OK, nobody laugh.... I'm trying to mimic Andy, but I have a loooong way to go.. The idea was to take a shot from today's grey day, and try to warm it up. As they say to the less gifted kids on the short bus... let's give him a big hand for effort, folks.
OK, nobody laugh.... I'm trying to mimic Andy, but I have a loooong way to go.. The idea was to take a shot from today's grey day, and try to warm it up. As they say to the less gifted kids on the short bus... let's give him a big hand for effort, folks.
Sid:
I figured some of the locals might take offense to my 'adding" ghosts to their old farm houses... Just having a bit'o'fun... So only the DG gang is privy to some of these.
Thanks, though...
ginette
"In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
Still fishing...
... for that architecture assignment shot. But on the way, I had some interesting ps shenanigans.
Inside FUSN (Unitarian Church of Newton), before and after:
Multiple RAW conversions, plate blending (with darken, blend if) and selective sharpening (not the windows) brought out the stained glass detail. (I still think this is boring.)
Yet another church
Churches are the most obvious architectural features around here. This is the so called "Second Church" of Newton. The first church is the Old South Church in Boston's North End, so this one is pretty old itself (but perhaps the building is not so old.)
Before & After:
LAB
Duplicate layer
Select 1 layer, curves, adjust for sky (steepen and skew A toward magenta, B toward blue)
Select other layer, curves, adjust for building (steepen, bring up detail)
Set blending options with blend-if to get the sky and building I want.
Flatten
Duplicate layers
Select L channel, top layer
USM -- really hit it hard, 450, 4.2, 4)
Duplicate sharpened layer
Blending options for middle layer -- blending mode darken
Blending options for top layer - blending mode darken, opacity 30%
Viola
Steps 9-12 are a Dan Margulis trick that allows you to control the ligth halos and dark halos of USM separately. Often you want strong dark halos, but the white halos you get are way too much.
Anway, it's still a boring wide algle looking up at a church and steeple. I suppose I could have blended in a more drammatic sky, but it would still be the same shot.
Empire of light
I submitted this one to the Contrast Assignment a few weeks ago, but perhaps it's more interesting here. This is the Waltham Watch Company factory on the Charles Riveer in Waltham, MA, before and after:
I used multiple iterations of LAB curves and plate blending to get the sky, building, and windows I wanted, all adjusted differetnly.
I was inspired by one of my all time favorite paintings by the great surrealist, Rene Magritte. It's called Empire of Light II:
Another I wish I had shot this week
I shot about 3 weeks ago for the ex-buildings thread. Applied classic LAB curve steepening & L sharpeniing, but had to be careful because it was a P&S picture and the minimum amout of in camera sharpening is still some sharpening.
I submitted this one to the Contrast Assignment a few weeks ago, but perhaps it's more interesting here. This is the Waltham Watch Company factory on the Charles Riveer in Waltham, MA, before and after:
I used multiple iterations of LAB curves and plate blending to get the sky, building, and windows I wanted, all adjusted differetnly.
I was inspired by one of my all time favorite paintings by the great surrealist, Rene Magritte. It's called Empire of Light II:
Adding flower drama
Not as radical as Celtus' flow transformation, but nearly always useful for flowers, foliage, etc. Lab steepening. Move into LAB. Move the endpoints for both ends of the A and B curves inward, but not down.
On The Edge Of The Marsh
This is an old little house sitting on the edge of the march as one approaches the island, These houses were built 50 yrs or more, ago
Comments
How come I only see the ghost in the first one?
I like your conversion.
Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
http://www.mcneel.com/users/jb/foghorn/ill_shut_up.au
Nice one, Lynn, esp. changing out the background to make it look like an official portrait.
Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
http://www.mcneel.com/users/jb/foghorn/ill_shut_up.au
Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
http://www.mcneel.com/users/jb/foghorn/ill_shut_up.au
Original:
I wanted to make the image feel rougher and harsher:
The recipe:
Sid:
I figured some of the locals might take offense to my 'adding" ghosts to their old farm houses... Just having a bit'o'fun... So only the DG gang is privy to some of these.
Thanks, though...
ginette
B&W Conversion (posted on dgrin before):
Enhanced B&W. Tried for a more "sinister" look.
After three Photoshop commands (no selections & no masking):
Eric,
I really love the feel of this photo, and wanted to play with it a little... Hope you don't mind.
ginette
Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
http://www.mcneel.com/users/jb/foghorn/ill_shut_up.au
Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
http://www.mcneel.com/users/jb/foghorn/ill_shut_up.au
... for that architecture assignment shot. But on the way, I had some interesting ps shenanigans.
Inside FUSN (Unitarian Church of Newton), before and after:
Multiple RAW conversions, plate blending (with darken, blend if) and selective sharpening (not the windows) brought out the stained glass detail. (I still think this is boring.)
Churches are the most obvious architectural features around here. This is the so called "Second Church" of Newton. The first church is the Old South Church in Boston's North End, so this one is pretty old itself (but perhaps the building is not so old.)
Before & After:
- LAB
- Duplicate layer
- Select 1 layer, curves, adjust for sky (steepen and skew A toward magenta, B toward blue)
- Select other layer, curves, adjust for building (steepen, bring up detail)
- Set blending options with blend-if to get the sky and building I want.
- Flatten
- Duplicate layers
- Select L channel, top layer
- USM -- really hit it hard, 450, 4.2, 4)
- Duplicate sharpened layer
- Blending options for middle layer -- blending mode darken
- Blending options for top layer - blending mode darken, opacity 30%
- Viola
Steps 9-12 are a Dan Margulis trick that allows you to control the ligth halos and dark halos of USM separately. Often you want strong dark halos, but the white halos you get are way too much.Anway, it's still a boring wide algle looking up at a church and steeple. I suppose I could have blended in a more drammatic sky, but it would still be the same shot.
Back to the drawing board.
I submitted this one to the Contrast Assignment a few weeks ago, but perhaps it's more interesting here. This is the Waltham Watch Company factory on the Charles Riveer in Waltham, MA, before and after:
I used multiple iterations of LAB curves and plate blending to get the sky, building, and windows I wanted, all adjusted differetnly.
I was inspired by one of my all time favorite paintings by the great surrealist, Rene Magritte. It's called Empire of Light II:
I shot about 3 weeks ago for the ex-buildings thread. Applied classic LAB curve steepening & L sharpeniing, but had to be careful because it was a P&S picture and the minimum amout of in camera sharpening is still some sharpening.
Not as radical as Celtus' flow transformation, but nearly always useful for flowers, foliage, etc. Lab steepening. Move into LAB. Move the endpoints for both ends of the A and B curves inward, but not down.
Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
http://www.mcneel.com/users/jb/foghorn/ill_shut_up.au
OK, I give up. How did you get these things to come out side by side?
HAHA, I don't know which picture I will use, why do I have to write this first.
Alright, this is The Old Dog On The Porch
The porch is more than 50 yrs old. The dog is timeless
This is an old little house sitting on the edge of the march as one approaches the island, These houses were built 50 yrs or more, ago
I did some things, some more things, to the House on The Edge
I looked to the marsh by turning a bit, I saw a fence, to nothing, on the edge of the marsh
I played with that fence, a gateway to beauty
This steeple is visible out to sea. It has been guiding ships to the Charleston, SC harbor since the 1800s
A closer look at that old steeple the sailers have seen for 150 years or more
Those boys who died on the rocks, they saw it, most who saw it lived