Too Cold Cafe

MoniMoni Registered Users Posts: 245 Major grins
edited January 7, 2008 in Landscapes
One of my first shots with my D300.
This is a cafe/bakery in the Distillery District in Toronto.
A little cold that day for eating outside.
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Have a warm, safe, happy new year!
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  • bauermanbauerman Registered Users Posts: 452 Major grins
    edited January 2, 2008
    Love the duotone nature of the treatment on the photo - it works really well for the subject matter to my eye. Nice light in this photo as well........well exposed.

    The photo seems a bit slanted to me.......might just be the angle in which it was shot - but it has a slanted feel to it.

    Thanks for posting this...........
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  • MoniMoni Registered Users Posts: 245 Major grins
    edited January 2, 2008
    bauerman wrote:
    Love the duotone nature of the treatment on the photo - it works really well for the subject matter to my eye. Nice light in this photo as well........well exposed.

    The photo seems a bit slanted to me.......might just be the angle in which it was shot - but it has a slanted feel to it.

    Thanks for posting this...........

    I put it on an angle because it is actually the ground that is slanted.
    I did some work on the slant, trying to take it out. Maybe I'll work on it again.
    Thanks for looking!
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  • bauermanbauerman Registered Users Posts: 452 Major grins
    edited January 2, 2008
    Moni wrote:
    I put it on an angle because it is actually the ground that is slanted.
    I did some work on the slant, trying to take it out. Maybe I'll work on it again.
    Thanks for looking!

    I don't want to imply that in an any way ruins the image either - just thought that I would mention it. If the ground is slanted - that makes sense.

    What is your process to get that duotone color if you don't mind me asking?
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  • MoniMoni Registered Users Posts: 245 Major grins
    edited January 2, 2008
    I used the black and white converter in CS3.

    I scrubbed the colours back and forth until I was happy and then used a yellowish tint at about 20-25% opacity.
    I love using that converter - if you don't like the way two colours line up, click on one and move the mouse left for dark and right for light!
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  • bauermanbauerman Registered Users Posts: 452 Major grins
    edited January 2, 2008
    Moni wrote:
    I used the black and white converter in CS3.

    I scrubbed the colours back and forth until I was happy and then used a yellowish tint at about 20-25% opacity.
    I love using that converter - if you don't like the way two colours line up, click on one and move the mouse left for dark and right for light!


    I knew that it was going to be software that I did not have! ne_nau.gif:D

    I will have to play around with PS Elements and see if I can recreate that effect. Thanks for the information and for posting the really nice photo.
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  • D.RodgersD.Rodgers Registered Users Posts: 212 Major grins
    edited January 3, 2008
    Welll done.
    I really like the toning on this image,and the highlights on the sufaces adds to that.
    I appreciate the angle of the shot,and understand the distortion it causes,but feel it should be a stronger angle or none at all.
    Also would love to see more of the brick roadway in the shot.
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  • photocatphotocat Registered Users Posts: 1,334 Major grins
    edited January 3, 2008
    I think it is a bit of an optical illusion. I would pull the right side down a little bit, so the doors and such are "eyeballed" straight...
    Nice photograph!
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  • MoniMoni Registered Users Posts: 245 Major grins
    edited January 3, 2008
    Ok, I played with the crop tool...finally figured out how to use the perspective part!
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    Is this better?

    Thanks for the comments!
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  • photocatphotocat Registered Users Posts: 1,334 Major grins
    edited January 3, 2008
    Moni wrote:
    Ok, I played with the crop tool...finally figured out how to use the perspective part!
    239183551-L.jpg

    Is this better?

    Thanks for the comments!

    yes, it looks more straight. You got it!
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  • schmooschmoo Registered Users Posts: 8,468 Major grins
    edited January 3, 2008
    Moni,

    I like your edits! thumb.gif It's difficult to deal with a situation such as street or wall with windows when you're not standing perfectly square to them. I find the parallel lines really throw me off in PP.

    Are you just overlaying the tint as a regular layer? I find the sepia done this way tends to look a lilttle flat. Have you ever tried luminosity toning?
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  • MoniMoni Registered Users Posts: 245 Major grins
    edited January 7, 2008
    schmoo wrote:
    Moni,

    I like your edits! thumb.gif It's difficult to deal with a situation such as street or wall with windows when you're not standing perfectly square to them. I find the parallel lines really throw me off in PP.

    Are you just overlaying the tint as a regular layer? I find the sepia done this way tends to look a lilttle flat. Have you ever tried luminosity toning?

    Thanks for the tip!
    Actually, I used the "tint" option in the b+w filter in CS3.

    Here it is luminosity toned:
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    I also eased up on the sepia a whole lot.
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