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Orton Mania Warning: Image Heavy

senorjaxsenorjax Registered Users Posts: 298 Major grins
edited October 15, 2010 in Other Cool Shots
It all started innocently enough. Yesterday I was going thru some 'almost but not quite' images and wondering what sort of reprocessing might improve them when I realized that I hadn't tried an Orton effect in a year or so. So I did, and it felt ok. I did another and it felt a little better. And then it just snowballed and now it's today already and I've got a new folder of wayyyy too many images, all Ortonized. I know they aren't everyone's cup of tea,even for me they're kind of like oatmeal, after I eat it a few times I have to put it away until spring. But I really enjoyed this dose of Orton and I apologize for inflicting it on you all. And I'm also sorry that there are so many images.

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Jay

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    AzzaroAzzaro Registered Users Posts: 5,643 Major grins
    edited October 13, 2010
    I like Orton, and have used it myself........ You have a great series here and that bird is outstandingclap.gif wish I had shot that one..........:Dgary
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    jackiejayjackiejay Registered Users Posts: 714 Major grins
    edited October 14, 2010
    I love these all of them they are something Ive never seen done thanks for shareing
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    ZerodogZerodog Registered Users Posts: 1,480 Major grins
    edited October 14, 2010
    Very nice. Care to share the process?
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    NeilLNeilL Registered Users Posts: 4,201 Major grins
    edited October 14, 2010
    #15 (Red Door)thumb.gif

    Neil
    "Snow. Ice. Slow!" "Half-winter. Half-moon. Half-asleep!"

    http://www.behance.net/brosepix
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    richterslrichtersl Registered Users Posts: 3,322 Major grins
    edited October 14, 2010
    Zerodog wrote: »
    Very nice. Care to share the process?

    :D Here's one online tutorial you can try: http://pcin.net/update/2006/11/01/the-orton-effect-digital-photography-tip-of-the-week/
    Linda

    http://lrichters.smugmug.com
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    richterslrichtersl Registered Users Posts: 3,322 Major grins
    edited October 14, 2010
    #7 is MOST impressive. LOVE IT!
    Linda

    http://lrichters.smugmug.com
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    jsquerijsqueri Registered Users Posts: 244 Major grins
    edited October 14, 2010
    Wow, #8 is really doin it for me. the motion blurred flowers and foot hills in teh background are great. That'd be hanging in a frame on a wall if it were mine.
    John

    www.jsqueri.smugmug.com
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    squirl033squirl033 Registered Users Posts: 1,230 Major grins
    edited October 14, 2010
    i like the Orton effect for some images, but it definitely isn't for everything. i think of these, #2 is by far the best "fit" for me...
    ~ Rocky
    "Out where the rivers like to run, I stand alone, and take back something worth remembering..."
    Three Dog Night

    www.northwestnaturalimagery.com
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    TdcomptonTdcompton Registered Users Posts: 212 Major grins
    edited October 14, 2010
    I think that the effect worked nicely in images #1 & #2, but it was "too much" on the others..
    http://tdcompton.smugmug.com
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    DaddyODaddyO Registered Users Posts: 4,466 Major grins
    edited October 15, 2010
    Very fine series of works. Highly well done. Excellent thumb.gifthumbthumb.gif
    Michael
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    redleashredleash Registered Users Posts: 3,840 Major grins
    edited October 15, 2010
    Sometimes, Orton really works nicely, and this is a nice series. I like the bird best!
    "But ask the animals, and they will teach you." (Job 12:7)

    Lauren Blackwell
    www.redleashphoto.com
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    senorjaxsenorjax Registered Users Posts: 298 Major grins
    edited October 15, 2010
    Thanks for looking everybody, I appreciate you taking time to let me know what you think. Special thx to Linda for linking to the tutorial; that's the basic idea and there's a plethora of others out there if you want a slightly different take on it. I created an action that I call 20% Orton, with 20% being the radius in the Gaussian Blur layer. That is almost always too much but since I have the action merge to a single layer I just adjust the opacity of that layer until I'm happy. 12-15% is where it usually ends up. Then I mask out areas in the image that I don't want effected (the bird's eye, the center of a flower, the word 'zipper' etc.) and call it good.

    John, you win the 'my daughter thinks you have impeccable taste' award because that's her favorite of the bunch as well. It was a wonderful evening to shoot those flowers, very windy. The Orton really kicks the colors of that one up to 11, too much for me. I'm going to tone them down some and see what happens.
    Jay
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    senorjaxsenorjax Registered Users Posts: 298 Major grins
    edited October 15, 2010
    And here's one more, just in case you thought it was safe to come back.

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    Jay
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    DogdotsDogdots Registered Users Posts: 8,795 Major grins
    edited October 15, 2010
    I love orton effects -- it's addicting rolleyes1.gif
    Mary
    www.Dogdotsphotography.com
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