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Shot for C&C please...

  • 16-01-2012 12:14am
    #1
    kelly1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,026 ✭✭✭


    Hello all,

    would appreciate some comments on this shot taken at Kilkenny castle.
    I gave it the high-pass treatment. Does the shallow dof work, is the subject a bit boring?

    33F1E19B264B481CA8A5FA257F0564CA-0000327350-0002705598-00800L-218C06DFE4E64A95B57346EFD0F1135D.jpg

    Thanks!


Comments

  • #2
    magicbastarder
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    i would say the processing works, but the content holds little interest.


  • #3
    kelly1
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    Thanks, I think that's a fair comment.


  • #4
    magicbastarder
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    photoshop a swan in.


  • #5
    kelly1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,026 ✭✭✭kelly1


    ...or a garden gnome :)


  • #6
    5uspect
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    +1, excellent PP but feels empty.


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  • #7
    Tallon
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    I really like the PP, but a subject (Small animal, person) on the step would really set off the picture


  • #8
    kelly1
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    Yeah, I think the PP is the only good thing about it. Here's the sooc shot. It was pretty boring to begin with and I don't think any PP will help much.

    CB8DC5D12F1F407087C03C0EF292CCBF-0000327350-0002705704-00640L-12750B93ADD7461C903EAFCEE8D74173.jpg


  • #9
    mattfinucane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81 ✭✭mattfinucane


    Yep I'd second that - post processing is really good. If you had a main subject in there it would be a fantastic photo. Care to share how you did the pp? :)


  • #10
    smash
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    Tallon wrote: »
    I really like the PP, but a subject (Small animal, person) on the step would really set off the picture

    midgetn.jpg


  • #11
    thefly
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    I like the banality of it. Is this taken from a wider series of steps? Are you going down the contemporary art road?


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  • #12
    kelly1
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    LOL, nice on Smash! :)

    PP is handy enough. I did the basic stuff in Lightroom, contrast, toning, vignette and took it into PS for the high-pass effect.

    1. Ctrl-J to duplicate the image.
    2. Switch the blend mode on the new layer to Overlay (don't worry about the contrast)
    3. Filter -> Other -> High Pass.
    4. I used 4 pixels for the radius afaik.

    Simple as that :)


  • #13
    MrPudding
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    Needs a lolcat.

    MrP


  • #14
    kelly1
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    thefly wrote: »
    I like the banality of it. Is this taken from a wider series of steps? Are you going down the contemporary art road?
    Thanks. No, the bottom step is the first. I'm trying to do something a bit arty. My idea was to try making the door look mysterious so someone would imagine what's behind it.


  • #15
    starr0409
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    Arent we all so hilarious! I dont know much but i was thinking if you zoomed out or stepped back in such a way that the whole door was visible that would make the subject a bit more interesting. Like having it blurred in the background with focus on the steps could represent the dread someone feels climbing the steps to go through the door because of whats waiting for them on the other side!.....
    Nice place. I must go there some time.


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