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Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 34 |
Aug 25 |
Reply |
B&W conversion tool in PS is flawless for me! This is a good guide for convertions. Thanks for that. Here's one for you. Both Ansel Adams and the photographer he called the "anti-christ", William Mortensen, were PSA members in the 1930s-40s. And don't forget the images were all analog creations!
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/photographer-who-ansel-adams-called-anti-christ-180953525/
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Aug 20th |
| 34 |
Aug 25 |
Comment |
Good concept. I think you pulled off the pouring vegetation liquid convincingly. However, I see no need for the blue stuff instead of more green. Is that supposed to be water? From whence did that come from? |
Aug 15th |
| 34 |
Aug 25 |
Comment |
Good colorful abstract. |
Aug 15th |
| 34 |
Aug 25 |
Comment |
Good composite, Frans, although as others have said, a few of the lighting and shadow details are inconsistent, although not that obvious. Unless your intent is that she be illuminated by an off-camera spotlight, I would cut back on her gamma a bit. And yes, her leg's shadow direction should be changed to match the direction of the stronger light source. But like Steve said, most viewers would not notice because it's a strong composition. |
Aug 15th |
| 34 |
Aug 25 |
Comment |
When you're creating your own reality, it's important to replicate the light and shadow interplay of your background / environment and subjects. Otherwise, it's an obvious fake. You have to pay attention to the physics of light and shadow. Your wife is floating, not because of different focal lengths, but because of her shadow. You have the right idea, creating a black-filled image of her, but the shadow is not connected to her feet. However, she's already in shade, so no shadow is really necessary. The owl shadow is unconnected and should be stretched vertically.
The best tutorial for creating shadows is the youtube video Jan sent you, which is how I do them as well. The condensed version is:
1. Create a black silhouette of your subject, either by the Drop-shadow tool in PS, or by simply masking / selecting the subject and filling the selection with black and placing that in a new layer.
2. The shadow layer can then be manipulated using the PS "Warp" tool. Study your background, and manipulate the shape of your shadow to match those in your environment. As a separate layer, you can easily match the shape, opacity, and blur the edges if necessary.
This technique would have made the shadow of the sculpture possible. However, only a portion of the sculpture's shadow would be necessary since most of the scupture's shadow is blended with the shadow on the floor. The same goes for the owl. And, as I said, your wife would not need to have one of her own. It's not that hard to replicate as long as you pay attention to the existing shadow details. It's also a good idea to study your own shadow in different lighting conditions, and the effects of the horizontal / vertical geometries against which it's projected. Good luck Peter!
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Aug 15th |
| 34 |
Aug 25 |
Reply |
Thanks for your candor, Jan! I'm glad you don't "get it". That's the whole point with abstraction. Especially "non-representative" abstracts: to create something unrecognizable from something obvious / mundane. Easy for painters / graphic artists, very difficult for photographers. My goal with abstractions is to "warp" the normal, and you just confirmed that I have succeeded. |
Aug 9th |
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