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Well I'm really really really (I can't emphasize it enough) loving Photoshop Lightroom.

I took this photo last fall at a family reunion. It is of my Great Great Grandfather. He is 96 years old, and still loves to fish! I really wanted to capture him doing what he loves best, and when he is his happiest. He is a carefree man and one I look up to very much. This picture really conveys that well.

But anyway, I had done some editing of this image a while back and settled on greyscale as it's final stage. Well I've been experimenting with Lightroom for the past few months and haven't done much in the way of Split Toning. So I dove in, and found it to be intuitive and very easy to use. This is the result. Let me know what you think, not only on the Split Toning, but of the image itself. Comments welcome!

"Gone Fishing"



Jason
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'Just take the picture already.'

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If you say it is a picture 50 year ago, everybody will believe. Nice job.
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You have got to be kidding! That man can't be 96 years old! Great photo BTW
 
You asked for comments - I would remove the white spots around the central tree trunk which look like dead pixels but probably aren't.

Keith-C
 
Nice shot, cant believe he is 96 whats his secret ?. He looks better than me and Im only 39.

H
 
Split tone worked very well in this case. I presume you have tried b&w and sepia too! Would a Sepia be as good?

I wish I could find the same "Shangri-la" he found.

with best regards,
Sury
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Sury said:
Split tone worked very well in this case. I presume you have tried
b&w and sepia too! Would a Sepia be as good?
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Well, I tried both Greyscale and Sepia, but I settled on a Split Tone because of the contrast it provided. I wanted a contrasty image, but it was too harsh in Sepia or Greyscale. So I liked the ability to create some contrast with Split Toning, without it being too harsh. I used a yellow hue in the highlights, and a blue hue in the shadows - a pretty classic combination. But the amazing thing was how simple it was to achieve in Lightroom. If you haven't tried that software out yet, I would highly recommend it. Along with Photoshop, it is killer. I can do 90% of my work in it, which keeps me out of Photoshop, and it is non-destructive. I love it!

Jason

--
'Just take the picture already.'

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasonshaffer/
 
Jason,

Thank you. I down loaded lightroom beta4 and shied away after hearing some horror stories. I am in the process of down loading the 4.1. I will give it a whirl soon. BTW, Popphoto had an article Iin the magazine) few months ago on split toning, tricks and tips. I can't seem to find the article on their web site. Let me see if I can find that issue at home.

I will try the lightroom in the coming days. Thanks for the tip and headsup.

As an aside, I liked your images in other post as well. I did not get to comment on them sooner.

with best regards,
Sury
Jason Shaffer said:
Sury said:
Split tone worked very well in this case. I presume you have tried
b&w and sepia too! Would a Sepia be as good?
Click to expand...
Well, I tried both Greyscale and Sepia, but I settled on a Split
Tone because of the contrast it provided. I wanted a contrasty
image, but it was too harsh in Sepia or Greyscale. So I liked the
ability to create some contrast with Split Toning, without it being
too harsh. I used a yellow hue in the highlights, and a blue hue
in the shadows - a pretty classic combination. But the amazing
thing was how simple it was to achieve in Lightroom. If you
haven't tried that software out yet, I would highly recommend it.
Along with Photoshop, it is killer. I can do 90% of my work in it,
which keeps me out of Photoshop, and it is non-destructive. I love
it!

Jason

--
'Just take the picture already.'

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasonshaffer/
Click to expand...
--
Minimize avoidable suffering - Sir Karl Popper
 
EarlRutherford said:
Jason Shaffer said:
I took this photo last fall at a family reunion.
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Please post original color image for comparison. This looks wayyyyy
too much like a scan of an old photograph. You wouldn't be trying
to pull our leg, huh?
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No, definitely not. Let me look for the original color. I have the greyscale at hand, but the color is on an archived CD somewhere. I'll post it once I find it. I'm not too organized :)

Jason

--
'Just take the picture already.'

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasonshaffer/
 
Thank you. I look forward to the links. I managed to get the beta installed few minutes ago. Off to experiment this weekend.

Sury
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Minimize avoidable suffering - Sir Karl Popper
 
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