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day 21. slice of life. at the steam festival
day 21. slice of life. at the steam festival
roz


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Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II for Canon
Location: near campbelltown south west of sydney
Date: Oct 21, 2007
Galleries: Rural, History
Date Uploaded: Oct 21, 2007

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 we passed a steam festival on the way to campbelltown .. i wanted to stop and take photographs for the 'distance' or the 'from the ground up' challenges ..
on the way home greg pulled in and we spent at least an hour there .. it was very hot and i find that i cant get in the zone when i feel uncomfortable like that .. i didnt get anything for the challenges ..
i'm quite pleased with the result of the editing of this coz the original looked like a total loser ..
this is the loser ..

had polarizing filter on camera which gave me the intense blue sky ..
open jpeg .. lucis exposure on the mower and contraption etc but erased from grass .. noise ninja, sharpen, scale, lucis sculpture which i erased on the contraption and mower a bit ..
adjustment layers in levels, selective colour and colour balance ..
then i got that great colour by doing a black & white adjustment layer which CS3 has and doing a tan tint fairly saturated which i made blending mode hue at 87% opacity .. then i brought in a photograph of sand on the firetrail which i made blending mode darken at 59% .. created a new layer and did a white border using the brush and made 25% opacity .. resize and save for web ..

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 11/01/2007 05:59:55 PM
Cool processing, I really like the colors/tones.
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 10/26/2007 02:01:23 PM
the color here is spectacular.
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 10/22/2007 02:24:35 PM
You have a talent that is for sure how do even think this stuff up then to know how to make it happen incredible
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 10/21/2007 11:00:29 PM
Wow, what a difference your processing made on this image! What interesting looking contraptions these are!
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 10/21/2007 08:44:26 PM
All those old machines are great. I love the angle of you shot, and the brilliant processsing. The frame adds nicely. Your work is so imspiring!
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 10/21/2007 08:41:06 PM
this is crazy and i love it.
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 10/21/2007 06:08:07 PM
I had another look, and just noticed the wheelie bin!
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 10/21/2007 05:21:50 PM
Wonderful perspective, great processing. These side challenges are so much fun!
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 10/21/2007 04:42:27 PM
When I looked at the thumbnail, I thought this was a scene in a SF movie.
This looks wonderful, great processing!
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 10/21/2007 03:20:55 PM
WOW wow wow!!! LOVE your processing on this. You're making the machines come to life! Looks like something from an old sci-fi movie - Attack of the Steam Machines. Thanks for posting your workflow.
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 10/21/2007 11:03:48 AM
What a great testament to the life of machinery. I'm almost expecting these things to start moving around on their own. Nice shot and perspective, Roz.
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 10/21/2007 09:31:24 AM
Excellent job processing ! That's something i never heard of !!!
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 10/21/2007 09:20:00 AM
Very cool processing and interesting subject matter. Is that a steam powered lawn mower?????
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 10/21/2007 09:13:36 AM
Steam festival??? How funny that they have that. I love the treatment you did. Works to give it an old sunned and steamed effect. ;~D
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 10/21/2007 08:13:50 AM
I like the yellowish tones of this very much. Without the border and power lines, I could imagine this being a big wall poster at the Australian National Museum. ;-Þ
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 10/21/2007 07:33:14 AM
Well, I now know why you are just so dam good at processing.....

You turn the mundane into something brilliant, just like this image..... P E R F E C T.....
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