Assignment #2: One

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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited August 18, 2006
    Actually,
    juliejules wrote:
    I fiddled with Curves. Did I overdo it?
    I meant something more like that:

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    The yellow leaf is your primary subject and as such, should receive the steepest curve part to achieve the maximum contrast.
    MHO, YMMV, etc.

    Steepening in CMYK on a channel-by-channel basis, sharpening in L (LAB), then blending with your original image.. I know, it's way beyond "moderate PS" requirement, but I only wanted to express my idea...ne_nau.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited August 18, 2006
    Antonio,
    Nikolai.
    You are the teacher. You have assumed such a position and I accept that.
    But let me tell you something:
    The concept of ONE like any other is subjected to criterias.
    The criterias must have latitudes.
    Have to be limited from one side and from the other.
    Like for example communism and fascism: 2 extremes.
    The middle: democracy in its multiple variations, some to the right, some to the left.

    This sentences have something to do with the posts of the other day and your comment of course ...

    Well.... Have a nice week end.

    And ... as usual: what ? what ?...
    Guess...
    Yes !!

    Saúde.
    :):thumb.gif

    Technically, it's one door.
    But does it cry "one" like JJ's "one leaf" or Doug's "one boat" do? To me - no, at least not to that extent.
    No worry, the main goal is to go out and shoot, hopefully while having the assignment in mind. So you did:) The rest is futile and unimportant:-)

    And don't let me start on communism, 'cause, unlike most of dgrinners, I have some first-hand experience:-) rolleyes1.gif

    Saude!
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • Antonio CorreiaAntonio Correia Registered Users Posts: 6,241 Major grins
    edited August 18, 2006
    Nikolai wrote:
    Technically, it's one door.
    But does it cry "one" like JJ's "one leaf" or Doug's "one boat" do? To me - no, at least not to that extent.
    No worry, the main goal is to go out and shoot, hopefully while having the assignment in mind. So you did:) The rest is futile and unimportant:-)

    And don't let me start on communism, 'cause, unlike most of dgrinners, I have some first-hand experience:-) rolleyes1.gif

    Saude!

    Of course - and you know it by now because we have talked a little - I meant no offense or provocation.
    I thought you shoud have some experience about that.
    I was just expressing how I felt about the so called "good sense"... :):

    Don't get too soft about what we are supposed to shoot.
    The intension maters but the goal must be obtained.

    When I shot I did not have the ONE in mind.
    My wife suggested as ONE when she saw the picture.
    Then I thought: why not, it's an entrace of the city etc etc....

    I hope to have another one ONE until the end. (It's on sunday, is it not ?)
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    All the best ! ... António Correia - Facebook
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited August 18, 2006
    Another one
    I know, I know - it's old and as such not eligible :-), but since we have a discussion of what one is, I think this one kinda reflect my idea of oneness:

    Valley of The Gods, Utah, May 2006:
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    Cheers! 1drink.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • Antonio CorreiaAntonio Correia Registered Users Posts: 6,241 Major grins
    edited August 18, 2006
    Allow me post a provocation rolleyes1.gifroflrolleyes1.gif
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    All the best ! ... António Correia - Facebook
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited August 18, 2006
    I saw that one before..
    Allow me post a provocation rolleyes1.gifroflrolleyes1.gif
    And I definitely think this is the one thumb.gif:): clap.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • Antonio CorreiaAntonio Correia Registered Users Posts: 6,241 Major grins
    edited August 18, 2006
    Nikolai wrote:
    And I definitely think this is the one thumb.gif:): clap.gif


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    All the best ! ... António Correia - Facebook
  • ssdsarahssdsarah Registered Users Posts: 8 Beginner grinner
    edited August 18, 2006
    Some "ones"
    Well, I was at Sea World the other day and had a fun time thinking of "one" as I was shooting some things... Here are three that stick with me...

    Here's one upside down dolphin, photographed through the acrylic...
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    Here's one cow with sunglasses... I love cows, so I couldn't resist taking this shot...
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    Here is one whale showing herself off for us...
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    These may have been cropped but they haven't been adjusted at all in post as far as exposure or color. Taken with my new "small" point and shoot, Cannon Powershot S21S...

    Cheers!!
    ~Sarah~
  • juliejulesjuliejules Registered Users Posts: 163 Major grins
    edited August 18, 2006
    Nikolai wrote:
    I meant something more like that:

    The yellow leaf is your primary subject and as such, should receive the steepest curve part to achieve the maximum contrast.
    MHO, YMMV, etc.

    Steepening in CMYK on a channel-by-channel basis, sharpening in L (LAB), then blending with your original image.. I know, it's way beyond "moderate PS" requirement, but I only wanted to express my idea...ne_nau.gif

    I like what you did. :): I am at the moderate level, but I want to learn more. I am not afraid of post, just inexperienced. So you selected the leaf separately, then did the CMYK curves channel by channel? ne_nau.gif It's probably a lot to ask to tell me in more detail what you did. After all, this is a class in taking the shot in the first place, right? Not necessarily the whole post processing thing. I'm a software engineer by profession, not in the image processing domain, but I learn fast. mwink.gif
    --juliejules
    http://www.juliejules.com
    Canon 70D, Canon EF 24-105mm F4L IS, Canon EF 16-35mm F2.8L, Canon EF 70-200mm F2.8L IS USM, Canon Ext 1.4x II, SpeedLite 430EX
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited August 18, 2006
    Jj,
    juliejules wrote:
    I like what you did. :):
    Thanks, I only wanted to show what I meant..:-)
    juliejules wrote:
    I am at the moderate level, but I want to learn more. I am not afraid of post, just inexperienced. So you selected the leaf separately, then did the CMYK curves channel by channel? ne_nau.gif
    About that :-) thumb.gif
    In fact I did the whole layer and then masked out the rest with a large soft brush
    juliejules wrote:
    It's probably a lot to ask to tell me in more detail what you did. After all, this is a class in taking the shot in the first place, right? Not necessarily the whole post processing thing.
    Yes, at this point we're not concentrating on a post. We will at some point. But - nice piece of pop rarely hurts :-) mwink.gif
    juliejules wrote:
    I'm a software engineer by profession, not in the image processing domain, but I learn fast. mwink.gif
    Same here :-)

    Cheers, mate! 1drink.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited August 19, 2006
    Another fresh attempt at one
    Lone branch:

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    I know, not a spectacular one, but ne_nau.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • SystemSystem Registered Users Posts: 8,186 moderator
    edited August 19, 2006
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    Shot this today from the roof of my building looking down 13 stories.
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited August 19, 2006
    That's pretty cool!
    truth wrote:
    Shot this today from the roof of my building looking down 13 stories.
    Thanks, Chad!thumb.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • anwmn1anwmn1 Registered Users Posts: 3,469 Major grins
    edited August 19, 2006
    Some fresh attempts at one
    Found this place driving home today.

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    "The Journey of life is as much in oneself as the roads one travels"


    Aaron Newman

    Website:www.CapturingLightandEmotion.com
    Facebook: Capturing Light and Emotion
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited August 19, 2006
    Wow!
    anwmn1 wrote:
    Found this place driving home today.
    Aaron,
    I like both, but the first... I'm speechless! thumb.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • anwmn1anwmn1 Registered Users Posts: 3,469 Major grins
    edited August 19, 2006
    Nikolai wrote:
    Aaron,
    I like both, but the first... I'm speechless! thumb.gif

    Thank you Nikolai.

    Here are a few links to others from the same place.

    http://aaronnewman.smugmug.com/gallery/1790312/1/89126065

    http://aaronnewman.smugmug.com/gallery/1466756/2/89125424


    This is on an Indian Reservation I drive thru every day. Literaly 1/4 down a dirt road from the highway. Never knew it was there until today.
    "The Journey of life is as much in oneself as the roads one travels"


    Aaron Newman

    Website:www.CapturingLightandEmotion.com
    Facebook: Capturing Light and Emotion
  • SystemSystem Registered Users Posts: 8,186 moderator
    edited August 19, 2006
    Nikolai wrote:
    Aaron,
    I like both, but the first... I'm speechless! thumb.gif

    I feel the same way about #2. thumb.gif
  • Antonio CorreiaAntonio Correia Registered Users Posts: 6,241 Major grins
    edited August 19, 2006
    truth wrote:
    Shot this today from the roof of my building looking down 13 stories.

    thumb.gif...:):
    All the best ! ... António Correia - Facebook
  • Antonio CorreiaAntonio Correia Registered Users Posts: 6,241 Major grins
    edited August 19, 2006
    I shot these pictures some 4 hours ago.
    Boat in the Sado, Setúbal and marine beacon (?)/light house.
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    All the best ! ... António Correia - Facebook
  • douglasdouglas Registered Users Posts: 696 Major grins
    edited August 19, 2006
    juliejules wrote:
    Cool shot Douglas! Where did you take it?

    Thank you julie, it was taken downtown Petoskey Michigan, at the waterfront park & marina.
    Best regards,
    douglas
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited August 19, 2006
    Nice ones, Antonio!
    I shot these pictures some 4 hours ago.
    Boat in the Sado, Setúbal and marine beacon (?)/light house.
    I guess you're tired of ones and are ready for ...rolleyes1.gif
    Cheers!1drink.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • Eric&SusanEric&Susan Registered Users Posts: 1,280 Major grins
    edited August 21, 2006
    Kinda late but saw this the other day at the zoo and remembered your "One" theme:

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    See even though I have't yet chimed in on your lessons they are still making me think and there for learnthumb.gif Thanks Nik!!

    Eric
    "My dad taught me everything I know, unfortunately he didn't teach me everything he knows" Dale Earnhardt Jr

    It's better to be hated for who you are than to be loved for who you're not.

    http://photosbyeric.smugmug.com
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited August 21, 2006
    Eric,
    Eric&Susan wrote:
    Kinda late but saw this the other day at the zoo and remembered your "One" theme:

    See even though I have't yet chimed in on your lessons they are still making me think and there for learnthumb.gif Thanks Nik!!

    Eric

    Thanks for the entry! thumb.gif
    There is no such thing as "too late" for the true art :):

    I'm glad you thought of it. Essentially, all those assigments are the ABCs, the basics which we need constantly "play" in the back of our minds when we walking around. Like, look, there is a good trio. Or, hey, this is a pentagon intersected with a triangle.. Things like that, you know...
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,900 Major grins
    edited August 21, 2006
    Another late entry -one fly, one wing, one colour, one leaf :)

    Brian V.

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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited August 21, 2006
    Brian,
    Another late entry -one fly, one wing, one colour, one leaf :)

    Brian V.

    It still has two eyes and many legs, what were you thinking?eek7.gif
    rolleyes1.gif
    Nice one, thank you for the entry!thumb.gif
    Now let's get one with three wings:-) mwink.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,900 Major grins
    edited August 21, 2006
    Nikolai wrote:
    It still has two eyes and many legs, what were you thinking?eek7.gif
    rolleyes1.gif
    Nice one, thank you for the entry!thumb.gif
    Now let's get one with three wings:-) mwink.gif
    Thanks Nikolai- in case you are wondering I didn't PS out the other wing- these flies go in for signalling using their wings- raising one then the other :)
    Brian V.
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited August 21, 2006
    Brian,
    Thanks Nikolai- in case you are wondering I didn't PS out the other wing
    A doubt never cross my mind:-) :):
    these flies go in for signalling using their wings- raising one then the other :)
    Brian V.

    I didn't know that, thanks for the info! thumb.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • neblanconeblanco Registered Users Posts: 8 Beginner grinner
    edited September 2, 2006
    One butterfly
    Hope it is not to late, i'm unsure how long the assignments go on for.
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited September 3, 2006
    Neblanco,
    neblanco wrote:
    Hope it is not to late, i'm unsure how long the assignments go on for.
    It's a great one!
    Now, lit's get some tilting going, shall we?mwink.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • neblanconeblanco Registered Users Posts: 8 Beginner grinner
    edited September 3, 2006
    Re:one butterfly
    Nikolai wrote:
    It's a great one!
    Now, lit's get some tilting going, shall we?mwink.gif

    i've been trying to play with this for a bit. The problem i keep facing is loosing some of the leaves and background when i tilt.
    How's this:): .
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