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02/09/2004 07:43:35 PM · #1 |
Hi all
here's how it was done....
this is my original image
1st thing 1st always work on a duplicate layer! :-)
1st thing i did was rotate and crop. The vertical glass edge had to be straight.
Then I adjusted curves to the whole image trying to get the BG as white as possible without compromizing my models.
Then I erased most of the glass jarand the phone book, leaving just the contour seen in the final photo. Now part of the vertical line was orange due to the fish's reflection so I selected that portion of it and played with the hue to match the rest of the jar's line.
Using the clone stamp, I got rid of the overex area on the fish.
I dodged both eyes at around 20% and burned the bald spot on my cat.
I selected the cat-side of the photo and used unsharp mask, difuse glow and gaussian blur at 20% opacity on the cat only.
And that's how I got this:
I hope this was helpful. Not having softboxes of a studio, the new rules are helping me a lot. :-)
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02/09/2004 07:56:48 PM · #2 |
Nice work, I love the way you cleaned it all up.
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02/09/2004 08:01:56 PM · #3 |
fantastic! What did the dodge & burn do specifically & when do you use most often?
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02/09/2004 08:02:39 PM · #4 |
i like a lot of your photos, this, i think goes too far from the original photo.
congrats none-the-less - and good work. just my opinion
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02/09/2004 08:08:27 PM · #5 |
Somewhere along the way, you gave your cat a little "hair club for cats" treatment too. :)
Great work. I'm hoping someday I'll get this good at doing this kind of work in PS. A couple of questions:
How long did it take you to do this? I always seem to get bogged down with details, and loose patience.
What did working on a duplicate layer do for you? Was it just to have the original available to go back to? Or does it give you some benefit in the final results?
Thanks. |
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02/09/2004 08:10:29 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by soup:
i like a lot of your photos, this, i think goes too far from the original photo.
congrats none-the-less - and good work. just y opinion |
I agree. Its a very nice shot, just not really a shot. However, it is the best in the challenge, and I voted it so. Congrats.
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02/09/2004 08:14:00 PM · #7 |
I for one disagree with the "goes too far" crowd; you've fixed some minor defects, that's about it. It is completely true to the image you captured. I love it. Great work.
Edit:
Wait I forgot to say, WTF, a CAT pic wins?? What's this place coming to?? LOL.
Message edited by author 2004-02-09 20:28:45.
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02/09/2004 08:21:43 PM · #8 |
| I also voted this one best in show...but I appreciate greatly the "author's" coming in and showing us how it was done...great shot and a great lesson ...thank you much |
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02/09/2004 08:27:59 PM · #9 |
| It makes me wonder how Naomi Campbell or Kate Moss really look like? Maby they're just ugly like me :) |
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02/09/2004 08:35:56 PM · #10 |
| i also think this goes too far from the original photo. But, rules are rules and i voted with this change so i will just keep quiet. |
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02/09/2004 10:05:45 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by ScottK:
Somewhere along the way, you gave your cat a little "hair club for cats" treatment too. :)
Great work. I'm hoping someday I'll get this good at doing this kind of work in PS. A couple of questions:
How long did it take you to do this? I always seem to get bogged down with details, and loose patience.
What did working on a duplicate layer do for you? Was it just to have the original available to go back to? Or does it give you some benefit in the final results?
Thanks. |
Hi Scott
It took me about 45 mins to do the PS stuff.
I work on a separate layer for the reason you mentioned but also for the filters. On a new layer, you can play with the opacity of the layer thus softening the effect.
Yanik
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