Laker at the Toronto Docks

planedriverplanedriver Registered Users Posts: 31 Big grins
edited October 1, 2009 in Street and Documentary
A Laker in port while workers tend to it early evening among an overcast sky.

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Comments? good, bad?

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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,961 moderator
    edited October 1, 2009
    planedriver wrote:
    Comments? good, bad?

    Good. I like the light and the composition. thumb.gif
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  • Mr. QuietMr. Quiet Registered Users Posts: 1,047 Major grins
    edited October 1, 2009
    Are those ropes/cables neon????
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  • planedriverplanedriver Registered Users Posts: 31 Big grins
    edited October 1, 2009
    Nope, but they must be band new.
  • adbsgicomadbsgicom Registered Users Posts: 3,615 Major grins
    edited October 1, 2009
    Push the levels up on the main image w/ a mask on the sky, and increase the contrast a bit. Something like this:

    laker.jpg

    As it is, the ship is really impressive, but kinda blends off into the greyish sky.
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  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited October 1, 2009
    adbsgicom wrote:
    Push the levels up on the main image w/ a mask on the sky, and increase the contrast a bit. Something like this:

    laker.jpg

    As it is, the ship is really impressive, but kinda blends off into the greyish sky.

    ARRRRRRGGGGGG!!!!!!!:cry

    I like the original...This treatment turns it into...a treatment, not a photograph. rolleyes1.gif Seriously, the fact that the ship and sky are on the verge of becoming one is one of the attractions in the original. Then we have the colorful lines, etc....it's just a nice scene....
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  • adbsgicomadbsgicom Registered Users Posts: 3,615 Major grins
    edited October 1, 2009
    bdcolen wrote:
    ARRRRRRGGGGGG!!!!!!!:cry

    I like the original...This treatment turns it into...a treatment, not a photograph. rolleyes1.gif Seriously, the fact that the ship and sky are on the verge of becoming one is one of the attractions in the original. Then we have the colorful lines, etc....it's just a nice scene....

    Seems I have a knack for providing examples of what not to do....
    Points taken, though.
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  • ruttrutt Registered Users Posts: 6,511 Major grins
    edited October 1, 2009
    I tried to get a little more contrast and make it pop a little more without it being a treatment:

    666971218_BLqcS-XL.jpg
    If not now, when?
  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited October 1, 2009
    adbsgicom wrote:
    Seems I have a knack for providing examples of what not to do....
    Points taken, though.

    No, you just ran head on into my anti-postprocessing bigotry. rolleyes1.gifrolleyes1.gif:D
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  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited October 1, 2009
    rutt wrote:
    I tried to get a little more contrast and make it pop a little more without it being a treatment:

    666971218_BLqcS-XL.jpg

    You know, Rutt -and this applies to Andrew - I am in awe of what you guys can do with PS that I can't even dream of. But damn it, I like the original image. The 'neon' docking lines give it a color pop, and the rest of it looks to me the way it should look.

    But this is definitely a matter of taste - especially as we are discussing a 'scenic' here and not a documentary or PJ shot....
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  • adbsgicomadbsgicom Registered Users Posts: 3,615 Major grins
    edited October 1, 2009
    FWIW, had I noticed this was in the PJ I wouldn't have made the suggestion since PJ implies no/minimal manipulation. When I saw it, I was thinking the was in OCS (which doesn't negate BD's point). BD, I'm a PS lightweight.
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  • planedriverplanedriver Registered Users Posts: 31 Big grins
    edited October 1, 2009
    adbsgicom wrote:
    Push the levels up on the main image w/ a mask on the sky, and increase the contrast a bit. Something like this:

    laker.jpg

    As it is, the ship is really impressive, but kinda blends off into the greyish sky.

    I have to learn this trick, still new to Ps.
  • planedriverplanedriver Registered Users Posts: 31 Big grins
    edited October 1, 2009
    bdcolen wrote:
    ARRRRRRGGGGGG!!!!!!!:cry

    I like the original...This treatment turns it into...a treatment, not a photograph. rolleyes1.gif Seriously, the fact that the ship and sky are on the verge of becoming one is one of the attractions in the original. Then we have the colorful lines, etc....it's just a nice scene....


    Thanks, that is what i was going for. I'm not into over photoshoping that much.
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