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  1. 1,#5,#7 if you could.
thanks very much :D always a fan of your work.
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what do pros eat for breakfast?

We eat lenses with small maximum apertures: only f/3.5 and smaller.

Cheap cost and high fiber content.

chris!

 
Chris,

First of all - sorry for the delay answering - real life, you know... kids ...

You've managed to pick up the most complicated ones actually :) So...
  1. 1
In RAW editor:

1. First, there is a plain (and rather severe) desaturation
2. Curves, to get contrast as you want it

In PS:

3. Hue/Saturation Adj. layer - in this instance - boosted Red by 15% saturation and decreased lightness in Red
4. A duotone layer (dark blue/yellow)
5. Slight (very slight!) blur on everything

6. Decrease the opacity of the duotone layer to something like 95% (so, still, almost B&W)
  1. 5
1. Curves
2. duotone (dark yellowish brown / light yellowish-pinkish brown)
3. very slight blur
  1. 7
well... that's a really tough one to describe... that was probably the most time I've ever spent on PP :)

lots of masks, separate sharpening and curves for the window, the old man and everything else, additional curve for the wall (to get the shadows cyan-ish), shadow/highlight for the old man, burning/dodging around the window... frankly I can't even remember... the interesting thing is that this whole elaborate PP wasn't to achieve some dramatic change - it's essentially still the same photo as the original - just better (IMHO)...

Thanks again for your encouragement, sorry for not being able to be of more help on #7.

Fresh batch is coming soon, they're already on Flickr/Smugmug.
nikonwiz338 said:
  1. 1,#5,#7 if you could.
thanks very much :D always a fan of your work.
--
what do pros eat for breakfast?

We eat lenses with small maximum apertures: only f/3.5 and smaller.

Cheap cost and high fiber content.

chris!

Click to expand...
--
Cheers,

Alex
http://rundadar.smugmug.com
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rundadar/

'turtles are great speed enthusiasts, which is natural.' J. Cortazar
 
How do you apply the duotone.

guess
  • make a copy of the image
  • make it B&W (you have to do it to access duotone)
  • duotone buish / yellowish whatever
  • convert back to RGB
  • copy on top of original image as layer
  • opacity
  • etc.
is that it?

g
 
rundadar said:
First of all - sorry for the delay answering - real life, you know...
kids ...

You've managed to pick up the most complicated ones actually :) So...
  1. 1
In RAW editor:

1. First, there is a plain (and rather severe) desaturation
2. Curves, to get contrast as you want it

In PS:

3. Hue/Saturation Adj. layer - in this instance - boosted Red by 15%
saturation and decreased lightness in Red
4. A duotone layer (dark blue/yellow)
5. Slight (very slight!) blur on everything
6. Decrease the opacity of the duotone layer to something like 95%
(so, still, almost B&W)
  1. 5
1. Curves
2. duotone (dark yellowish brown / light yellowish-pinkish brown)
3. very slight blur
  1. 7
well... that's a really tough one to describe... that was probably
the most time I've ever spent on PP :)

lots of masks, separate sharpening and curves for the window, the old
man and everything else, additional curve for the wall (to get the
shadows cyan-ish), shadow/highlight for the old man, burning/dodging
around the window... frankly I can't even remember... the interesting
thing is that this whole elaborate PP wasn't to achieve some dramatic
change - it's essentially still the same photo as the original - just
better (IMHO)...

Thanks again for your encouragement, sorry for not being able to be
of more help on #7.

Fresh batch is coming soon, they're already on Flickr/Smugmug.
nikonwiz338 said:
  1. 1,#5,#7 if you could.
thanks very much :D always a fan of your work.
--
what do pros eat for breakfast?

We eat lenses with small maximum apertures: only f/3.5 and smaller.

Cheap cost and high fiber content.

chris!

Click to expand...
--
Cheers,

Alex
http://rundadar.smugmug.com
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rundadar/

'turtles are great speed enthusiasts, which is natural.' J. Cortazar
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hey, thanks a ton!!!

i dont mind waiting, and i very greatly appreciate you taking the time to help me out!

like i said, thanks alot!

all the best.
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'sorry' wont earn us reward miles.

chris!

 
Hiya

These are up to your normal excellent standard but I particularly like the first and last ones. The first really makes a statement about how we live our lives today, it's a great 'story-telling' image. My only minor gripe would have to be the guy's head partially hidden behind that white square, but it doesn't spoil the image.

I think I would recognise your images even if I didn't know you'd taken them beforehand. Perhaps you should think about holding an exhibition or a showing at a local art gallery or something.

You have a really distinctive style.

Keep it up!
Cheers
Ian
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'The whole problem with the world is that fools are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.' Bertrand Russell



http://imonk.smugmug.com/
 
imonk said:
Hiya

My only minor gripe [with the first image] would have to be the guy's head
partially hidden behind that white square, but it doesn't spoil the image.
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Very interesting comment, Ian - and I am glad you've noticed. Here's the thing... I was actually standing there for a good 15 minutes... WAITING for the guy's head to be FULLY hidden (and was a bit upset that I didn't get it perfectly hidden in the end)... Here's why: this 'scene' has two meanings/layers to me.. #1 is obvious - separate existences in two rooms... but there's a second one too...

The human being in the left room is a woman - everything is cosy and 'humane' and has to do with life in 'her' room... the person on the right is male - everything is cold and 'inhumane' around him - just the drawer and the table pretty much... and the icing on the pudding - he seemed to be sunken into his laptop... so it struck me that he NEEDS to be shown without his face/head at all...

I do realize that this second meaning is much less obvious, but I always hope that some 'hidden' stuff might get absorbed semi-consciously (or even sub-consciously) and add to the emotional value of the picture.

I guess, I am a bit out of place, bubbling at such length about arcane things like that here...

D300 will be great! now, I am back on-topic :)

Again - thank you very much for taking time to look and comment!

PS as for the exhibition... I don't know... self-promotion requires dedication and time and some money too (all three I am currently lacking a bit)...
imonk said:
I think I would recognise your images even if I didn't know you'd
taken them beforehand. Perhaps you should think about holding an
exhibition or a showing at a local art gallery or something.

You have a really distinctive style.

Keep it up!
Cheers
Ian
--
********************************************************
'The whole problem with the world is that fools are always so certain
of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.' Bertrand Russell



http://imonk.smugmug.com/
Click to expand...
--
Cheers,

Alex
http://rundadar.smugmug.com
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rundadar/

'turtles are great speed enthusiasts, which is natural.' J. Cortazar
 
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