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Blends
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m3photo
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Re: Fabrics
You're quite right. Repetitive designs don't work, that's one of the reasons painted canvas and random cracked walls do so well.
Can't wait!
You're quite right. Repetitive designs don't work, that's one of the reasons painted canvas and random cracked walls do so well.
m3photo
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m3photo
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Re: Swans in the Valtava
A beautiful image Mike. Was this a lensbaby shot or did you defocus the edges "by hand"?
JBurnett
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I like this one a lot, Keith. It reminds me of some things I've seen with experimental print-making -- emulsion transfers and such.
Thanks Jon
I think you are getting as much fun out of this stuff as I am. I really like the tilt adapter, and have been inspired with Mike's work. I stretched this image by x2 vertically - wouldn't have done that before Mike appeared on the scene.
Keith
m3photo
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Re: Stretching
Busy Street
I'm with you on this one. Stretching some subjects really adds to the overall idea quite well. I find that I still prefer the two by three format I always had with my 35mm slides and therefore quite often take a 4:3 image from the G1 and give it that extra width to fit 24x36.
Busy Street
Michiel Schierbeek
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Michael, you are really on the roll now, another good one.:thumbs:
Did you use a neon filter or/and saturisation sliders?
Michiel
Did you use a neon filter or/and saturisation sliders?
Michiel
Re: Stretching
Are you sure this is not a bokehgraph? :deadhorse:
Keith
MichaelI'm with you on this one. Stretching some subjects really adds to the overall idea quite well. I find that I still prefer the two by three format I always had with my 35mm slides and therefore quite often take a 4:3 image from the G1 and give it that extra width to fit 24x36.
Busy Street
Are you sure this is not a bokehgraph? :deadhorse:
Keith
ustein
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Mike, I think especially your work inspired and pushed us all. Very nice thread.
m3photo
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Re: Busy Street
Thank you again Michiel. This isn't done with filters but with stacking layers. I do apply the Shadow/Highlight command for the final touch though.
m3photo
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Re: Bokehgraph
I placed this image here because I blended five layers to do it but you're also correct as they were all out of focus to start with!
Your idea of combining this and the "Blend" threads was a good one - any luck with the "Bosses"?
I'm not sure of anything anymore
I placed this image here because I blended five layers to do it but you're also correct as they were all out of focus to start with!
Your idea of combining this and the "Blend" threads was a good one - any luck with the "Bosses"?
m3photo
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Michael - I didn't pursue the idea of merging the bokeh threads with the blends. Instead I had an epiphany :bugeyes: when I got my Lensbabies and tilt adapter, and started working on some images. I found myself concentrating on what I could do for a single image, trying to pull out as much as I could from it.
When Mike posted some early Lensbaby stuff in the bokehgraphy thread, he inspired me to get one. From there I decided to learn PS and try some of his other techniques. I now bounce between the bokeh stuff and blends.
The series of three pictures I put up recently are pure single image bokehgraphs with OOF and textures produced by pure mechanical means and LightRoom sliders. I did one variation with texture blending and posted it in the blends thread.
So, in summary, I'm happy to work in either thread. If we brought them together I strongly feel we should differentiate 75% Camera/25%PS, and 25%Camera/75%PS
But I don't think we need to dilute this exciting space with too many threads.
Right now I am experimenting with "digital Hockney joiners" and probably they would deserve a thread of their own - but I don't know if we have enough interested parties to sustain it.
Lots of stuff going on - but that's gooood :deadhorse:
Keith
When Mike posted some early Lensbaby stuff in the bokehgraphy thread, he inspired me to get one. From there I decided to learn PS and try some of his other techniques. I now bounce between the bokeh stuff and blends.
The series of three pictures I put up recently are pure single image bokehgraphs with OOF and textures produced by pure mechanical means and LightRoom sliders. I did one variation with texture blending and posted it in the blends thread.
So, in summary, I'm happy to work in either thread. If we brought them together I strongly feel we should differentiate 75% Camera/25%PS, and 25%Camera/75%PS
But I don't think we need to dilute this exciting space with too many threads.
Right now I am experimenting with "digital Hockney joiners" and probably they would deserve a thread of their own - but I don't know if we have enough interested parties to sustain it.
Lots of stuff going on - but that's gooood :deadhorse:
Keith