wall sculpture

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• himajyothi (2709)
• [2005-08-03 21:03]
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HI Daniel... Am back :) Hmmmm... The angle of the shot is bad da... I would take it to the face than the angle though. But, hey surprisingly I find it sharp to look at but I still prefer the angle... :) The transition form dark to light has an amazing effect... Neverthless, glad U have captured a subject which many of us would have missed :) TFS :)

Take care...
- Hima.

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• ronrag (1281)
• [2005-08-04 0:17]

well done composition if you want to show the sky and your choice of POV is very interesting. but i think in these kind of photos, color versions are preferable. well, that's just me and we may differ in opinion.

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• garethgar (682)
• [2005-08-04 1:17]

Daniel,

You have acheived what you set out to achieve. The sculpture really stands out. Personaly I like the angle as it give an interesting perspective.
I would be tempted to crop it more tightly to remove the windows but I like wha you have done here.

Gareth

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• jcandeli (3985)
• [2005-08-04 13:28]
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Very cool b&w. As with anything in photoshop there are at least 3-5 ways of doing something. I'll tell you how I would have done this although I am not saying it is the RIGHT way. :))

Create a new adjustment layer (the button looks like a half black and white circle under the layers display). Pick Levels. Move the dark slider or mids (or both) until the background looks how you want it. The white statue will be effected to but this is the great part....

after you hit ok you will see a white layer mask next the the levels layer. Make sure that layer is selected. now either take a brush and paint the parts you don't want effected black or use the lasso to select the area you don't want effected and fill it with black. The beauty of this method is that you can always change it later. If you mess up all you have to do is paint with white or black again to touch up the parts that you messed up on.

LEt's say you don't like my way and you still want to use two versions of the photo (one darker and one lighter).... I would try not to use the eraser tool. Instead create a new layer mask (the button that looks like a square with a circle inside) and paint the parts you want "erased" with black. They are not really erased. Just invisible until you paint them with white again. Of course shades of gray make them more transparent.

The main advantage of using masks is that you do not destroy anything so you can always change them later. Hope this makes sense!

Also, google "Quick Mask Tutorial" for another very useful tool!!

Hope this helps!
JP

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• silver (0)
• [2005-08-05 13:16]

Very nice. I like the smooth gradient of the sky. The only changes I might have done are capture the entire shadow of the piece, and perhaps remove the windows from the building, and maybe clone out the dark black building?

Nice angle too.