Post Processing Challenge One : Nutty!

Dragan · 22-02-2009 8:57pm #1

Okay folks,

here is the image i have choosen for our first challenge. A far cry from what people may have been expecting, but that is the joy of it!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/altogether-aido/3300710857/

Just follow the link to find the image. Download away, all the Commons are fine for download and derivatives.

Hopefully people enjoy this.

I reckon we will give it the standard two weeks?

Nisio · 22-02-2009 9:01pm

Heya Dragan,

do I need a flickr account to download the file?

Dragan · 22-02-2009 9:33pm

Not that i am aware of. You should just be able to go the site and download it regardless, i think.

Nisio · 22-02-2009 9:44pm

ah yup, found the link:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3542/3300710857_23e7c64760_b_d.jpg

kgiller · 22-02-2009 10:21pm

Heres my atempt just messing around quickly in lightroom

Nisio · 22-02-2009 10:47pm

ThOnda · 22-02-2009 11:30pm

Nisio - I am about to ask you if you could send me bigger version of that one, that would be fantastic poster on my door!
By the way, could you point me in some direction how to do such processing?

Crispin · 23-02-2009 12:50am

my quick dabble, although think Nisio has this one in the bag, awesome idea

Dragan · 23-02-2009 9:13am

ThOnda wrote: »

Nisio - I am about to ask you if you could send me bigger version of that one, that would be fantastic poster on my door!
By the way, could you point me in some direction how to do such processing?

Pretty sure if you go to www.bighugelabs.com you can do it all online!! They have an option called the Warholizer that does pretty much the above!

Nisio · 23-02-2009 9:35am

ThOnda wrote: »

Nisio - I am about to ask you if you could send me bigger version of that one, that would be fantastic poster on my door!
By the way, could you point me in some direction how to do such processing?

Hey,
The large version on Pix.ie is as big as it gets I'm afraid.

For the processing I googled "warhol photoshop" and found a few links
roughly it was:
delete the background
Filter ->artistic ->cutout
Levels (used to reduce the different shades)
then copy paste and colour in

Oisin

shrapnel222 · 23-02-2009 5:11pm

challengemaster · 23-02-2009 5:43pm

Nice one to start with - interesting too..

Here's my attempt, anywho.

Full size available @ pix.ie

PP done:

Import to LR 2.2

Preset: Matt's Lomo Effect (Will upload if requested)
Change Exposure -1.10 (final: -0.96)
Change Brightness -4 (final: 72)
Change Highlight tones -53 (final: -4)
Change Light tones -15 (final: -15)
Change Saturation -5 (final: -75)
Green Saturation shift -42 (final: -42)
Red Saturation shift +46 (final: +46)
Yellow Saturation shift -56 (final: -56)
Blue Saturation shift -100 (final: -100)

Export as .tif and open in PS CS4

Add B&W adjustment layer
Set values:

Reds: -1
Yellows: 112
Greens: 91
Cyans: 91
Blues: -12
Magentas: 54

Set layer blend mode to 'Lighten'
Add Levels adjustment layer
Set to auto
Duplicate Background layer
Apply High Pass filter (7 Pixel radius)
Set layer blending mode to Soft Light

Export as JPEG (Quality 12)

Morrisseeee · 26-02-2009 7:56am

Not sure when this ends........so !
Just a bit of sharpening, de-noising and a mess with liquidiffffy !

l pearse · 26-02-2009 8:16am

paulkellypix · 26-02-2009 5:54pm

Newbie here!

PaulKellyPix

Paul

hussey · 28-02-2009 6:53am

layer 1 - gausiann blue, with reflective gradient around the eye and lollypop
Layer 2 - Introduced sharpness using smart sharpen
Layer 3 - B&W layer with blending mode to Overlay and opacity 70%
Layer 4 - Curves layer - using PS3 preset crossprocessing layer - opacity 70%