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Postby Slider on Tue Jan 10, 2006 11:51 pm

From today's wanderings :D

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Postby Big Red on Wed Jan 11, 2006 12:12 am

nice ...
that might even look good in B&W
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Postby BBJ on Wed Jan 11, 2006 12:30 am

Mark, thats a nice shot and shot with good glass as well. :lol:
Try a B&W see how it turns out but yeh looks ok.
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Postby sirhc55 on Wed Jan 11, 2006 8:46 am

I don’t often say this - but yes, let’s see a greyscale version :)
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Postby moggy on Wed Jan 11, 2006 8:55 am

That's a very nice pic Mark, everything about it is just right. :wink:

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Postby stubbsy on Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:29 am

Mark

I have to say that is the lousiest macro shot you've posted so far. Kinda looks like a bench in a forest to me :wink:

Seriously, a great capture with a nice mood to it.
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Postby marcotrov on Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:37 am

Beautifully worked image Mark. :) Now tell me you didn't go and drag a red park bench all the way there :shock: or was that part of your props kit you carry in the back of the van :lol:
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Postby DionM on Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:38 am

Very nice capture.

My only suggestion would have been that IMHO it would have been better with a slightly darker sky (polariser or something) but as it is I like it anyway!

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Postby big pix on Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:41 am

DionM wrote:Very nice capture.

My only suggestion would have been that IMHO it would have been better with a slightly darker sky (polariser or something) but as it is I like it anyway!


you could do that using LAB color......... good capture
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Postby Killakoala on Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:00 am

Sorry to say this but there is something in this image i don't like. Unfortunately i can't put my thumb on what it is. It may be the way the image rushes to the right, or it could be the apparent lack of saturation, even though it isn't de-saturated or maybe the subject is too far away for my liking. Maybe i had a bad experience in a place like that and my mind has shut out the memory:)

I have revisited your image three times but i still don't know what it is i have a problem with. It must be a good image if it gets that kind of an emotional response from me :)
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Postby DionM on Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:03 am

big pix wrote:you could do that using LAB color......... good capture


Sorry to be OT in the thread, but how could you do that?

(I'm genuinely interested).

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Postby Slider on Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:14 am

Thanks for the comments folks.

Here is B&W version a few people suggested. Bumped the contrast a little.

I think this would look good with a selective colour treatment (leave the chair red and B&W background) but I don't have access to my home computer as I am in Perth for a week so I have limited editing capabilities.

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Marco, it was getting a bit heavy so I left it there. :lol:
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Postby stubbsy on Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:34 am

Killakoala wrote:Sorry to say this but there is something in this image i don't like. Unfortunately i can't put my thumb on what it is. It may be the way the image rushes to the right, or it could be the apparent lack of saturation, even though it isn't de-saturated or maybe the subject is too far away for my liking. Maybe i had a bad experience in a place like that and my mind has shut out the memory:)

I have revisited your image three times but i still don't know what it is i have a problem with. It must be a good image if it gets that kind of an emotional response from me :)

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I see what you mean. I think it's because the trees on the left look front on, but the seat runs off on an angle and they conflict in terms of the 3D perspective cues our brain uses when processing a 2D image.
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Postby birddog114 on Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:40 am

I like the colour version more than B&W.
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Postby big pix on Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:42 am

maybe a case for selective color ????
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Postby big pix on Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:58 am

DionM wrote:
big pix wrote:you could do that using LAB color......... good capture


Sorry to be OT in the thread, but how could you do that?

(I'm genuinely interested).


to hard to explain so you will have to buy the book.......

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Postby DionM on Wed Jan 11, 2006 11:46 am

big pix wrote:to hard to explain so you will have to buy the book.......


Okay ... which book?

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Postby blacknstormy on Wed Jan 11, 2006 3:55 pm

I'm with Birdy - and BigPix's version just boosted it a little up the scale..
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Postby Slider on Wed Jan 11, 2006 4:03 pm

blacknstormy wrote:I'm with Birdy - and BigPix's version just boosted it a little up the scale..
nice :)
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Ditto. gotta play with Lab colour when I get home :D
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Postby big pix on Wed Jan 11, 2006 4:05 pm

DionM wrote:
big pix wrote:to hard to explain so you will have to buy the book.......


Okay ... which book?


Photoshop Lab Color by Dan Margulis.........

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Postby blacknstormy on Wed Jan 11, 2006 4:09 pm

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Postby big pix on Wed Jan 11, 2006 4:13 pm

blacknstormy wrote:Bernie - you are a god - beautiful :)


just trying to help........
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Postby Nnnnsic on Wed Jan 11, 2006 4:47 pm

I think the black and white isn't quite as strong as the colour (too many highlights and not enough details) and the selective colour is weaker than the black and white.

Stick with the original.
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Postby big pix on Wed Jan 11, 2006 4:59 pm

Nnnnsic wrote:I think the black and white isn't quite as strong as the colour (too many highlights and not enough details) and the selective colour is weaker than the black and white.

Stick with the original.


You cannot get the contrast right or the color when working off a very low res image off a web site.......I can only give the general idea of what it would look like......... this should be taken into consideration when posting a comment ....... as you have stated before that you are not a fan of selective color.........
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Postby DionM on Wed Jan 11, 2006 6:39 pm

big pix wrote:Photoshop Lab Color by Dan Margulis.........


Thanks! Will look for it.

And really like the selective colour treatment.

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Postby Slider on Wed Jan 11, 2006 7:13 pm

Bernie,very nice variations. I like the enhanced blue sky in the first one and I think the image lends itself to selective colour. :D

Great job on a low res image. I will definately have to have a play with the original when I get home.
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