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.
I like the treatment, esp. the last one, but I really can't see your original as a bad, let alone B.A.D, image...
That's why for this WA you don't have to use a fresh shot, only a fresh treatment... Dig out your backup CDs, don't you have ANY garbage there?
This may be asking a silly question, but I want to make sure I understand the spirit of the rule, not just the letter.
I have a picture I shot back at Christmas, that I applied a fix to soon after the fact. I would love to go back and apply a different fix to it, and post it here, but I am not sure whether that fits within the spirit of what you are asking us to do.
This may be asking a silly question, but I want to make sure I understand the spirit of the rule, not just the letter.
I have a picture I shot back at Christmas, that I applied a fix to soon after the fact. I would love to go back and apply a different fix to it, and post it here, but I am not sure whether that fits within the spirit of what you are asking us to do.
Could you clarify this for me?
Thanks!
- Brian
I think it would if you're applying the fix to the orgiinal image. Unless your original fix was bad
This may be asking a silly question, but I want to make sure I understand the spirit of the rule, not just the letter.
I have a picture I shot back at Christmas, that I applied a fix to soon after the fact. I would love to go back and apply a different fix to it, and post it here, but I am not sure whether that fits within the spirit of what you are asking us to do.
Could you clarify this for me?
Thanks!
- Brian
"Fresh" simply means "done now, after the particular subject was announced".
In most cases I ask for "fresh pictures", i.e. they should be taken now, not 6 months ago.
Since this one is mostly pp assingment, I decided to allow older pictures but the post processing should be performed now.
The idea is also to look back at your own work and see whether you have improved and, heck, maybe even bring the new life to some of those rookie pictures one's taken a few years back
That's why for this WA you don't have to use a fresh shot, only a fresh treatment... Dig out your backup CDs, don't you have ANY garbage there?
O.k. I can't call this "garbage" as it is my daughter. Shot when she was but 1 day old with a Sony Mavixa with a flash that didn't work. Aside: that evenually led me to go with the 20D.
duplicating layer - blured - hide all mask and painting to reveal only the slightly blurred face
coloring of the face and burning in the hair. Ran it though an action for "dreamy" type of effect -very slight convert using this
I2E for some skin tone correction - i still suck at sking tones.
O.k. I can't call this "garbage" as it is my daughter. Shot when she was but 1 day old with a Sony Mavixa with a flash that didn't work. Aside: that evenually led me to go with the 20D.
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duplicating layer - blured - hide all mask and painting to reveal only the slightly blurred face
coloring of the face and burning in the hair. Ran it though an action for "dreamy" type of effect -very slight convert using this
I2E for some skin tone correction - i still suck at sking tones.
I agree, original is not too bad under the circumtances, yet I like the treatment:-)
Gazing Girl - before and after
This is a shot I took last Christmas at a family gathering.
Here is the "before" image:
This has lots of problems
- out of focus
- white balance not correct
- poor composition
- not a good mix of colors
Here is what I did to fix it:
- Auto-levels in Photoshop
- Converted to Black and White using a Gradient and the Channel Mixer to deal with color problems
- Cropped and painted out the switch plate to deal with bad composition
- Applied the "Dry Brush" fillter to deal with the focus problem
- Applied a duo-tone to make it more interesting
This is a shot I took last Christmas at a family gathering.
Here is the "before" image:
Here is the "after" image:
- Brian
Brian,
in this assignment we're not looking for a mild improvement of a sub-par photo. We're looking for turning a total trash into wall-worthy material. In your case I can't see either...
Brian,
in this assignment we're not looking for a mild improvement of a sub-par photo. We're looking for turning a total trash into wall-worthy material. In your case I can't see either...
Apparently you think more highly of my original than I do.
...on a more serious note
Tough finding recent pics I haven't deleted. How about...
before...
and after...
since it was already blurred, I added some smart blur to hide the fence a little. Then, I added the radial blur from the center of the torches.
Eh, not my best before/after. I'll have to see what else I can dig up.
40D, 400 f5.6L, 70-200 f2.8L, 50 f1.8, Tam 17-50 f2.8
Tough finding recent pics I haven't deleted. How about...
before...
and after...
since it was already blurred, I added some smart blur to hide the fence a little. Then, I added the radial blur from the center of the torches.
Eh, not my best before/after. I'll have to see what else I can dig up.
I like the direction you're going. And yes, I think too, more can be done to it
Hey Nik, i just had a semi-brilliant idea. You should grab some of your old bad shots, and then ppl can choose one they like and try to fix it =c)
You want ME to be an everybody's scapegoat? I'll pass, thanks...
The thing is - it's gotta be your own shot for this thing to work. Why? Because of the mental reservation. Manglingh somebody else's work is always easy. But your won - you always have some extra memories associated with it, so you always "see" what others may (and often do) not. You need to learn to block this feelings, look at the shot AS IF it was somebody else's.
Anyway, it's Friday, time for the new theme!
I took alot of pictures on my last hike, and thought this picture of a root and water element would come out nice. It was a beautiful feature. But alas, it just wasn't the same when I got it home, and turned out to be the worse of the bunch. It just wasn't the same without the whole tree. But it looked so nice in real time, that I wanted to salvage a piece of it, and thus tried this crop, and BW conversion.
Original as shot
The cropped version
I'm not real experienced with the nuances of curves and levels, but my fixes should get better with practice.
I took alot of pictures on my last hike, and thought this picture of a root and water element would come out nice. It was a beautiful feature. But alas, it just wasn't the same when I got it home, and turned out to be the worse of the bunch. It just wasn't the same without the whole tree. But it looked so nice in real time, that I wanted to salvage a piece of it, and thus tried this crop, and BW conversion.
I'm not real experienced with the nuances of curves and levels, but my fixes should get better with practice.
It's a nice crop and conversion, but it seems that even your original wasn't that bad
First shot is not nearly bad enough, many of us would be thrilled to take it just as it is.
Second image is not that much different.
Please remember, this assignment is not about a slight improvement.
It's about turning the a Pauper into a Prince, an Ugly Duckling into a Swan and a Beast into a Beauty.
Lol.ok........I had a feeling .
Editing for a new try... Pretty much blown , alot of noise?
More detail , cropped and darkened the blown areas........I hope........
Lol.ok........I had a feeling .
Editing for a new try...
Pretty much blown , alot of noise?
More detail , cropped and darkened the blown areas........I hope........
I think this one is a bit better. But you apparently have a much higher standard, since I noticed neither noise nor blownout areas (at least in IE).
I like the new crop though.
I think this one is a bit better. But you apparently have a much higher standard, since I noticed neither noise nor blownout areas (at least in IE).
I like the new crop though.
Higher standards.....not even close.....lol.but on my screen the left side is really glaring, as well as the doorway on the shed, and the blue pool to the right side.....
Have you looked at this site? www.deletedimages.com
It's similar to this challenge, except for the whole "try to make something new out of a bad shot" part. Taken out of context, some (many) of the deleted images are wicked cool.
Comments
I like the treatment, esp. the last one, but I really can't see your original as a bad, let alone B.A.D, image...
Geeez...It's hard to suck sometimes!!
GreyLeaf PhotoGraphy
This may be asking a silly question, but I want to make sure I understand the spirit of the rule, not just the letter.
I have a picture I shot back at Christmas, that I applied a fix to soon after the fact. I would love to go back and apply a different fix to it, and post it here, but I am not sure whether that fits within the spirit of what you are asking us to do.
Could you clarify this for me?
Thanks!
- Brian
I think it would if you're applying the fix to the orgiinal image. Unless your original fix was bad
pyroPrints.com/5819572 The Photo Section
"Fresh" simply means "done now, after the particular subject was announced".
In most cases I ask for "fresh pictures", i.e. they should be taken now, not 6 months ago.
Since this one is mostly pp assingment, I decided to allow older pictures but the post processing should be performed now.
The idea is also to look back at your own work and see whether you have improved and, heck, maybe even bring the new life to some of those rookie pictures one's taken a few years back
HTH
O.k. I can't call this "garbage" as it is my daughter. Shot when she was but 1 day old with a Sony Mavixa with a flash that didn't work. Aside: that evenually led me to go with the 20D.
duplicating layer - blured - hide all mask and painting to reveal only the slightly blurred face
coloring of the face and burning in the hair. Ran it though an action for "dreamy" type of effect -very slight convert using this
I2E for some skin tone correction - i still suck at sking tones.
GreyLeaf PhotoGraphy
This is a shot I took last Christmas at a family gathering.
Here is the "before" image:
This has lots of problems
- out of focus
- white balance not correct
- poor composition
- not a good mix of colors
Here is what I did to fix it:
- Auto-levels in Photoshop
- Converted to Black and White using a Gradient and the Channel Mixer to deal with color problems
- Cropped and painted out the switch plate to deal with bad composition
- Applied the "Dry Brush" fillter to deal with the focus problem
- Applied a duo-tone to make it more interesting
Here is the "after" image:
- Brian
Brian,
in this assignment we're not looking for a mild improvement of a sub-par photo. We're looking for turning a total trash into wall-worthy material. In your case I can't see either...
Original stinky photo:
Revision:
http://lrichters.smugmug.com
Nice! Crop, liquify, grangy bw - WTG!
Apparently you think more highly of my original than I do.
Oh well!
- Brian
Before...
after...
Talented Post Proc, eh?
Couldn't resist.
Tough finding recent pics I haven't deleted. How about...
before...
and after...
since it was already blurred, I added some smart blur to hide the fence a little. Then, I added the radial blur from the center of the torches.
Eh, not my best before/after. I'll have to see what else I can dig up.
pyroPrints.com/5819572 The Photo Section
You want ME to be an everybody's scapegoat?
The thing is - it's gotta be your own shot for this thing to work. Why? Because of the mental reservation. Manglingh somebody else's work is always easy. But your won - you always have some extra memories associated with it, so you always "see" what others may (and often do) not. You need to learn to block this feelings, look at the shot AS IF it was somebody else's.
Anyway, it's Friday, time for the new theme!
My classic WA 32 material
NAPP Member | Canon Shooter
Weddings/Portraits and anything else that catches my eye.
www.daveswartz.com
Model Mayhem site http://www.modelmayhem.com/686552
I knew it woud come back and bite me in the a...trunk...:-)
Good job on the treatment!
OK, someone has to explain to me what the assignment on Week 32 was...
pyroPrints.com/5819572 The Photo Section
You're reading it
GreyLeaf PhotoGraphy
Playing Catch Up
I took alot of pictures on my last hike, and thought this picture of a root and water element would come out nice. It was a beautiful feature. But alas, it just wasn't the same when I got it home, and turned out to be the worse of the bunch. It just wasn't the same without the whole tree. But it looked so nice in real time, that I wanted to salvage a piece of it, and thus tried this crop, and BW conversion.
Original as shot
The cropped version
I'm not real experienced with the nuances of curves and levels, but my fixes should get better with practice.
It's a nice crop and conversion, but it seems that even your original wasn't that bad
The new photo.......
Thank you for playing!
However,
- First shot is not nearly bad enough, many of us would be thrilled to take it just as it is.
- Second image is not that much different.
Please remember, this assignment is not about a slight improvement.It's about turning the a Pauper into a Prince, an Ugly Duckling into a Swan and a Beast into a Beauty.
Let's try again, shall we?
Editing for a new try...
More detail , cropped and darkened the blown areas........I hope........
I like the new crop though.
www.deletedimages.com
It's similar to this challenge, except for the whole "try to make something new out of a bad shot" part. Taken out of context, some (many) of the deleted images are wicked cool.