Assignment #57: Duotone Portrait

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  • fashiznitsngrinsfashiznitsngrins Registered Users Posts: 220 Major grins
    edited November 9, 2007
    saurora wrote:
    ... but I have this feeling by the time it is posted in this thread it will somehow turn sepia! :D



    it doesn't look sepia, but after having just tried a few myself, I stopped because I have to agree that pretty much all the warm colors tend to look sepia-ish and all the cool colors look b/w-ish.

    Any tips anyone?
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited November 9, 2007
    saurora wrote:
    This isn't a valid entry as the shot is not fresh.
    Darn, Susan.. if not one, then the other :-) Oh well, hopefully you'll get something that would qualify 100% mwink.gif :-)
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited November 9, 2007
    fashiznitsngrins wrote:
    it doesn't look sepia, but after having just tried a few myself, I stopped because I have to agree that pretty much all the warm colors tend to look sepia-ish and all the cool colors look b/w-ish.

    Any tips anyone?

    Green; blue; hot pink; red; dark purple;..
    The list goes on and on mwink.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • fashiznitsngrinsfashiznitsngrins Registered Users Posts: 220 Major grins
    edited November 9, 2007
    Nikolai wrote:
    Green; blue; hot pink; red; dark purple;..
    The list goes on and on mwink.gif

    Okay, so how about this?
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    219216621-M.jpg

    Does it look like Sepia or like Pantone 1625M? The photo is too dark to work with any dark or vivid colors like hot pink. Should I try another shot?
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  • saurorasaurora Registered Users Posts: 4,320 Major grins
    edited November 9, 2007
    fashiznitsngrins wrote:
    it doesn't look sepia, but after having just tried a few myself, I stopped because I have to agree that pretty much all the warm colors tend to look sepia-ish and all the cool colors look b/w-ish.

    Any tips anyone?

    Yeah, I like warm colors myself (especially for portraits) so that's probably why I'm not keen on this burgundy (or pink, blue and purple for that matter!). After doing this "duotone" I just did an adjustment layer and used a color fill and chose 'overlay' and adjusted sliders to taste. You get a lot more 'colors' to work with and you can adjust the intensity. Did you use the curves boxes in the duotone option? I didn't have much luck there....

    Sorry Nik! Like I said, I'll try to get something 'fresh' this weekend. My shooting time has been almost 'nil' lately. :cry
  • Jack'll doJack'll do Registered Users Posts: 2,977 Major grins
    edited November 9, 2007
    Nikolai wrote:
    Thank you Jack! thumb.gif
    I take it as a "portrait", but it's too close to sepia to accept it as a valid entry. ne_nau.gif
    Ah that's why I wanted to submit them before taking a current photo to work on. So I take that you can't use brown or mauve as the second color (after you convert to grayscale). But if I used a red as below that would be OK?

    Rosie4a.jpg
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    Jack
    (My real name is John but Jack'll do)
  • frgfrg Registered Users Posts: 583 Major grins
    edited November 9, 2007
    Moon light
    all processing in lightroom
    Original cropped adjusted clarity slider
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    Used grayscale then split tone slider
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    Francis
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  • toddharmontoddharmon Registered Users Posts: 11 Big grins
    edited November 9, 2007
    Nikolai wrote:
    Let's make it simple again: I't gotta be a portrait, and it's gotta be a duotone.
    There is a catch, though: no black-and-white and no "sepia" are allowed. deal.gif
    Each entry should consist of two images: one original color one (SOOC jpeg or very basic conversion from RAW) and one post-processed into a duotone.
    As always, images should be fresh.

    Let's get some nice duotone portrait!

    Not sure if this qualifies.... the "duotone" version is a desaturated b&w combined with a high contrasted "glow" version of the original... I call it "antique"... sort of stumbled upon the effect, and I liked it. All C&C welcome! :D



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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited November 10, 2007
    fashiznitsngrins wrote:
    Okay, so how about this?

    Does it look like Sepia or like Pantone 1625M? The photo is too dark to work with any dark or vivid colors like hot pink. Should I try another shot?

    The shot is lovely, but yes, it does look sepia-ish. Something hotter/cooler, maybe?
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited November 10, 2007
    Jack'll do wrote:
    Ah that's why I wanted to submit them before taking a current photo to work on. So I take that you can't use brown or mauve as the second color (after you convert to grayscale). But if I used a red as below that would be OK?
    Maybe it's my eyes or my monitor, but it still has that brownish flavour to me. Hotter red, maybe?
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited November 10, 2007
    frg wrote:
    all processing in lightroom
    Original cropped adjusted clarity slider
    Used grayscale then split tone slider
    Lovely! Thank you very much, nice entry!
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited November 10, 2007
    toddharmon wrote:
    Not sure if this qualifies.... the "duotone" version is a desaturated b&w combined with a high contrasted "glow" version of the original... I call it "antique"... sort of stumbled upon the effect, and I liked it. All C&C welcome! :D
    It's surely a nice effect, but
    1) it's not exactly a duotone, and
    2) it's too close to sepia anyway ne_nau.gif
    Nice shot, though! thumb.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • Jack'll doJack'll do Registered Users Posts: 2,977 Major grins
    edited November 10, 2007
    Nikolai wrote:
    Maybe it's my eyes or my monitor, but it still has that brownish flavour to me. Hotter red, maybe?

    OK OK here you go. How's this?

    RosiePurple.jpg
    jrg.smugmug.com

    Jack
    (My real name is John but Jack'll do)
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited November 11, 2007
    Jack'll do wrote:
    OK OK here you go. How's this?
    thumb.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • entropysedgeentropysedge Registered Users Posts: 190 Major grins
    edited November 11, 2007
    Here's my try at this one:

    thewall1copy.jpg

    thewall3copy.jpg
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited November 11, 2007
    entropysedge wrote:
    Here's my try at this one:
    Thank you! thumb.gif
    I can see duotone :D , but I can't see portrait ne_nau.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • entropysedgeentropysedge Registered Users Posts: 190 Major grins
    edited November 11, 2007
    This more like it?

    Morticia4ab.jpg

    Morticia4acopy.jpg

    :D



    gonna have to get something to sit in front of my camera besides motor vehicles 9which is all I've been shooting lately)
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited November 12, 2007
    entropysedge wrote:
    This more like it?

    :D

    gonna have to get something to sit in front of my camera besides motor vehicles 9which is all I've been shooting lately)

    Uhm, thanks, but I never in my life have seen such a colorful duotine.. ne_nau.gif
    What's your treatment? headscratch.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • entropysedgeentropysedge Registered Users Posts: 190 Major grins
    edited November 12, 2007
    Hhmm, I see what you mean... what was I thinking? I had used channel mixer on monochrome but ... I had greyscaled it but then couldn't seem to figure out how to get color back in.

    Morticia4ccopy.jpg

    I took the same image and worked on getting the green out of the eyes using hue/saturation.


    I think my inexperience in PS3 is showing big time ...
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited November 12, 2007
    entropysedge wrote:
    Hhmm, I see what you mean... what was I thinking? I had used channel mixer on monochrome but ... I had greyscaled it but then couldn't seem to figure out how to get color back in.

    I took the same image and worked on getting the green out of the eyes using hue/saturation.


    I think my inexperience in PS3 is showing big time ...

    I see... No, unfortunately it's not duotone.
    If you're in CS3, the easiest way is to use Black and White adjustment layer and set the hue.
    In CS2 and before you can use Hue/Saturation|Colorize or Image|Mode|Duotone .

    HTH
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • LlywellynLlywellyn Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 3,186 Major grins
    edited November 12, 2007
    Babies are supposed to be pink, right...? mwink.gif

    Original
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    Duotone
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  • entropysedgeentropysedge Registered Users Posts: 190 Major grins
    edited November 12, 2007
    Nikolai wrote:
    I see... No, unfortunately it's not duotone.
    If you're in CS3, the easiest way is to use Black and White adjustment layer and set the hue.
    In CS2 and before you can use Hue/Saturation|Colorize or Image|Mode|Duotone .

    HTH

    Here is my try using Black and white adjustment:

    Morticia7.jpg
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  • bhambham Registered Users Posts: 1,303 Major grins
    edited November 13, 2007
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  • z_28z_28 Registered Users Posts: 956 Major grins
    edited November 13, 2007
    OK, let's try Assignment #57 headscratch.gif

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    IMG_9241_a3.jpg



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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited November 13, 2007
    entropysedge wrote:
    Here is my try using Black and white adjustment:
    I'm not sure what else did you do to this image, but it still shows a lot of different colors. I downloaded a copy and converted it to LAB. Duotone should have had a razor-thin histogram in A/B channels. Yours is narrow, but still is spread enough to not qualify as a duotone conversion... ne_nau.gif
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited November 13, 2007
    bham wrote:
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    Scott, this is a nice shot, but it is too close to BW to count for credit for this class mwink.gif
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited November 13, 2007
    Llywellyn wrote:
    Babies are supposed to be pink, right...? mwink.gif
    Totally! Thank you! thumb.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited November 13, 2007
    z_28 wrote:
    OK, let's try Assignment #57 headscratch.gif




    Z, sorry man, too close to B&W.. Need more distinct color flavor deal.gif
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  • PexiPexi Registered Users Posts: 85 Big grins
    edited November 13, 2007
    Through the rosy glasses...
    Original (exif):
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    And then, as seen through my rosy glasses iloveyou.gif:D

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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited November 13, 2007
    Pexi wrote:
    Original (exif):
    And then, as seen through my rosy glasses iloveyou.gif:D
    Nice! thumb.gif
    You're getting all sorts of stuff from this show, don't you:-) mwink.gif
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