If this doesn't make you feel sad...[3 imgs]

imonk

...then you have a heart of stone!!



Awwwww


You'll be glad to know that this is of course a digital creation. The original pic is to follow, taken on a family day out to ride on a Steam Train. This is my little boy's teddy and he is very very very much loved








And finally, a cracking pic of my son and my shoulder taken by my wife. The thing that makes it IMO are his eyes and the background.







All taken with D50 and 50 1.8 and processed in Lightroom (added a vignette too).

CC warmly welcomed, I'd especially like to know if you cried

p.s. not sure if this is the right forum to post it in but it didn't seem to fit into any others.

Cheers
Ian

eL eSs Vee

Love the teddy of the image. I didn't know windows peeled like that, though! I like the treatment you gave the image, and your son is adorable!

Skippy

imonk wrote:

...then you have a heart of stone!!

Awwwww

You'll be glad to know that this is of course a digital creation. The original pic is to follow, taken on a family day out to ride on a Steam Train. This is my little boy's teddy and he is very very very much loved

And finally, a cracking pic of my son and my shoulder taken by my wife. The thing that makes it IMO are his eyes and the background.


All taken with D50 and 50 1.8 and processed in Lightroom (added a vignette too).

CC warmly welcomed, I'd especially like to know if you cried

p.s. not sure if this is the right forum to post it in but it didn't seem to fit into any others.

Cheers
Ian

Hi Ian, narrrrrrr didn't make me cry, the textured shot (first one)
has that old time feel about it, but doesn't come across as being sad to me.

Your son has the most gorgeous blue eyes, he's a cutie.

I like your processing of the first image, and glad you showed us the second image for a comparison.... very nicely done .... Skippy
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JavaLover

My daughter, who is 14, still takes her teddy bear 'Art' with her every where (ok well not quite every where but you get the idea). I totally get what you were saying in the first photo. Nice job.

ashishkapur

Pointers needed

imonk wrote:

...then you have a heart of stone!!



Cheers
Ian

Marvellous! Let me congratulate you on a beautiful shot and a Good Looking Son.

I was wondering how did you achieve the look in the first photo you posted. Would be grateful for any pointers you could throw my way.

Thanks in advance!

Regards,
Ashish

imonk

Thanks for the kind words Ashish.

For the first shot I basically created a black and white version of the original in photoshop and added a sepia tint to it using the photo filter, then I increased the 'Canvas Size' by about 3cm all around in white. I then selected the white border with the magic wand and feathered the selection by about 100px (I think!). I then used the eraser tool set to one of the 'chalk' brushes (any graphic type brush will do though) and set the opacity to about40 or 50. Then you can brush out the edges and because the selection is active and it's feathered it will only go a short way into the actual image. You can go over some bits more than others and this gives the rough edged look.

I then dropped another image on top to create the texture. I have a picture of a wall with flaking paint on it which worked quite well. Since this was on a different layer I simply reduced the opacity of that layer to get the look I wanted.

I think I just finished it off with a slight levels adjustment which reduced the contrast slightly.

Hope that's clear but if you're not sure about PS just shout and I'll try and be more specific. Oh and the paint texture picture isn't one I took, I got it from a photography magazine cd If you want I can email you it, but any texture picture would do.

Cheers
Ian

ashishkapur

Thanks for the heads up, Ian! I'm really grateful to you for all this information.

I would give it a go and would let you know how I fared... :-)

Thanks again!

Regards,
Ashish