ENTRY Thread DSS#20 (Chaos or Serenity - Exclusive Black & White Challenge)

pyry · March 1, 2009

davev wrote:

Close up that can of worms and please remove the shot from the contest.
I don't want to cause a problem for future challenges.

Thanks.

Re-create the bit you need (take shot of a bullet and of some steam) and then put it back

davev · March 2, 2009

pyry wrote:

Re-create the bit you need (take shot of a bullet and of some steam) and then put it back

No bullets here, it's against my parole.:D

Maybe I'll figure something out, maybe not. No big deal.

DoctorIt · March 2, 2009

pyry wrote:

Re-create the bit you need (take shot of a bullet and of some steam) and then put it back

Or just draw the whole thing in PS - we've never been against that. It's always been about the "majority" or "base" image.

davev · March 2, 2009

DoctorIt wrote:

Or just draw the whole thing in PS - we've never been against that. It's always been about the "majority" or "base" image.

That's a good one.

I draw like a blind man with Parkinson's. If I could draw, i would have bought a 10 cent pencil instead of a three thousand dollar camera

Drawing is not an option.

Candid Arts · March 2, 2009

davev wrote:

That's a good one.

I draw like a blind man with Parkinson's. If I could draw, i would have bought a 10 cent pencil instead of a three thousand dollar camera
Drawing is not an option.

Hahaha...I'm in the same boat, and I'm in a drawing class in school. I know how ya feel.

Candid Arts · March 2, 2009

Just a quick bullet I made in PS really quick. Might try messing around with it.

I used the Elliptical Marquee Tool and filled in the color for the actual bullet tip. Erased what I didn't want.
Then a rectangular Marquee Tool and filled in the color for the casing. Erased to the shape of a casing on one side. Copy and pasted it. Flip Horizontally, line up, crop and save. Fairly easy. Not perfect results, as it was just a quick jobbie, but none the less a bullet.

DoctorIt · March 2, 2009

davev wrote:

That's a good one.

I draw like a blind man with Parkinson's. If I could draw, i would have bought a 10 cent pencil instead of a three thousand dollar camera
Drawing is not an option.

Tentacion · March 2, 2009

Candid Arts wrote:

Just a quick bullet I made in PS really quick. Might try messing around with it.

I used the Elliptical Marquee Tool and filled in the color for the actual bullet tip. Erased what I didn't want.
Then a rectangular Marquee Tool and filled in the color for the casing. Erased to the shape of a casing on one side. Copy and pasted it. Flip Horizontally, line up, crop and save. Fairly easy. Not perfect results, as it was just a quick jobbie, but none the less a bullet.

Wow, I wish, I can't even make stick people look good, ...What a good job for a "quickie" edit.

Peace,
Donna

Candid Arts · March 2, 2009

Tentacion wrote:

Wow, I wish, I can't even make stick people look good, ...What a good job for a "quickie" edit.

Peace,
Donna

Same boat here... That's where the awesomeness of PS and its tools come in play. They draw the straight line and curves for you...

coscorrosa · March 2, 2009

davev wrote:

That's a good one.

I draw like a blind man with Parkinson's. If I could draw, i would have bought a 10 cent pencil instead of a three thousand dollar camera
Drawing is not an option.

I'm totally with you on that! If I had any artistic ability, why would I need to use a camera?

dnie · March 3, 2009

coscorrosa wrote:

I'm totally with you on that! If I had any artistic ability, why would I need to use a camera?

there is a difference between artistic ability and the ability to draw or paint.
It takes and artistic eye to be able to see the things I see in all the pictures on here.
So, see there! You are an artist.... just an expensive one.

grimace · March 3, 2009

davev wrote:

The way I like to convert is by using layers and a gradient map.
I have a tute here: LINK

Change this:

Into this:

Nice, but couldn't you just shoot in monochrome and save time?

grimace · March 3, 2009

davev wrote:

I draw like a blind man with Parkinson's.

He drives the way too.

GarryO · March 4, 2009

Well I'm only a n00b here but I just submitted my first challenge photo. My Daughter will probably kill me, but then that's the look she is giving me in the photo anyway

dnie · March 4, 2009

Jeff Groves....

JeffGroves - "Yesterday was just a bump in the road. Chaos or serenity, will always be one day at a time".

Wow, good picture. What are the odds we both, at the same time, were working on photos with the same theme! I had just looked at the gallery before I posted mine. I about fell over when I saw yours.
:jawdrop

HamSandwich · March 8, 2009

Great site you have here. I figured I would throw my hat in the ring.

Brendan · March 9, 2009

Here goes nothing..!
This challenge inspired one of my daily photographs, so I figured I may as well try out a DG challenge. Hope I got everything right.

One question: I know I'm supposed to write my DG username and title as the comment, but (and this is a long stretch, but bear with me) if I win, is there ever a way to edit the title to include a hyperlink back to my own smugmug page? Or do people have to view the gallery, search for you on DG, and then find a link back to your own gallery?

Perhaps this would be easier if my DG username was my smugmug gallery URL, but, this is just an easy forum name (because it's never taken), not necessarily something I want to use as a URL.

Hopefully this will be a useful question for someone else as well.

—Brendan

PS: Another question: I use an old manual focus lens on my Nikon D80, so some of the exif (focal length and aperture, and maybe other things) does not come through. I assume this is ok? $:\$

Greensquared · March 9, 2009

Hi Brendan, and welcome!

The exif info should be fine. We look mainly for the date taken.

As far as people finding your website, all they need to do is click on your avatar and select to go to your homepage. What you set up as your homepage URL is up to you. We do not add shooters web addresses to any of the images, winners or not. You will not be able to edit your image comments after the close of the round.

I hope this answers your question.

DoctorIt · March 9, 2009

This one is closed!

83 entries

2 dq's
(JessicaT and HamSandwich - excellent shots, sorry. But please note for next time, photos must be "fresh", taken during the 2-week challenge period)

HamSandwich · March 9, 2009

Sorry I didnt read the all the rules.

Brendan · March 9, 2009

Greensquared wrote:

Hi Brendan, and welcome!

The exif info should be fine. We look mainly for the date taken.

As far as people finding your website, all they need to do is click on your avatar and select to go to your homepage. What you set up as your homepage URL is up to you. We do not add shooters web addresses to any of the images, winners or not. You will not be able to edit your image comments after the close of the round.

I hope this answers your question.

It does indeed. Thanks.

—Brendan

richtersl · March 10, 2009

bimmerz_vn wrote:

I was thinking on getting a CS4 when I got my Wacom Intuos3 earlier this week. It came with a version of PS elements 6 and they gave me an offer to upgrade that to CS4 for half the price. So far I am not impressed by the PSE and am wondering if I should save my money and just get Lightroom as I hear it does great with RAW files and skin tones.

Until I get a better program to deal with RAW...I will not shoot anymore RAW. Its a waste of space.

There have been several good discussions on RAW editors here at Dgrin:

http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=119124&highlight=RAW+editors

http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=65977&highlight=RAW+editors

http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=46075&highlight=RAW+editors

Best place to head for more information is the Finishing School forum here. <img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/mwink.gif" border="0" alt="" >