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08/22/2003 12:28:22 AM · #1
I wanted so badly to convert my Past challenge entry to sepia tones...but by following the rules, I couldn't.

So, are the people who sepia-toned in one way or another allowed because their camera offers that option?

It's a great advantage, that's for sure! I wish my camera would have allowed that...
08/22/2003 12:36:58 AM · #2
not necessarily the camera offered that feature could even be a filter put on the lens.
08/22/2003 01:45:34 AM · #3
Originally posted by Resiemor:

It's a great advantage, that's for sure! I wish my camera would have allowed that...


In general, I think you are better off applying sepia and B&W in your image editing software. You have MUCH more control over how it looks, the tones, etc. With filters and built-in sepia, you are at the mercy of the camera. I did see a few really good camera created B&W and sepia however, but I don't think that's the "norm" in most cases.
08/22/2003 01:58:26 AM · #4
a cokin filter? sepia? does require kicking up the exposure time. Some old school tricks in a non edit digital challenge.
08/22/2003 03:27:20 AM · #5
these little canon powershots do it. Feels more bland brown than sepia though
08/22/2003 03:34:23 AM · #6
This is from the DSC F717 sepia setting - what would you have scored it? I've entered something completely different:
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08/22/2003 09:29:30 AM · #7
Jon -- seems like the contrast in your headstone shot is a little flat. It's nicely composed, though.

I'll admit that my entry is toned. I took a bunch of different shots with a bunch of different filters and -- unfortunately or not -- my best shot was one with my least-favorite colored filter. And apparently it's being reflected in my score and comments. Ah well... Better that than a dead-on color shot that's out of focus I guess.

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08/22/2003 09:58:54 AM · #8
To be honest, this photo doesn't do it for me. I think I agree with Muckpond, it is a little flat. I also think the angle isn't the best. I can't read the wife's middle or last? name.

I do like the shadows though. I would have rated this average most likely a 5.

The Past challenge scores I'm getting are my worst to date LOL...live and learn, huh? You're surely doing way better than me.

Renee
08/22/2003 10:35:47 AM · #9
I had to use the default sepia setting for my F717 in my submission, as the F717 doens't do black and white. Furthermore, there are no contrast settings. If I hear one more person say that it looks flat, I'm gonna kill...

I knew I shouldn't have entered this challenge.
08/22/2003 11:00:41 AM · #10
Honestly, all of them look flat to me (except maybe yours jimmythefish). They almost all look like they need a little boost of contrast and/or color and sharpen.
08/22/2003 11:16:34 AM · #11
[quote=Resiemor]I wanted so badly to convert my Past challenge entry to sepia tones...but by following the rules, I couldn't.

why couldn't you? i thought we could convert to b&w or sepia in photoshop or equivilant--well, that's how i read the rules, anyway...
08/22/2003 11:18:31 AM · #12
For this particular challenge, we couldn't. For any others, sure. The only allowable modifications for the Past challenge were resizing and (as we found out only a day or so ago) rotating from landscape to portrait.

I wish my camera had in-camera black and white as well as sepia, but I still really like the sepia shot I entered.
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