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Postby stubbsy on Sat Jul 07, 2007 7:26 pm

One image, two treatments. Please share your thoughts on which (if any) has greater impact for you.

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Postby johnd on Sat Jul 07, 2007 7:29 pm

I think the first suits the subject matter best Peter. Really does look 100 years ago.

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Postby Marvin on Sat Jul 07, 2007 9:00 pm

johnd wrote:I think the first suits the subject matter best Peter. Really does look 100 years ago.

I does, but I think the second one also has a painting-like feel to it. I really liked the first one until I scrolled down and now I'm not sure which is best! So, no help here!
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Postby sirhc55 on Sat Jul 07, 2007 9:07 pm

#1 with IR treatment :wink:
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Postby Geoff on Sat Jul 07, 2007 9:09 pm

#2 - it sure looks like a painting :)
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Postby Matt. K on Sat Jul 07, 2007 10:15 pm

Peter
Try a third treatment...knock out some saturation to make it look old and add lots of noise and grain so that it looks like an autochrome. I think it would suit.
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Postby stubbsy on Sat Jul 07, 2007 10:37 pm

Matt. K wrote:Peter
Try a third treatment...knock out some saturation to make it look old and add lots of noise and grain so that it looks like an autochrome. I think it would suit.

Matt I'd try that if I only knew what an autochrome was - is it one of those film things? :wink:

Edit: Found it - definition HERE
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Postby the foto fanatic on Sat Jul 07, 2007 11:10 pm

stubbsy wrote:Matt I'd try that if I only knew what an autochrome was - is it one of those film things? :wink:


Isn't it a bumper bar? :?: :lol: :lol:
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Postby stubbsy on Sat Jul 07, 2007 11:14 pm

cricketfan wrote:Isn't it a bumper bar? :?: :lol: :lol:

:lol: :lol:

Found a photoshop "recipe" HERE

And my clumsy first attempt appears below (is this what you meant Matt?)

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Postby jamesw on Sat Jul 07, 2007 11:28 pm

reminds me of the neighbours set creek thing!

i really like the sepia tones looks awesome
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Postby BlahBlah on Sun Jul 08, 2007 1:07 am

2nd for me..original
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Postby MATT on Sun Jul 08, 2007 10:38 am

Have to say I prefer the 2nd Orig colour version also..


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Postby ATJ on Sun Jul 08, 2007 11:03 am

The second one for me (original colour), it really does look like a painting. (But then I'm not a fan of black & white so you can choose to ignore my comments. :roll: That's not to say I don't like old black and white photos or movies, but they were black and white out of necessity.)
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Postby BT*ist on Sun Jul 08, 2007 1:20 pm

For me, the Colour one works with the picture as is (the green-ness on both sides of the photo); while the BnW one might work better with the right side cropped to remove the grassy-hill foreground.
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Postby NJ on Sun Jul 08, 2007 2:26 pm

hey stubbsy, the sepia version really jumps out at me over the colour, i think the sepia just makes it work so well! i love it!
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Postby chrisk on Sun Jul 08, 2007 5:07 pm

another vote for the sepia.
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Postby Matt. K on Sun Jul 08, 2007 5:23 pm

Like this
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Postby Oscar on Sun Jul 08, 2007 9:56 pm

The sepia version :up:
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Postby Greg B on Mon Jul 09, 2007 9:18 am

At the risk of appearing indecisive, well, maybe that's not the right word, although it could be, anyway, I like all three. But if pressed, I would go with the autochrome.
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Postby gstark on Mon Jul 09, 2007 9:24 am

I prefer the original colour, but I find the bright blue ... something ... in the upper left quadrant rather distracting.
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Postby Bluebell on Mon Jul 09, 2007 11:14 am

I love the colour image, but the figure with the blue jacket on left bank distracts a bit. He's not obvious in B&W.
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