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Kaye
11-01-2009, 03:26 PM
Hi to all who love edits,
I have attached two original shots of this little shack. It is in a Bi-Centennial park, and I would like to submit one of these to my local council to assist in advertising their local parks.
I have done my own edits, but I am not really happy with them.

You can choose the best.. or easiest to edit from the two shots. I only need a nice one of one shot.

I really look forward to some of you edit specialists for some assistance. (I did try to apply the rule of thirds, but not sure how this will work with this). It is important that the little shack is in full view.


http://www.proudphotography.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=11598&size=1

http://www.proudphotography.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=11599&size=1
DoctorJazz
11-01-2009, 03:57 PM
Kaye,

I like the first photo where the path going by the shed is more visible, so I
played with that one and cropped a little to bring more attention to that aspect.

Didn't do much else but adjust exposure and contrast a little to bring out the
detail in the old wood and metal in the shed.

Hope you like it. I'm interested to see what others do with the photo.

Thanks for the opportunity!
Pat
11-01-2009, 05:22 PM
Hi Kaye. IMHO, the shack should have been placed more to the right, so that it's looking to the interior of the pic, rather than looking out, as per portraiture. I also thought it might be amenable to a b&w treatment. A couple of examples that look rather photoshopped but will suffice to give you an idea of what I mean. I also lopped a bit off the top. Were it mine, I'd be tempted to reshoot, if possible.
Kaye
11-03-2009, 02:02 PM
Kaye,

I like the first photo where the path going by the shed is more visible, so I
played with that one and cropped a little to bring more attention to that aspect.

Didn't do much else but adjust exposure and contrast a little to bring out the
detail in the old wood and metal in the shed.

Hope you like it. I'm interested to see what others do with the photo.

Thanks for the opportunity!

Thanks DocJazz, I like it, but did you use some form of blur on it??
coffee
11-03-2009, 02:23 PM
This looks like a fun one. Will try when time permits.
Kaye
11-03-2009, 04:04 PM
Hi Kaye. IMHO, the shack should have been placed more to the right, so that it's looking to the interior of the pic, rather than looking out, as per portraiture. I also thought it might be amenable to a b&w treatment. A couple of examples that look rather photoshopped but will suffice to give you an idea of what I mean. I also lopped a bit off the top. Were it mine, I'd be tempted to reshoot, if possible.

Thanks so much Pat. I agree that the reshoot is no doubt the best idea if I get the time to go there again. The day I shot these was grey sky, hence the sky blowout, and probably partly my photography.

I think your edits were great. You worked it to the rule of thirds, but the more I looked (as you know), the same tree appears on both sides, but I still think it looks good. Also the plant at the front, half duplicated. You are so good at this.

I am attaching another shot at a different angle, and I have also attached a colour/tint version that I did a while ago on my first shot above.
You have done plenty, so please do not spend more time on this unless you have time to spare.

Shot at slightly different angle:
http://www.proudphotography.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=11643&size=1 I did edit the blown out sky a little in this one.

My edit a while back of 1st shot at top of thread:
http://www.proudphotography.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=11642&size=1
Kaye
11-03-2009, 04:17 PM
This looks like a fun one. Will try when time permits.

Thanks Joseph. I will certainly look forward to any edit you try on my average shots, but only if you have the time..... Pls also see my post above to Pat with another shot as an extra angle option as to which one you think is the best to edit.
DoctorJazz
11-03-2009, 05:44 PM
Kaye,

The blur on my edit was unintentional.....but now that you mention it.....

I'll try to sharpen it up and resubmit.
Here goes.....
Pat
11-03-2009, 09:44 PM
Yes, my above wasn't my finest artistic hour,:), it was just an illustration of the benefits of opening up more space to the left of the shack.
I thought this one was better, spatially. The first thing I did was straighten the shack and lop a bit off the top. Then I basically threw the kitchen sink at it.
The second here is a result of rereading your previous about a brochure. They'd probably want something a little straighter.
coffee
11-03-2009, 11:19 PM
I played a little. Original then new.
Kaye
11-04-2009, 06:53 AM
Thanks so much guys for spending the time to do these edits. They are all great. I will definitely be using a couple of them.
jomanros
11-09-2009, 05:06 PM
Well done Joseph! Sometimes a pic is born again!
coffee
11-09-2009, 06:00 PM
Well done Joseph! Sometimes a pic is born again!

Thanks so much. :)
StephenK
12-28-2009, 04:11 AM
Hi Kaye :^)

I was going back a bit through older posts and ran across these images you posted that I'd missed.

I figure your need for the edit is past date but I decided to play with them anyway for practice.

In this one I carefully combined all three images that you'd posted and then turned it into a painting.

I did notice something odd though about something I'm dealing with in relation to my monitors. I hooked up a second
monitor to my computer which now has be dancing back and forth between the two. Ones a 22 inch monitor the other a 24.

Both are high definition but only one is running with the high-def cable. The other is just using the standard
monitor cable. The saturation differences between the two are dramatic! Both monitors have been dialed-in using
visual aids:

http://www.hutchcolor.com/Images_and_targets.html

and yet Wow.... I'm now not totally sure what I'm posting... so anyhoo.... this one looks okay on both monitors
only one is a light-touch in one monitor and very rich in the other.... who-da-thunk-it! :^)
Kaye
12-28-2009, 03:23 PM
Hi Stephen,
Thank you for this. It is beautiful.
BTW, the colours/brightness are good on my monitor.
You are so good with all these edits; I know you said you spend a lot of time doing this. I think I am improving slowly. I still have not worked out "masks", probably as I have been too busy editing DUCKS, which I will post tonight or tomorrow in Nature & Animals.
dkippen
12-28-2009, 04:11 PM
Kaye - which picture did you end up using? I'm terrible at masks, just haven't figured them out. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
Kaye
12-28-2009, 04:22 PM
Hi Debbie,
The date has changed for the comp I wanted to enter (or else I missed the last one!) It is now in May 2010, which is good news as I have more time to prepare for a couple more categories. At this stage, I like Joseph's version very much.
Re: Masks, I don't really even know how to get started. One day I will be trying out something else, and I will find it and work out how to do it!!!
I just seem to learn on PS as I go....
dkippen
12-28-2009, 04:27 PM
Sounds like me with PP - I know just enough to get by. I have links for all sorts of tutorials, but I just never get around to reading/watching them.
Kaye
01-06-2010, 04:05 PM
Debbie, I definitely agree.
If I do start to watch one, I get all involved, and try to do hands on with Photoshop open, but know that I will spend the best of three hours or so. Then there is no dinner!
canasta
01-18-2010, 04:54 AM
Kaye...this is completely for fun...and not meant to be any improvement at all.

I was sat at my 'puter waiting for Match of the Day to come on...and noticed your pic of the Old Shack was similar to a tutorial on making a movie poster I found on the net somewhere a while back.

So I used your pic instead of the old house they supplied.

This kind of makes Bi-Centennial Park a bit spooky eh

:)
Kaye
01-18-2010, 02:16 PM
Canasta, I absolutely adore it!!!! Fabulous with so much character for this movie.

BTW, are you into the film industry?
Kaye
01-18-2010, 02:24 PM
Dougie, this is absolutely amazing. I love it!! And it certainly does look spooky.

BTW, are you also into the movie business, apart from Hotelier, Travel, etc.?

I just wondered when you said: "So I used your pic instead of the old house they supplied."
canasta
01-18-2010, 03:55 PM
LOL ...glad you like it :)

I really can't take credit for it though as I just followed a very good tutorial I'd found on the net somewhere which merged three photos into a movie poster with a little messing about with layers and masks.

I just noticed the similarity with the pic of the house they supplied with your old shack. A bit of tweaking with layer adjustments, a bit of masking and clipping changing the text and ..bosh..it's updated with an "Oz" twist.

:) ...I'm not connected with movie industry though here is a trailer for my wife's latest movie
http://www.swampduck.com
Swampy, or Swampduck is my pet name for Mandy...my wife.
I can't repeat here what she calls me in return!!
There is a link to my original movie poster at the bottom of that page so you can see the image of their old house.

I hope you didn't have your speaker volume too loud for that one :)

Anyways...I noticed you mention in some other posts that you're struggling with layers and masks in photoshop. I find a great source of tuition can be found on YouTube.
Just search for "photoshop tutorials"
Tons of good stuff...a fair amount of rubbish too though

In particular one I subscribe to is Gavin Hoey's channel
He is a UK photographer with great photoshop skills
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNIkLBclo2k
is one of many videos he has produced...
If you like what you see Subscribe to his channel and you'll be able to see the rest....it's all completely free!