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dead trees

Postby NJ on Tue Nov 07, 2006 6:37 pm

playing around a bit with lab colour, and i ended up with this.


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Postby casnell on Tue Nov 07, 2006 7:53 pm

I like it, lovely colour.

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Postby jethro on Tue Nov 07, 2006 9:31 pm

Great shot Nathan
shoot it real.

look! and see. Shoot and feel
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Postby NJ on Tue Nov 07, 2006 9:54 pm

thanks guys! i wasnt sure about this one but i guess it must be alright :)
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Postby radar on Tue Nov 07, 2006 10:30 pm

great shot Nathan, the nice blue sky with the dead trees work really well together.

Was this taken at the same spot of the photo for your avatar?

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Postby firsty on Tue Nov 07, 2006 10:35 pm

Nathan
this is the perfect candidate for a B&W

I quickly opened it in Photoshop
and opened a channel mixer adjustment layer and selected Monochrome then dropped the red down to 40%
then boosted the contrast to +5 in a brightness/contrast adjustment layer.

this showed the original file could make a brilliant moody B&W

give it a try.... I think you will like
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Postby NJ on Tue Nov 07, 2006 11:21 pm

radar wrote:Was this taken at the same spot of the photo for your avatar?

thanks radar, yeh same spot as the avatar, lake eildon, was just going through some of the pics from the start of the year to see which ones i could make better


thanks for the tip firsty! i definately like it in black and white, but i dont think i followed your technique right so i just did my normal conversion, please feel free to show me your take on it.
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here's mine

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Postby firsty on Tue Nov 07, 2006 11:48 pm

I was looking at a darker image with more contrast

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maybe not this dark :)
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Postby NJ on Wed Nov 08, 2006 8:42 am

haha its pretty dark! gives it a really spooky feel though! i just think it is a tad too dark.
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