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Oct. 11, 2012.
Warning: Some of you may find this image to be greatly over-processed :-). Once I decided to go abstract I kind of went 'slider-crazy'! I took a photo of branches in the woods, added a paint spray texture, blended the two layers with a linear light blend, and then back in Lightroom adjusted tonality, clarity and vibrance. It's a nice jolt of colour for a cold, wet, windy day!
Fujifilm GF670 with Ilford XP2 Super 400 film. My new GF670 has actually been [greatly] over-exposing every photo; I've had to do a massive amount of editing just to get a somewhat acceptable photo (which is why this looks over-processed.) Here is a before and after - www.flickr.com/photos/genshi_media_group/8257739721/in/ph...
I may have over-processed this, but I like the 'over-the-top' feel of this one. Myta took this through the windshield while I was driving.
Happy Mother's Day to all those celebrating it today, over processed for Slider Sunday, my first one for this group :-)
I am feeling the strain of this 365 now, I have no motivation for shooting at the moment, I guess it does not help having my leg in a cast! If anyone does find my mojo please send it back asap :-o
I now have a blue cast on (my son's choice) and I am able to put weight on my leg, so things are moving forward, it is just so frustrating not being able to do hardly anything without a lot of help and anything I do manage on my own is such an effort.
Sorry once again for the mass upload, while I catch up.
Today's Senior Portrait shoot was so fun! But hectic as well because I had to work with 4 people at the same time, haha.
The group shots were the funnest/funniest.
This one might be somewhat over-processed but it's one of my favorites.
5 Seniors down, 10 to go!
Bokeh from my own stock.
In the beginning, photography seems like it’s all about following the rules. The rules of composition, correct exposure, color balances, post-processing — for every facet of this art form, there are sets of guidelines about the things you should and should not do.
However, there always comes a day when, in order to grow as an artist, you need to dispense with the rules. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: The rules of photography are there to teach people how to take good photos, but sometimes in order to make something with a unique twist or something that is entirely new, you need to break those rules in such a way that it makes a better-finished photograph.
This doesn’t mean that we need to throw caution to the wind and abandon everything we’ve ever learned about photography, but it does mean that you can safely flout the rules where and when you feel it’s necessary. I’ll show you some of the things that I’m talking about!
- Post Processing
In some circles, things like over-processing, HDR, selective coloring, and other effects are frowned upon. Some photographers even view any amount of processing as a bad thing, calling images with minor lighting or contrast corrections “digital art” rather than photographs. In some cases, I’m inclined to agree — selective coloring, for instance, has become such a cliché that even when done well, it doesn’t always make a powerful statement.
However, this doesn’t mean that you should never create an “over-processed” image or that you should never dabble in things like HDR and selective coloring. If a particular image would truly benefit from added noise, increased saturation, or something else, then, by all means, break the rules and do whatever it takes to produce the image you truly want.
- Unbalancing Your Exposures
Early on, you learn that a balanced histogram is the right way to go — no details should be lost to shadow, and highlights shouldn’t be blown out. Again, in many cases, this is the correct thing to do. In other instances, though, you’ll find that deep blacks add mystery or even an uneasy feeling to a photograph. And, sometimes black backgrounds are the perfect way to set off your subject.
In the same way, blown-out highlights don’t add anything to most photos. They can make skies feel flat and dull and they can obscure details or make distant objects seem fuzzy. Other times, however, overexposure is exactly what you need to give an image a bright, airy, almost fantastical feeling.
- Lighting, Lens, and Film Flaws
Sun flares, light leaks, and other issues with lighting are something that photographers will do almost anything to avoid. However, while some photographers will spend boatloads of money on quality equipment to get photos just right, others will spend that same amount of cash on leaky old cameras, old and broken lenses, and expired film to do just the opposite.
When it comes to flaws, whether it’s weird colors caused by expired film or rainbow-hued lens flares, the decision shouldn’t be based on whether it is right or wrong, but on your own artistic vision. As you take photos, it’s up to you to decide whether flaws are a creative addition or a distraction.
- Color Balance
Color balance is one of those rules that comes naturally. On a warm, sunny summer afternoon, you’ll tend towards images with warm tones, while frosty images of snow tend to be a blend of cool whites, blues, and grays. However, this doesn’t have to be so. If you take that same snowy image and replace the blue cast with something warmer, the feeling goes from frosty to cheerful. By cooling down warm images, you could achieve any number of things, from an old-fashioned look to something that feels distant and remote.
As you learn more and more, you’ll find that technically perfect images aren’t always the best images. Even if some would tell you that a particular technique or effect is wrong, go with your instinct and do what you feel is right.
365:2013 - Natural Light
And the over-processing continues... :)
I rushed out to Fremont Indian state park to look for some good places for portraits and to take some test shots. This spot won't work because the dirt is very loose under the log. Since I didn't have time to grab my big camera I'll have to go back! I like it out there... :)
I just wanted to say…Merry Christmas again and Happy clicking. Take LOTS of photos to share my friends. I am not a fan of over processed photos that look quite unnatural but I have to say on this shot…the super soft skin makes me feel a bit younger..go figure. Anyway…Hugs! Andrea
Shot by my wife on the iphone. Over-processed by me in GIMP and CS3 :)
The little specks that you can see are the water droplets on the windshield.
View it large
1. Without the clutter of flickr
2. In flickr's lightbox
... of a ... ummm ... an alligator..? ;-)
And yes... there was a thick glass wall between us... :-)
Thanks to Liek for the great texture!
I'm not sure if I've over-processed this one or not... any opinions would be welcome.
Yes, I have too much time on my hands and this is way too grainy, but there is a reason. There was a bit of food that was stuck to her beak, that I wanted to remove. The repair left a mark, so I used a vignette and film grain so the mark wouldn't show. She looks dramatic, which goes along with her personality. The over-processing averages out with the SOOC Green Heron :-)
One more month (or maybe two weeks) and we shall have fresh eggs!
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Close-up natural-light street portrait (outdoor head shot, seven-eighths view) of Sunil, a young professional Nepali Tamang climbing guide from the Himalayas;
Everest Base Camp Trek, Thokla (c. 4,620 m above sea level), Solukhumbu, Himalayas, East Nepal.
More context:
Trekking to Everest Base Camp (photo blog),
Post-processing Street Portraits (photo blog),
Varying the Facial View of Portraits (photo blog),
Doing a Background Check (photo blog).
For my lovely teacher Emma. She wanted to see the shoes I bought so here they are. They were for the ball we went to last Friday. Ok, so they're boringly Not High but I didn't take them off all night and they didn't make me tower over Jonny so that can only be a good thing.
Way over-processed but hey ho.
So I am on tip toes on some kind of symoblism of who I am - photographer, wife, Mother, teaching assistant. I'm sure there's more to me than that?
Bandon is really a stunningly beautiful place, especially at sunrise.
This is a single-exposure shot with about 20 minutes of of playing in Photomatix, Lightroom, and Photoshop.
Is this shot over the top? You bet. Do I care? Nope. :-)
I suspect that when I look at this image tomorrow I'll love the water and the rocks, but hate the over-processed sky. Maybe I'll re-edit it at that point...
Comet Atlas on April 15th @0419UT using iTelescope T11 in Mayhill, New Mexico. I really ran the processing hard to try and bring out the fragments and see the two large fragments out in front with a long trail of smaller fragments behind the main core and other large fragment. What I also found and it may be just an artifact from being over-processed, but I am seeing what appears to be another fragment right behind the main core. I know others have reported a tail behind the main core, so it could be the tail and showing this way from the processing....
Canon Eos 40D + Sigma 10-20mm
Loch Etive, Scotland, 2008
I do apologise for the over-processed look of this batch. The weather was so shite I was struggling to get anything interesting out of the RAW files. So decided to go mad :)
...hat mit Fotografie langsam nix mehr zu tun, mein Gespiele mit SilverEfex. Spaß machts trotzdem, jedenfalls mehr als Sensor-putzen ;-)
I took this shot way back in March 2009. It was horribly underexposed as I quickly took a snapshot of this gentleman as we drove by him, unfortunately forgetting to change my camera settings. I initially thought it was worth saving and came up with what I now find to be a horrendously over processed image here www.flickr.com/photos/29817993@N04/3376420596/in/set-7215.... Came across it again recently on my laptop and thought I should try again. This is hopefully a bit more like it. Quality sacrificed but still.
This is one of the many abandoned houses in the little town of Zeeland ND. This is the town my Mom grew up in, the current population is 82.
I am kinda on a bit of a B&W streak lately. Not sure about the processing, maybe I over did it?
Check it large and let me know what you think :-)
It's Monday, I'm not ready...
After the ISS failed to show due to clouds, thought I would try a few moon shots as it passed in and out of vision.
Possibly a little over processed to bring the clouds up, but I quite like the effect despite the noise :)
Camera Canon 600D
Lens Cobra 70-200mm @ 200mm
Exposure 0.5 second
Aperture f11
ISO 800
i love to over-process photos. this one i tried to keep simple. inspired by madame bulle.
loving you is a like a song I replay.
every three minutes and thirty seconds of every day.
and every chorus was written for us to recite.
every beautiful melody of devotion every night.
and every word, every second, and every third.
expresses the happiness more clearly than ever heard.
and when I play them, every chord is a poem.
telling the Lord how grateful I am cause I know him.
the harmonies possess, a sensation similar to your caress.
if you asking then i'm telling you it's yes.
stand in love, take my hand in love, Jah bless.
Did I over processed it? I want this pick-up to have a little 3D'r look, I doubt it didn't came up what I wanted it to be. This is a just a by-product of boredom.
Shooting with Albert one of my Flickr contacts.
Location: Manticao, Misamis Oriental
P.S. Hey rev_adan, where are you yesterday?
So, I'm going to chalk this one up in the "experiment" bucket, running the sliders into overdrive (hey, it's Sunday, right?)
Didn't have a lot of strong color over Five Mile Pond at sunset on Saturday, either. There a was a bit very low on the horizon, and right near where the sun was sitting behind the trees on Dining Hall Hill, but the skies were mostly blue. I figured I'd try something a bit different, since the camera was already sitting on the tripod. This started as nine shots, 3 each at 3 different orientations of the tripod head, +/- 2.0 stops around the "proper" exposure for the whole scene, merged each 3-exposure set to HDR in Photomatix Pro (in this case, I let the HDR processing stray a lot further from the natural look I usually prefer), then took the 3 HDR results and combined them into a panorama in Photoshop CS5.
Finally corrected the white balance in Aperture to get rid of a bluish cast over the whole scene (which kicked up the sunset colors, too), and arrived at this image. It's got a few details I'm not happy with (a few hotspots, a bit too unnatural HDR feel), others I'm quite happy with (overall composition, the shift in colors across the frame), but overall, I think I like it.
Tomorrow, I need to catch up on everyone's photostreams.
9 shots, all on my Nikon D7000 w/Nikkor 18-200mm @ 18mm, 1/45s @ ƒ/22 (+/- 2.0ev), ISO800. (Over)processed as described above.
Took some 60+ shots to get this. No motion detection equipment, had to stick to the classic trial and error.
All this nonsense possible using:
Camera: 5D Mark II, powered by the Magic Lantern firmware, and triggered using an Opteka wireless remote.
Flash: The cheap Simpex 777, remotely fired using Cactus triggers.
Software: Over-processes (coz I do that sometime) using LR3.
The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.
~Lucille Ball
On that note, I am 29 years old today ;-)
To celebrate my birthday, I decided to post a totally cliche over processed rain drop on the window picture. I kinda like how it turned out, though.
As I mentioned earlier, we boatnerds grab cameras and rush to the window at Freighters restaurant as the ships approach. Here's a photo I captured by that method. It was snapped a minute or so before the pic I posted this morning.
This is the best image I caught during our Port Huron visit. It's fair to say the pic shows both the strengths and weaknesses of my iPhone 14 Pro Max as a "pocket camera." The colors are good and the main subject's in focus. The background? Perhaps a little over-processed.
52.5 Weeks of 2010 [Theme:Night Street]
I don't normally do much post-processing, but thought I'd give it a try as this photo needed something doing to it (see original on my photostream)... think I may have got a bit carried away!
Started life as a 3 photo HDR then turned it B&W and added a bit of fog and then a bit of a lighting effect. HDR processed using PhotoMatix and then 'enhanced' using GIMP.
As always, better viewed on Black (lightbox view)
Comments welcomed, thanks!