And after editing levels, sharpening, desaturation, cropping, and opening the left eye a little.
What do you think?
Also, posted with permission of the subject since he would kill me if I didn't ask first.
You're missing the point... :cry
Bad shots cannot be just improved (although yours can, which means you're missing the "B.A.D" criteria ). They have to be mangled, ripped apart and reassembled from scratch. Forget about your original intention and composition, they are as good as gone.
Apparently I completed this assignment before I even knew what it was....
Here's the original (YUCK! :sick )
Here's the original with a crop + diffuse glow/grain filter in PS:
Sorry, looks like you've got same syndrome: original is not bad enough, treatment is not bold enough...
The day is rather cloudy today.
It does not matter.
It was necessary to shoot a lauzy picture.
Then here they go.
All have been treated with Filters + UM + Glowing Edges + Blend mode + etc
I shot them for you Nikolai.
By the way:
I shot this in Paris.
The building is in works behind this scenario.
Great ideia.
This is in a street near the Champs Elysées.
I tried to recreat this fluidity ( Liquify ) in the Photoshop but I could not.
Antonio,
I really like the cathedral and window shatters treatment.
As to the rest: I'm really glad you're having fun with it, but don't you think that different shots may call for different treatments? Too much of the same stuff gets old fast, even if it's very good...
When did this assignment turn into How many horrible filter renditions can we make. Im not sure that was the direction, becaus i think most of the edge filters and posterizations look awful . They hardly make a poor photo better.
Well, Nik, since I inspired you to do this assignment I guess I might as well participate. No "smilies" today. But, how's this go?
A lot of clone/heal brushing to remove the dirt, bad spots, fuzzies, etc. Extracted the flower and added a filter (angled strokes) and a light render effect. Merged layers and ran a softness action. The second adds some more lighting, a gradient map layer, and a curves layer.
When did this assignment turn into How many horrible filter renditions can we make. Im not sure that was the direction, becaus i think most of the edge filters and posterizations look awful . They hardly make a poor photo better.
When did this assignment turn into How many horrible filter renditions can we make. Im not sure that was the direction, becaus i think most of the edge filters and posterizations look awful . They hardly make a poor photo better.
I don't see a difference between the monkey photos. About the second post: I'm not sure the first shot is bad enough. But your fix of that one is pretty good.
I don't see a difference between the monkey photos. About the second post: I'm not sure the first shot is bad enough. But your fix of that one is pretty good.
Hello,
The monkey is out of focus and I applied nothing but Smart Sharp. Poor picture after all ...
The girl was not that bad, but wasn't good either. But it is better now.
But and these here ?
The treatment gave the picture much more drama.
It still is a lauzy picture ! :cry
The subject is not looking at us, the buses are back there with no connection with them or us, not sharp. It was a bang: I mean: I saw put the camera in the eye and bang.
We were moving back to the car and for these kind of picture I'm a lauzy photographer.
Fot others I may be considered a little better.
The treatment in this one was: new layer (I always do this because when I apply Blending mode Multiply I love the results) + LAB (not merging the layers) + SS on the layer + another layer from the one in the bottom + Lens Blur (hard) + mask (erase and smooth certain areas)
Any ideias, please ?
My non-professional 2 cents:
I think you can do better on the blur. Blur the background slightly more then the people in the background. And I don't know maybe it's just me but I usually use Gaussian blur when I do this.
Another really small fix is i would slightly darken the child's right eye. It stands out a little and distracts the viewer.
Another technique I learned is darkening the area that's not the subject. You can do this 2 ways. You can darken the area where the blur is or you can just darken the corners (almost creating a spot light effect). The trick is to make it subtle enough. The way I do this is I create a blank layer. Then i choose a very soft (usually round) brush and brush in the areas I want darkened. then I lower the opacity, based on taste, to 5-25%.
This is a quick and dirty psd file that shows what I mean. BTW my blur isn't at it's best here since it was quick. But I wanted to show what I mean by the darkening. DivShare File - ac_darken.psd
My non-professional 2 cents:
I think you can do better on the blur. Blur the background slightly more then the people in the background. And I don't know maybe it's just me but I usually use Gaussian blur when I do this.
Another really small fix is i would slightly darken the child's right eye. It stands out a little and distracts the viewer.
Another technique I learned is darkening the area that's not the subject. You can do this 2 ways. You can darken the area where the blur is or you can just darken the corners (almost creating a spot light effect). The trick is to make it subtle enough. The way I do this is I create a blank layer. Then i choose a very soft (usually round) brush and brush in the areas I want darkened. then I lower the opacity, based on taste, to 5-25%.
This is a quick and dirty psd file that shows what I mean. BTW my blur isn't at it's best here since it was quick. But I wanted to show what I mean by the darkening. DivShare File - ac_darken.psd
Thank you for commenting.
I'll try your suggestion !
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First is not bad enough, second is not interesting enough...
Before :
And after editing levels, sharpenning, desaturation, cropping, and opening the left eye a little.
What do you think?
Also, posted with permission of the subject since he would kill me if I didn't ask first.
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You're missing the point... :cry
Bad shots cannot be just improved (although yours can, which means you're missing the "B.A.D" criteria
You need something like this:
Apparently I completed this assignment before I even knew what it was...
Here's the original (YUCK! :sick )
Here's the original with a crop + diffuse glow/grain filter in PS:
http://lrichters.smugmug.com
Ok, is this more like what you were looking for?
And after :
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After all I don't have that many bad pictures...
Please, click on the picture to see it in it's gallery.
Sorry, looks like you've got same syndrome: original is not bad enough, treatment is not bold enough...
Care to try again?
Yes, definitely!
Original is still pretty decent, but I like the treatment!
http://lrichters.smugmug.com
It does not matter.
It was necessary to shoot a lauzy picture.
Then here they go.
All have been treated with Filters + UM + Glowing Edges + Blend mode + etc
I shot them for you Nikolai.
I shot this in Paris.
The building is in works behind this scenario.
Great ideia.
This is in a street near the Champs Elysées.
I tried to recreat this fluidity ( Liquify ) in the Photoshop but I could not.
and it came out very nice...
Almost streight up ...
Some filters + SS + etc
I really like the cathedral and window shatters treatment.
As to the rest: I'm really glad you're having fun with it, but don't you think that different shots may call for different treatments? Too much of the same stuff gets old fast, even if it's very good...
saying that here are mine. as soon as I resize.
A lot of clone/heal brushing to remove the dirt, bad spots, fuzzies, etc. Extracted the flower and added a filter (angled strokes) and a light render effect. Merged layers and ran a softness action. The second adds some more lighting, a gradient map layer, and a curves layer.
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pyroPrints.com/5819572 The Photo Section
The monkey is out of focus and I applied nothing but Smart Sharp. Poor picture after all ...
The girl was not that bad, but wasn't good either. But it is better now.
But and these here ?
The treatment gave the picture much more drama.
It still is a lauzy picture ! :cry
The subject is not looking at us, the buses are back there with no connection with them or us, not sharp. It was a bang: I mean: I saw put the camera in the eye and bang.
We were moving back to the car and for these kind of picture I'm a lauzy photographer.
Fot others I may be considered a little better.
The treatment in this one was: new layer (I always do this because when I apply Blending mode Multiply I love the results) + LAB (not merging the layers) + SS on the layer + another layer from the one in the bottom + Lens Blur (hard) + mask (erase and smooth certain areas)
Any ideias, please ?
Oh I forgot: Thank you for commenting !
I think you can do better on the blur. Blur the background slightly more then the people in the background. And I don't know maybe it's just me but I usually use Gaussian blur when I do this.
Another really small fix is i would slightly darken the child's right eye. It stands out a little and distracts the viewer.
Another technique I learned is darkening the area that's not the subject. You can do this 2 ways. You can darken the area where the blur is or you can just darken the corners (almost creating a spot light effect). The trick is to make it subtle enough. The way I do this is I create a blank layer. Then i choose a very soft (usually round) brush and brush in the areas I want darkened. then I lower the opacity, based on taste, to 5-25%.
This is a quick and dirty psd file that shows what I mean. BTW my blur isn't at it's best here since it was quick. But I wanted to show what I mean by the darkening.
DivShare File - ac_darken.psd
pyroPrints.com/5819572 The Photo Section
Thank you for commenting.
I'll try your suggestion !
Welcome to the Class and thank you for an entry!
Nice salvation job!