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Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED

09/06/2005 12:07:46 PM · #1

I am trying to learn this cool effect, so I have 2 versions I just did - are these considered grunge? If not, what should I be doing differently?

Ennil

Nikon D200

09/06/2005 12:14:26 PM · #2

Learn pop photography, it's the new trend.

rex

Canon PowerShot SD780

09/06/2005 12:15:48 PM · #3

Originally posted by Ennil:

Learn pop photography, it's the new trend.

"Pop Photography"

?????????????

Ennil

Nikon D200

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED

09/06/2005 12:26:26 PM · #4

Originally posted by rex:

Originally posted by Ennil:
Learn pop photography, it's the new trend.

"Pop Photography"

?????????????

Per exemple:
Exemple1
Exemple2

I swear I'm not making this up. Except the trend part of course.

Message edited by author 2005-09-06 12:27:49.

Beagleboy

Canon EOS-30D

Tokina AF 12-24mm f/4.0 AT-X Pro DX

09/06/2005 12:26:53 PM · #5

Originally posted by rex:

Originally posted by Ennil:
Learn pop photography, it's the new trend.

"Pop Photography"

?????????????

Photography à-la Britney Spears, bubblegum photography, stuff that has broad appeal just because some people do/use it.

Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM

09/06/2005 12:33:22 PM · #6

Well....it's not exactly "me" :)

So, back to grunge...are those examples close?

thatcloudthere

Canon EOS-1D

09/06/2005 12:36:38 PM · #7

What's grunge? Other than what it's meant for the last fifteen years as pertains to music and lifestyle?

09/06/2005 01:01:06 PM · #8

//www.dpchallenge.com/forum.php?action=read&FORUM_THREAD_ID=268214
inspired me

dahkota

Canon EOS-7D

Canon EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS

09/06/2005 01:04:43 PM · #9

if you use PS, there are grunge actions at: atncentral

But they work better with experience. You can also find tutorials on the web by googling photo and grunge.

Hope this helps!

CEJ

Canon EOS-40D

09/06/2005 01:04:50 PM · #10

Didn't someone write a short tutorial how to do this? I seem to be unable to find it.

09/06/2005 01:46:46 PM · #11

Originally posted by dahkota:

if you use PS, there are grunge actions at: atncentral

But they work better with experience. You can also find tutorials on the web by googling photo and grunge.

Hope this helps!

Thanks for the link! I installed them all, cleaned off my desktop (of older stored actions and stuff) LOL
It looks so much better and now I can play :)

JayWalk

Canon EOS-6D

09/06/2005 01:58:18 PM · #12

Check out the Dragonizer action too. I think that it gives a better grundge look especially to portraits. Best bet is to just play around with it until you find what works best for you.

Did this one last night:

Message edited by author 2005-09-06 13:59:09.

09/06/2005 02:02:07 PM · #13

There are also "Grunge Brushes" to use. What you do is load up a preset brushes from a grunge set of brushes and apply the brush over your image.

Sample:

If you look very close to the details of the side of this building it appears to be damaged or decaying. However, I took the artisic freedom to add a bit of grungy feel to this vacant building. Note: this is the only photo that I had altered, all my other abandoned buildings shots are the real deal.

I can't remember where I down loaded the brushes...try Adobe's website.

09/06/2005 02:24:20 PM · #14

Originally posted by Ennil:

Learn pop photography, it's the new trend.

So Pop Photography is a new trend huh? Tell this to Andy....

Andy Worhol use photos, then trasfer the images to screen prints so he could display pop culture from his time....hmmmm, not so new after all....

I'm wonder then, so is Product Photography considered Pop Photography? Hmmm, it's a photo, is a product that is popular.....I guess we have been doing this for a long time how can it be new?

Perhaps Andy hit on the spot with the Campbell's Soup can. It was a product and very popular, However he painted that one. Still.....So was "Elvis" as the same as Brintney Spears (how ever you spell her name) today...nothing is new....we are reinventing the wheel again.

I'm not busting your bubble Ennil...the whole new trendy idea of Pop Photography.....and it's true meanings.

So if we are going back to the Pop Art culture again, here is my tribute to Andy.

09/06/2005 02:25:41 PM · #15

On the grunge note: I don't want to hear the name of Kirk Cobain.....ok, I said it....but that it....:)

09/06/2005 02:27:22 PM · #16

Originally posted by JayWalk:

That's errie, almost poping out at me...running for the door...:) Vey Interesting affect.

09/06/2005 02:30:22 PM · #17

Originally posted by papagei:

I am trying to learn this cool effect, so I have 2 versions I just did - are these considered grunge? If not, what should I be doing differently?

Hmmm, I seem to enjoy them both....I like the effects. I do love abtracts. In these images. I hunt for thier meanings, they both tell a seperate story.

09/06/2005 02:38:11 PM · #18

Originally posted by dustin03:

Originally posted by papagei:
I am trying to learn this cool effect, so I have 2 versions I just did - are these considered grunge? If not, what should I be doing differently?

Hmmm, I seem to enjoy them both....I like the effects. I do love abtracts. In these images. I hunt for thier meanings, they both tell a seperate story.

Thanks Dustin :) On their own, I am liking them too!

Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon

09/06/2005 02:39:30 PM · #19

Originally posted by JayWalk:

I tried the Draganizer and another one too - here is my Draganized Dog

sher

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

09/06/2005 02:53:18 PM · #20

Originally posted by dustin03:

There are also "Grunge Brushes" to use. What you do is load up a preset brushes from a grunge set of brushes and apply the brush over your image.

Sample:

If you look very close to the details of the side of this building it appears to be damaged or decaying. However, I took the artisic freedom to add a bit of grungy feel to this vacant building. Note: this is the only photo that I had altered, all my other abandoned buildings shots are the real deal.

I can't remember where I down loaded the brushes...try Adobe's website.

the grunge brushes are a lot of fun to use. i downloaded most of mine from the links i found here. i used grunge brushes on all these pics...

these were grunged without the use of actions or brushes...just curves, levels and, in a couple, slight burn...

SJCarter

Canon EOS-7D

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED

09/06/2005 02:57:04 PM · #21

Unfortunately, most of the "grunge" & "draganizer" tools only work with PS - so if you have MS Digital Image 10 (like me), you've gotta get kinda creative or lay out the bucks. ;-)

Ennil

Nikon D200

09/06/2005 03:17:41 PM · #22

Originally posted by dustin03:

Originally posted by Ennil:
Learn pop photography, it's the new trend.

So Pop Photography is a new trend huh? Tell this to Andy....

Andy Worhol use photos, then trasfer the images to screen prints so he could display pop culture from his time....hmmmm, not so new after all....

I'm wonder then, so is Product Photography considered Pop Photography? Hmmm, it's a photo, is a product that is popular.....I guess we have been doing this for a long time how can it be new?

Perhaps Andy hit on the spot with the Campbell's Soup can. It was a product and very popular, However he painted that one. Still.....So was "Elvis" as the same as Brintney Spears (how ever you spell her name) today...nothing is new....we are reinventing the wheel again.

I'm not busting your bubble Ennil...the whole new trendy idea of Pop Photography.....and it's true meanings.

So if we are going back to the Pop Art culture again, here is my tribute to Andy.

What bubble? I have no bubble, I live in a mud pie.

:P I think I should have probably used bubble gum pop photography, but in my world we call Worhol's style pop art, not pop photography.

As for the trend thing, I don't think you understand the concept of trends, you lucky thing. Trend isn't reinventing anything, it's making it famous again and letting it out to the population once again. I think prehistoric wall drawings will be the new trend next week... Better get your mud ready.

Your 15 minutes are up...

CEJ

Canon EOS-40D

Canon EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS

09/06/2005 03:23:25 PM · #23

Originally posted by SJCarter:

Unfortunately, most of the "grunge" & "draganizer" tools only work with PS - so if you have MS Digital Image 10 (like me), you've gotta get kinda creative or lay out the bucks. ;-)

I know...hence the question I asked about the tutorial someone wrote. I cannot find it anywhere and it was posted here. I can find a few links for grunge, but not that one. I sort of remember the process but am missing a few steps. I didn't have time to work through it then(and like a maroon I did not mark it 'watch')but it seemed the most adaptable to other programs (no brushes or actions required, done with processing steps common to most editors).

Basically though, what I see is pictures that appear to have dark noise added to make the effect. Is this wrong? I can achieve almost identical looks to pics by doing this but not quite.