/2005 05:59:32 PM · #3
Composition looks interesting but it's far too dark.
09/08/2005 06:00:26 PM · #4
That's a compass, not a protractor, I think.

Edit - Also agree it is too dark.

Message edited by author 2005-09-08 18:01:08.
09/08/2005 06:02:11 PM · #5
Originally posted by kyebosh:

gavel, protractor, square edge.


And a marble square inlaid in a wooden frame for striking with the gavel in a most satisfactory way.

Oh, yeah, the image; the composition is clean but unremarkable. It is marred by being too dark in the upper left, so the full shape of the gavel is lost in murk.

R.

Message edited by author 2005-09-08 18:02:33.
09/08/2005 06:07:29 PM · #6
You guys are right-and yes striking is most satisfactory! :P Would one of you care to take a crack at editing it? And thanks so much for the comments-hopefully my Canon will do better.
09/08/2005 06:15:24 PM · #7
Super quick:



Shadow/Highlights to help recover the dark areas, sat boost overall, hue shift on reds to help lighten the wood a bit. Boost mid-tones in curves, twist a little "s" for contrast.
09/08/2005 06:16:43 PM · #8
Originally posted by bear_music:


And a marble square inlaid in a wooden frame for striking with the gavel in a most satisfactory way.



I read this sentence without looking at who had posted it, but I knew at once that it was bear's.
09/08/2005 06:21:08 PM · #9
Roughly the same approach at the same time as strangeghost, except masking out and darkening the perimeter all around:



Robt.
09/08/2005 06:21:50 PM · #10
Originally posted by Pug-H:

Originally posted by bear_music:


And a marble square inlaid in a wooden frame for striking with the gavel in a most satisfactory way.



I read this sentence without looking at who had posted it, but I knew at once that it was bear's.


jejeje™
09/08/2005 06:23:56 PM · #11
Originally posted by Neeshac:

Would one of you care to take a crack at editing it? And thanks so much for the comments-hopefully my Canon will do better.

Wrong answer.

Instead of having someone edit it (brilliant job btw strangehost), go back and repaint it in the camera. There's no better exercise available than taking a setup like this and painting it with light .... lots of light ... light from all different places ... light from all different angles ... light from all different azimuths.

Light is everything, yes editing can do so much, in this case it did more than I thought was there, but it is still no substitute for beautiful light when shooting.

Brett
09/08/2005 06:24:31 PM · #12
Gavel, Scribe, Square.
09/08/2005 08:21:48 PM · #13
I really like the editing jobs! I would like to know how each was done if you don't mind. As far as working it in the camera well I have already removed it. The lighting is what it is and nothing can be done as far as adding light in the room and so on.
Just to let you all know the items are indeed a gavel, square and compasses on a marble strike pad. These items are used in Freemasonry for various reasons. You guys are sharp no doubt.
09/08/2005 08:35:14 PM · #14
In photoshop, I used the polygonal lasso tool to rough-select the subjects, then the magic wand and the oval marquee tool to fine tune the selection. I then iverted the selection and saved it with a feather radius of 4 pixels. I loaded the saved selection and made a levels adjustment for the BG where I just slid the right-hand pointer clear to the left, maing everything in that selection area pure black.

I then relaoded the selection in an inverted state so the subjects only were selected and made another levels adjustment mask for that and worked the tnalities untilt hey looked right. The image might have benefitted from some color adjustment on the subject selection as well (see strangeghost's for one possibility) but I didn't do that, choosing to leave it neutral.

Robt.
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