PHOTOS PLEASE

Post by **Dave** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 11:01 am

You don't white balance B&W sir

Post by **MKJ** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 11:02 am

how about whitebalancing it before BWing it

you know what i mean

Post by **Dave** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 11:14 am

nooooooooooooooooooo.. white balance is when you normalize the neutral tones in your color photo with the light sources so the colors don't come off too warm (yellowish) or too cold (blueish). You also adjust for green to magenta casts. It's basically the same as adjusting your TV for tint and hue.

Post by **MKJ** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 11:19 am

oh fuck right.
what am i thinking of then :[

Post by **Dave** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 11:21 am

When you think of it, let me know

Post by **FanaticX** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 12:07 pm

There are purist and there are artist in the world of photography. You can see which side of the fence I lean towards...

Post by **Dave** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 12:18 pm

yeah, well, people always ask me if my digital B&W conversions are film

Post by **Dave** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 1:28 pm

heh.. ok, one more. I'm going to be late for work because I kept screwing around with this thing not looking at the clock

Post by **MKJ** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 1:33 pm

Post by **mac** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 7:36 pm

would still like to know how you get the speia effect done, tried to get the colors looking like youres (which i like alot) but with no big luck.

as for daves second version.. it looks better than the pure bw but the kids look somehow odd as if they are missing some parts here and there

Post by **saturn** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 8:38 pm

mac wrote:would still like to know how you get the speia effect done, tried to get the colors looking like youres (which i like alot) but with no big luck.

as for daves second version.. it looks better than the pure bw but the kids look somehow odd as if they are missing some parts here and there

If you have iPhoto for the Mac, it's dead easy. Other photo programs will do it easily too. You just chose the sepia effect from the menu, I also tweaked the settings a bit but here's an example

Here's how you do a nice black-white conversion of a colour photo in Photoshop. First convert the colourphoto to grayscale, then you get the Duotone option in the Image>Mode menu. Chose it, PS will ask you for a preset. Goto the PS folder, there's a presets folder with duotones folder. Select the Pantone quadtones. And suddenly your dull grayscale photo has turned into a great BW pic. Example:

Post by **brisk** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 8:43 pm

I made a few adjustments to the colours too to really bring out the "character" of the woods. A little level adjustment, and subtle tweaks to the colour balance and brightness reveal previously unseen detail. Hope you like it.

Post by **saturn** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 8:53 pm

It's CHUCKIE!

Post by **Dave** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 9:16 pm

No, it's Brian Peppers

Post by **FanaticX** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 5:08 pm

I don't remember posting these before...have I posted these already? LOL

Some nature stuff...

Post by **R00k** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 6:36 pm

FX, your photos are amazing. Thanks for posting so many.

Can I request larger versions of any of these for wallpaper use? (I have a widescreen so it's big

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Post by **Doombrain** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 7:42 am

dave. 200 f1.8 L best canon lens ever?

http://www.waynesthisandthat.com/bestca ... brand.html

Post by **mac** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 7:45 am

i'll join the line! wallpaper version of the first two images in 1920x1200 would be nice !

Post by **Doombrain** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 9:15 am

A pano view from my hotel room. taken in P mode so the joins arn't so good.

Post by JB » Wed Nov 29, 2006 10:19 am

*stay the fuck outta here with that shit

love, juggz

Post by **FanaticX** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 11:42 am

Sorry guys..no wallpapers available because:

A) Most of the recent originals are all lost b/c HD crashed and burned(no backup). This includes the three nature shots.

B) The other images are archived on my portable photo storage unit at the office.

C) The film images are scanned for web size so I'm not gonna re-scan.

C) I'm too lazy to look, edit, and upload.

S O R R Y !!

Post by **Dave** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 1:06 pm

I thought the joins were vertical blinds in the window DB.

Post by **mac** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 3:38 pm

FanaticX wrote:Sorry guys..no wallpapers available because:

A) Most of the recent originals are all lost b/c HD crashed and burned(no backup). This includes the three nature shots.

B) The other images are archived on my portable photo storage unit at the office.

C) The film images are scanned for web size so I'm not gonna re-scan.

C) I'm too lazy to look, edit, and upload.

S O R R Y !!

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Post by **werldhed** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 3:59 pm

Dave wrote:I thought the joins were vertical blinds in the window DB.

That's what I thought too... Why are there so many of them? Couldn't you get that shot with 3 or 4 photos?

Post by **mac** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 4:13 pm

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my ps skills suck pretty much.. thats the best i can do till mr.x gets of his lazy ass

can't do anything with the frog

as for the panorama, sometimes less images give you a better result