Looking for a different kind of Whipping Post

largelylivinlargelylivin Registered Users Posts: 561 Major grins
edited March 16, 2006 in Finishing School
I'm looking for a forum where restoration/enhancement folks can hang out their wares and get some constructive criticism. Andy didn't seem to think that the Whipping post was the proper forum and from what I saw I guess they have a different agenda. I always loved the darkroom more than actually taking pictures. After a hiatis of just a couple decades I am trying to catch up with the rest of the real (digital) world.

Did I over-look something or is there no such place here?

I'll just stick my neck out and offer up a target. Since you can only upload one, I decided the After would be more interesting.
Brad Newby

http://blue-dog.smugmug.com
http://smile-123.smugmug.com
http://vintage-photos.blogspot.com/

Canon 7D, 100-400L, Mongoose 3.5, hoping for a 500L real soon.

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  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited March 15, 2006
    Well, if there was enough interest, I'm sure we would find a home for it. From what i can tell, the software side of photography gets less action here than does the camera side. Makes sense, i guess.

    I like the piccie you posted. A really nice, nostalgic feel.
    Sid.
    Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
    http://www.mcneel.com/users/jb/foghorn/ill_shut_up.au
  • largelylivinlargelylivin Registered Users Posts: 561 Major grins
    edited March 15, 2006
    wxwax wrote:
    Well, if there was enough interest, I'm sure we would find a home for it. From what i can tell, the software side of photography gets less action here than does the camera side. Makes sense, i guess.

    I like the piccie you posted. A really nice, nostalgic feel.

    In a lot of ways its still the same discusson with a few exceptions. Of course there's the How-To part, which I'm not much interested in. What ever makes a great picture, and why this isn't, is still the fundamental topic. We just can't go back and retake the shot and what ever quality the original is, is what you've got.

    It is nostalgic. Don't know if you noticed but it was taken about 1936 by my grandfather of his father using (lord knows) an inexpensive camera. It was the depression and he didn't work through it. However, it is a huge 116 format neg that was in very good condition. This one grabbed me as being "publishable" for lack of a better word.
    Brad Newby

    http://blue-dog.smugmug.com
    http://smile-123.smugmug.com
    http://vintage-photos.blogspot.com/

    Canon 7D, 100-400L, Mongoose 3.5, hoping for a 500L real soon.
  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited March 15, 2006

    Did I over-look something or is there no such place here?

    wave.gif Hi LL,

    Yes, I think you've overlooked the PS forum itself - you can post here as much as you like, and seek, solicit, demand straight-up, honest feedback, a la the WP - and you'll get it!

    Oh and don't forget our Katrin Eismann reading group:
    http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=29442
    http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=29656

    If indeed, it catches on, and there are enough members who will use and contribute and keep up such a forum, we'll gladly consider it deal.gif

    PS: I bet you have something to contribute here, too mwink.gif
    http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=25616
  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited March 15, 2006
    It is nostalgic. Don't know if you noticed but it was taken about 1936 by my grandfather of his father using (lord knows) an inexpensive camera. It was the depression and he didn't work through it. However, it is a huge 116 format neg that was in very good condition. This one grabbed me as being "publishable" for lack of a better word.
    It's in terrific condition. Plus, I love the car! Did you have to do a lot of work to the image?
    Sid.
    Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
    http://www.mcneel.com/users/jb/foghorn/ill_shut_up.au
  • largelylivinlargelylivin Registered Users Posts: 561 Major grins
    edited March 16, 2006
    Yea. I spent more time than a pro would. Everytime I learned something new I'd go back and rework a bunch of stuff that I had "finish". I reworked this last week when I learned about "extract" which let me put the sky in. Well, that's learnin'.

    The sky is new. I worked a lot on polishing the car, adding some glint, and especially adding the reflection on the windows. The subjects were cut-out and separately curved. Two toners. This is one of my favorite outcomes.

    Actually, my G-grandfather WON it by being the Nth person to buy a ticket at the movie theater DURING the depression. He couldn't drive and never learned how, so family members shuffled him around. He always rode in the backseat because it was too scary up front. To this day, he is the only person in my family that ever won anything.
    Brad Newby

    http://blue-dog.smugmug.com
    http://smile-123.smugmug.com
    http://vintage-photos.blogspot.com/

    Canon 7D, 100-400L, Mongoose 3.5, hoping for a 500L real soon.
  • largelylivinlargelylivin Registered Users Posts: 561 Major grins
    edited March 16, 2006
    Actually, that's not the original. That's before the sky and toners. But.. In my opinon it was a fundamentally sound shot with excellent exposure range for equipment of that day. It is cropped as a shot it. He never had an enlarger so he just made contact prints.
    Brad Newby

    http://blue-dog.smugmug.com
    http://smile-123.smugmug.com
    http://vintage-photos.blogspot.com/

    Canon 7D, 100-400L, Mongoose 3.5, hoping for a 500L real soon.
  • SystemSystem Registered Users Posts: 8,186 moderator
    edited March 16, 2006
    ll-

    I'll be watching for your posts and hopefully make some helpful comments, or better yet, probably learn from you-

    I probably spend as much time or more on the computer as I do taking photos-

    george
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