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Belgium
A special Drive in (5)
janneman
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 425 W: 6 N: 164]](http://i1.treklens.com/misc/g-n-g.gif) (1052) |
Levels & curves | Dingo
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2740 W: 372 N: 2627]](http://i1.treklens.com/misc/g-g-g.gif) (11958) [2009-12-20 12:01:42] [2] | Zoals gezegd, Jan: ik vind je foto te licht en een ietsiepietsie te flets. Vandaar: levels ( 10% onderbelicht) en curves (zowel shadows als hightlights wat donkerder gemaakt).
Voel je vrij het hier (zoals gewoonlijk) niet mee eens te zijn haha. Ik hoor het wel. |
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Greece
Homeric poems (16)
Dingo
(11958) |
Slightly different PoV... | | Dingo
(11958) [2009-09-21 12:28:49] | ...as Jan suggested, the islets in the background distract a bit from the subject.
In this shot I zoomed in a bit more: 38 mm i.o. the 31 mm I used in the original post. |
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Turkey
sunset (1)
dilekdile (64) |
Various | | Dingo
(11958) [2009-09-18 13:47:35] [2] | First of all: set the horizon level.
Then cropped more from top, left and a wee bit from the bottom to get the sun on the left 1/3rd vertical line, decentering it.
Compensated for the loss of dimension by adding a little frame; in general, strong coloured shots like this sunset "need" a neutral frame to detach it from TL's own background colour...
Just my idea, of course. |
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Greece
Homeric poems (16)
Dingo
(11958) |
Original version | | Dingo
(11958) [2009-09-18 12:58:15] | | Just for comparison with the converted b/w version... |
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Belgium
tingeling (18)
Fons
(15861) |
Mainly sharpened | | Dingo
(11958) [2009-05-01 07:04:22] [1] | Cropped a wee bit.
I used an adjustment layer for curves to deepen shadows and lighten the highlights a little bit, then used another copy in a layer with "overlay" blending mode to apply the High pass filter with a radius of 1.5 pixels to enhance sharpness.
Created a small frame to detach the green hues from tl's backdrop.
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Fons
Eerst een klein beetje bijgesneden, vooral linksonder en -boven. Ook wat van rechts.
Vervolgens een aanpassingslaag voor curves gebruikt om de schaduwen nog wat dieper te maken en de bloemetjes (hooglichten) wat helderder.
Voor het verscherpen heb ik je foto gekopieerd in een tweede laag met "overlay" als "mengmodus". Hierop is het highpass filter losgelaten met een straal van 1,5 pixel. |
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Italy
![Title: Carnival in Venice [III]Canon EOS 450D](http://i1.treklens.com/photos/659/venice_1615_s_.jpg "Title: Carnival in Venice [III]
Camera: Canon EOS 450D")
Carnival in Venice [III] (10)
Dingo
(11958) |
Another crop | | Dingo
(11958) [2009-04-12 14:30:24] | As Jan(neman) suggested, the wall is a bit distracting.
So I used the base shot with all adjustments of the main post, just cropped it differently.
Which version do you prefer?? |
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Tunisia
Beach animation (18)
Dingo
(11958) |
As captured | | Dingo
(11958) [2009-01-31 09:28:17] | This is the image as captured (in-camera compo).
Same adjustments in levels & curves, downsized, signed & framed. |
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United States
LOGO/REFLECTIONS (13)
gracestout2008
(1984) |
Various | | Dingo
(11958) [2009-01-17 04:10:09] [2] | Hi Grace
- cropped the picture with some correction of the perspective distortion.
- rotated it to set the vertical lines straight; so some more cropping was necessary
- added adjustment layers for levels and curves; especially the levels needed tweaking to get more contrast in the shot
- added a small frame to detach the picture from tl's backdrop
Hope you like it...
Frank |
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United States
Waiting (12)
wilth
![Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 376 W: 47 N: 523]](http://i1.treklens.com/misc/g-s-g.gif) (2002) |
Crop, partial blur, curves | | Dingo
(11958) [2009-01-17 03:41:18] [1] [+] | Hi Wilt
As I wrote in the crit, to me the top part is a bit disturbing, especially the brighter green.
So I started by cropping off most of that (and your thin black frame as well).
Then I selected the remaining water with a feather of 2 px, and applied 3,5% of Gaussian blur on it.
To detach the picture from TL's background I downsized a bit more and added a neutral frame.
Finally I used a wee bit of curves to boost contrast on the hulls.
As opposed to what I wrote in my crit, I decided to leave the bright spots in the bl corner. Cloning them out created a big dark part in that corner and it didn't look good to me...
Frank |
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Belgium
Wensen-Wishes-Vœux-Euxes (30)
Dingo
(11958) |
Another view | | Dingo
(11958) [2008-12-23 11:24:04] | Here I waited for someone to pass by in front of the tree. 1/15", f/3.5, no IS, handheld, so some motion blur was bound to be inevitable.
I like the effect, as the moving persons add some dynamism to the otherwise static shot. |
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