A Mannequin Flag: New G2 Pic !!

Hi Everyone,

Can you 'spot' the DIFFERENCES (via photoshop) between my original and edited picture of my below G2 pic entitled: ' A Mannequin Flag'?





Comments and feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

• Scotty

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Scottyee said:

Hi Everyone,

Can you 'spot' the DIFFERENCES (via photoshop) between my original
and edited picture of my below G2 pic entitled: ' A Mannequin Flag'?

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You filtered out the bane of urban photography, the power lines.

Isn't this a bit overexposed?

And the parking sign. Good job, did you just cloned from the rest of the tree (and scene), or using some even more interesting techniques?

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eg said:

Scottyee said:

Hi Everyone,

Can you 'spot' the DIFFERENCES (via photoshop) between my original
and edited picture of my below G2 pic entitled: ' A Mannequin Flag'?

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You filtered out the bane of urban photography, the power lines.

Isn't this a bit overexposed?

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eg #37159 said:

eg wrote:
You filtered out the bane of urban photography, the power lines.

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Yep, but there was something else even more obnoxious removed (not just the power lines) as well. Please have a LOOK again .

eg #37159 said:

Isn't this a bit overexposed?

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Yes, but this was intentiional on my part. I wanted the sidewalk and background to appear washed out (no detail or color) to bring out and emphasize the flag & mannequin colors.

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• Scotty

http://pbase.com/scottyee

power lines, street light (on a left), parking sign, green leaves(?) (on a right). Anything else?

Suixiong Pan said:

Suixiong Pan wrote:
And the parking sign. Good job, did you just cloned from the rest
of the tree (and scene), or using some even more interesting
techniques?

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Hi Suixiong,

BINGO ! You are absolutely RIGHT !

Thanks for the 'thumbs up' on my first attempt at Photoshop editing.

You are completely RIGHT, I used the cloning technique in combination with copying and pasting (layer) a small area (extending the background flag pole). I also used eraser and airbrush tools to blend this all in.

I am thinking of making the background completely black and white, leaving just the mannequin & flag(s), and possibly the trees in color. What do you guys think of that idea?

Thanks,

Scotty

http://pbase.com/scottyee

Scottyee said:

Scottyee said:

eg wrote:
You filtered out the bane of urban photography, the power lines.

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Yep, but there was something else even more obnoxious removed (not
just the power lines) as well. Please have a LOOK again .

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Well, you see I don't think the No Parking sign is that obnoxious. I'm sitting here looking out of the window fuming at the politicians who decided it's OK to pollute the entire landscape with all sorts of above-ground cables.

It's all subjective.

Scottyee said:

Scottyee said:

Isn't this a bit overexposed?

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Yes, but this was intentiional on my part. I wanted the sidewalk
and background to appear washed out (no detail or color) to bring
out and emphasize the flag & mannequin colors.

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Sorry, as I said it's all subjective and if this pleases you...

But in my opinion you overdid it. That white sky annoys me and the mannequin's "skin" is overexposed as well. In my opinion, for what it's worth, you can accomplish your goal better with background blur (which you can also do in PhotoShop) than with overexposure.

eg #37159 said:

eg #37159 said:

eg #37159 said:

eg wrote:
Isn't this a bit overexposed?

Click to expand...

Yes, but this was intentiional on my part. I wanted the sidewalk
and background to appear washed out (no detail or color) to bring
out and emphasize the flag & mannequin colors.

Click to expand...

Sorry, as I said it's all subjective and if this pleases you...

But in my opinion you overdid it. That white sky annoys me and the
mannequin's "skin" is overexposed as well. In my opinion, for what
it's worth, you can accomplish your goal better with background
blur (which you can also do in PhotoShop) than with overexposure.

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Eg: You may have a point here. I'll have to experiment with the background blur featue (in Photoshop) that you suggested. Thanks for the suggestion.

• Scotty

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Do you guys think this picture would work if I used Photoshop to make everything in the pictures black and white EXCEPT for the mannequin & flag(s) (red & blue), and possibly the trees (green)?

Thanks for your input,

• Scotty

http://pbase.com/scottyee

Hi Scotty! I have to agree that the mannequin is too overexposed. Her bright forehead hurts my eyes! The color on her dress and the flag are washed out a bit from the overexposure too.

You did a fantastic job with photoshop getting rid of the annoying features in the background.

As far as making part B&W and part color... Hmm - you asked so here are my thoughts on this medium... if you make her, the flag and the trees color what is left to be black and white? Just the background noise, right? This effect (to me) is used to make one particular interesting item stand out: her dress, or her eyes, or the flag, or the trees, but not all of them. The use of color on a black and white image is used to draw the viewers eyes to one location immediately. I personally think a 90:10 ratio is good for color:B&W as opposed to 60:40. When there is too even of a ratio of color to B&W it becomes a battle in the viewers mind to determine if it is a black and white image or a color image. (Personally, if I have to fight about it then I give up and move on.)

I hope I haven't said anything to offend.
Paige

Scottyee said:

Do you guys think this picture would work if I used Photoshop to
make everything in the pictures black and white EXCEPT for the
mannequin & flag(s) (red & blue), and possibly the trees (green)?

Thanks for your input,

• Scotty

http://pbase.com/scottyee

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Paige
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...and the turquoise green thing and white speck below at the left, and the streetlight at top right, and the black speck (bird?) in the middle of the sky.

I agree with Paige though. If you do the B&W thing, the very most you keep in colour should be the dress and the foreground flag, or perhaps only one of those.

I wonder, did you shoot this in RAW? The foreground reds seem to have migrated towards orange (due to overexposure?) and I'm wondering if my workflow with Powershovel might be able to restore those colours and some of the details in the highlights. No one ever seems to want to do this, but if you could send my the original RAW file (if shot in RAW) I'd like to see what my workflow could do to fix this: [email protected]

Michael

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