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Copyright: Thong Wing Hoong (Ah_Thong) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 364 W: 74 N: 385] (2485)
Genre: People
Medium: Black & White
Date Taken: 2004-12-25
Categories: Event
Camera: Olympus C730 UZ
Exposure: f/3.2, 1/40 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2005-01-22 15:00
Viewed: 695
Points: 8
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This photo was taken last month at a JB gig, during King Ly Chee (a Hong Kong DIY Hardcore band) was touring Malaysia. I like this band so much, because of their music and also their messages!

The original photo is just a simple "sephia" mode photo (i posted it at WORKSHOP), and I decided to try workaround with Photoshop, trying to make this photo something different and better.

Using Adobe Photoshop 7.0,
1. Desaturate the photo, to make it B&W
2. Using Polygonal Lasso Tool, i select the area outside the main person, copy and paste into a new layer.
3. Apply light Gaussian Blur on the new layer
4. Apply light Radial Blur with Zoom effect on that layer
5. Flatten Image
6. Add canvas/borders
7. Adjust curve and resize to make is smaller
8. Apply Filter->Artistic->Film Grain

I personally think that the output image is really different from the original photo. It gives a very classic and charismatic feelings. I am very new in Photoshop Post-Processing, and hope what i did is correct.

Comments, Critiques and Workshops are welcomed.
-thong-
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Hi, I know what you mean ! Great, Like a Lot what you did ! The nice thing about pp is that there is not just 'a' correct way, but many 'correct ways' - you can adapt your pictures to the feelings you have at the moment, and play with the material you have at hand. Keep experimenting...

i like the effect you created more than the original...here, you gave me a feeling of some newspaper clippings and the grain helps to make it classic - as you intended. i think you certainly did good ps work....don't worry about what is correct...most important is not the way you do it...it's whether it satisfies you. well done, Thong!

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  • Saiz Gold Star Critiquer [C: 909 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2005-01-23 10:05]

Punk not dead °-]

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  • hojper Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 687 W: 111 N: 847] (4087)
  • [2005-01-23 10:13]

Good rock photo. The PP work pais off. You were lucky to have that black paert as canvas for his profile to contrast against. And you got some movement in. Good show.

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