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Camera: Sony DSC-F707
Location: botanical garden
Date: Aug 6, 2008
Date Uploaded: Aug 4, 2008
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Comments: 11
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Original capture April 2006. A pretty tulip, originally bright lavender pink, with an overlay I painted in photoshop using texture brushes. My original captures never have nough contrast to suit me. I've had some satisfaction using what I call tone mapping--I copy the original, apply a layer mask with the option to Reveal All, then I use Apply Image set to Invert, blend mode to Multiply. I copy this layer so I have 2 identical layers above the original. Setting the blend mode of these 2 layers to opposites, one to Screen, one to Multiply, creates a tone map that usually serves to protect the whites from getting blown out while increasing the contrast. If I merge these 2 layers I can use the result to apply further effects. That created the new 'original' I used to start this comp, where a BW adjustment layer toned the green, a curves layer brightened the pink, & the textured overlay. I don't start out w/a premeditated vision of what I want but rather let the shot speak to me & I'm not experienced enough w/photoshop to know what a given filter will do before I apply it. I enjoy trying different things to see what will happen.
I can see from reading the  roz link she left in her comments on my previous image (thank you!) that I'm mis-using the term 'tone mapping.' I don't know what else to call it, though.
I'm interested in your process, if you have anything to say. It's more fun to do it than to talk about it, I know. But I would love to read whatever you might have to say. |
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08/07/2008 12:03:32 AM |
| Good choice of overlay for this subject. |
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08/06/2008 09:17:01 PM |
| what a cool overlay approach - clearly you have done your homework to deliver a shot of such quality |
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08/06/2008 09:14:35 PM |
| Unusual and striking edit. |
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08/06/2008 07:38:40 PM |
I believe the term you are after is contrast-masking, thought it applies more to what you are achieving than how you are going about it.
This is very cool btw. The colors work well together and the overlay effect adds to the end product without being over the top. |
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08/06/2008 05:06:19 PM |
| Wow, a really unusual image, I thought at first it was an aubergine, I didn't realise you could get tulips that colour! |
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08/06/2008 03:49:57 PM |
| Looks like a really 'sad' tulip - but BEAUTIFUL - really beautiful. |
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08/06/2008 02:47:14 PM |
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08/06/2008 01:24:05 PM |
| Wow! I agree with the others.. I love everything about this one! Nicely done! |
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08/06/2008 12:03:05 PM |
| sherpet said it all. Just ditto. |
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08/05/2008 08:44:33 PM |
AWESOME..... I just LOVE everything about this one. The flower, the composition, the colors, the overlay, and the 'emotive' feeling of the way it looks weathered and aged.....
Message edited by author 2008-08-05 20:45:10. |
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08/04/2008 02:56:36 PM |
| Beautiful shot, great colours. |
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