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For Slider's Sunday I am putting in an overprocessed HDR of this abandoned, but once well loved, tractor.
It was sitting in the weeds behind a fallen down barn, looking a bit forlorn.
So, here it is! I put this one up for Sliders Sunday because my husband thought it was totally cool! lol =)
So Happy Sliders Sunday everyone! HSS!
Not had much time to get out and take photos recently so thought I would go through some more old stuff and play around with it. It's a crazy brash city so decided it was ok to produce a brash image of it. Won't be to everybody's taste I know but I quite like it!
Looks best large and on black so press `L` on your keyboard to see it that way...
So obviously I lied about stopping my experiments with textures and processing (overprocessing?). While I do realize that these images aren't "photography" in it's purest sense, I really like some of the images I've created, this one in particular.
I'm always curious to see what you out there think. What works, what doesn't, so keep the comments coming. Thanks for looking and sharing.
Special thanks to JoesSistah's for the textures, they're beautiful.
While visiting Scotland during a recent trip with three fellow photographers, I was fortunate enough to be able to capture a moody sunset from the top of Arthur's Seat, the main peak of grass-covered hills that form Holyrood Park in Edinburgh. The climb to the peak was steep and exhausting, but the view from the top of the 822ft hill made it worth the effort, with Edinburgh Castle rising above the city and flanked by the spires of St Giles' and St Mary's Cathedrals. Rain, cloud and haze had covered the city throughout the afternoon and early evening, but shortly before sunset the sun appeared from behind the clouds, covering the northern half of the city with a soft glow and carving an outline along the hills on the horizon. It was one of those moments that can't be predicted, and the kind that's a true joy to photograph.
This image is a combination of eight exposures which were combined in Photoshop using luminosity masks along with a Pen Tool selection to isolate and brighten Salisbury Crags, the hill in the immediate foreground. I tried to apply my brighter exposures with the intention of emphasising detail in the cityscape, but not so much as to lose the ambience of the scene, which was the aspect that delighted me most. With this in mind, I kept the final image slightly underexposed, focusing instead on the warm tones along the hills and the glow that was bathing the city in light.
I felt that only minor changes were required when colour-grading the image. The palette was predominantly made of warmer tones, and I tried not to veer too far from this, using only a Selective Colour adjustment to increase the red and magenta tones in the sky, and a Hue/Saturation adjustment to remove some of the cyan and green casts in the city buildings. My main aim when editing was to strike a balance between preserving the hazy finish in the distance and adding clarity and tonal contrast to the hilltop and buildings in the foreground. I wanted to convey the soft and dreamy atmosphere over the city that evening, but at the same time I wanted the image to remain true to the view from the hilltop (and hopefully to avoid a finish that could seem unnatural or overprocessed). I used Nik plugins to gently increase the tonal contrast, applying the Detail Extractor filter in Colour Efex Pro to emphasise Edinburgh Castle at the centre of the frame, and the Low Key filter to soften the exposure and contrast to the left of the frame, with the intention of guiding viewers' eyes towards the hilltop in the foreground at the same time as the light on the horizon and the highest points across the city.
The final result hopefully encapsulates Edinburgh's architecture and natural beauty, and perhaps also the fleeting Scottish weather that can make photographing its scenery both unpredictable and riveting.
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Pass this courtyard every now and then - decided that I needed to capture it. Passed the file through a number of different Apps for this final effect.
For - Happy Slider Sunday - HSS!
An attempt at over-processing a picture - on purpose.
I couldn't sleep n SL was down so I dug around in my HD, pulled this out n over processed the feck out of it >.<
A Summers morning down by the river at Kirkby Lonsdale. Images are intentionally overprocessed to give a HDR feel to them
A Summers morning down by the river at Kirkby Lonsdale. Images are intentionally overprocessed to give a HDR feel to them
Caught this "Semi" as we were passing it. Not often I get to be the passenger in the back seat, so to relieve boredom I got the cell phone out and "played".
Used Prisma: Breakfast filter - all in the iPhone. First for a Painterly effect - then used only a bit of a slide for HSS in Adobe Photoshop Elements.
For - Happy Slider Sunday - HSS!
An attempt at over-processing a picture - on purpose.
I'm reasonably sure the real reason I stopped at the boat launch on Charlotte Highway was to take this photo.
Yeah, this one's overprocessed. But I wanted to bring out all those branches.
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This photograph is an outtake from my 2021 photo-a-day project, 365^4.
Please note that all comments with graphics and no criticism will be deleted (graphics with criticism is okay).
Here we have wide field view of the compact blue dwarf galaxy NGC 5253, and its epic central starburst. It is something like a smaller, but slightly closer version of M82. Though NGC 5253 is less famous than M82 I still find it to be quite interesting—visually stunning, even. An image I submitted yesterday shows a very high resolution close-up of the core: flic.kr/p/WMcktQ
While this galaxy has been previously processed, I thought it would be better if some older narrowband WFPC2 were used to show off its H-alpha emissions, which are now seen clearly here as a bright pink cloud emanating from around the central area of the galaxy. I tried not to overprocess these clouds, but some might say I have. Still, others may say I didn't take it far enough, because it certainly could be pushed even further.
In the upper right and lower left corners are blank areas. I did not want to crop large sections of the galaxy and background off, so I filled these blank areas with a simple noise pattern so that they would not be distracting. H-alpha coverage is incomplete, but close enough that it does not appear to be missing much.
Data from the following two proposals was used. I used mosaics from the LEGUS page, as well as the mosaics from the HLA because some parts of the chip gaps in the LEGUS mosaics did not look very good.
The Discrete X-ray Source Population in NGC~5253, our nearest post-starburst galaxy
WFPC2 Mapping of Dust Obscuration and Stellar Populations in Starburst Galaxies.
All channels, in a complicated, but mostly red color: WFPC2 F656N
Red: ACS/WFC F814W
Green: ACS/WFC F555W
Blue: ACS/WFC F435W
North is NOT up. It is 11.7° clockwise from up.
GM27, some 51 years old, leads T363, S302 and 44204. Together they haul the "Kelso Flyer" freight train, 1877, through Hartley Vale.
Despite GM27's age and withdrawal back in March 1994, the old loco continues to power on. Seen here having a rare chance and possibly one of the last chances of leading a train, especially 1877!
Hartley Vale, NSW.
Saturday 9 August 2014.
davidteter lol, come on dave! get real now! this pic is just one automatically uploaded pic from the instagram app. even the tags show it!
I got loads more you can see!
I got 33k in public view! just go to flickrock.com/gregouras and you ll see many nice pics from me in a very nice slideshow!
btw, who is this mysterious friend you do not even mention?
did you mistake SPAM for a negative comment? (I almost never leave negative comments, unless the pictures are totaly badly overprocessed junk like some in your profile despite the general good quality you try to keep there. Of course, I keep in mind that this might be the camera that does the bad processing and you can do nothing about it.)
I will leave this msg to your profile too so I can be sure that you ll see it!
Cheers, Greg
This weeks theme was inspired by the Slider Sunday flickr group (www.flickr.com/groups/1481688@N20/) which celebrates over processed images. Since I'm all about over processing my images this was right up my alley... Driving around downtown to find something fun to shoot I found an abandoned warehouse with this awesome canvas hanging off it.
I made liberal use of Nik and Topaz filters to turn the highly texturized original into a psuedo painting. I'll definitely upload some "normal" shots of this and the rest of the warehouse soon.
Studio 13 Salon And Day Spa is located in the heart of the Cathedral Village in Regina.
Sliding was all done in PhotoScape X (free version) - just discovered the new version and had to try it out.
A shot of the street art on the side of the building can be seen here www.flickr.com/photos/128924064@N08/16998156699/in/photol...
For - Happy Slider Sunday - HSS!
An attempt at over-processing a picture - on purpose.
I like that my MLK Jr. poster is hanging out right above me. And so, what better than an MLK Jr. quote?
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction....The chain reaction of evil--hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars--must be broken, or we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation."
- MLK Jr., 1963
Explored: #23.
I love how everyone likes a photo I hate. Hahaha, figures.
Interesting NB subject.....I have neglected it....and it shows here.
Wrong camera orientation,etc
Only 8x180 seconds ( x3 channels)
Ha as R
OIII as G
Just seems to look better this way to me.
Not enough subs to kill the sky noise...so its overprocessed +++
Interestingly an airplane track (right side) must have included a flashing light, as alignment had to be (carefully) redone by hand,excluding it.
Should have used Sigma stacking in DSS
A good subject to redo (properly) next year :)
I'd definitely love feedback on my processing of this one. Sometimes I struggle to not overprocess images (I seem to know just enough photoshop to be able to destroy my photos... or maybe it's weak material to start with). My goal was to keep it natural looking, though I wonder if it looks a bit flat or maybe a bit dark. I think it's true to the scene, and any attempts to lighten the shadows without blowing out the sky left it looking a bit fake and overprocessed, so I left it a little dark. Anybody who's interested in giving feedback though, I'd love a critique.
Funny thing... I got up at 5 AM 5 days in a row to check the sky, and drove out here 4 of those days (3 of which required climbing out of a nice warm sleeping bag into the 35 degree morning air). After taking dozens of shots on multiple mornings... now that I've reviewed them after the fact... I like this one best, and it was the first shot on the first day. I guess it works out like that sometimes.
I took my previous posted image of this house overlooking a lilly pond, and played with it until every color seemed rich and saturated. My intention is a striking image, and by pushing the limits of overprocessing I'm trying to achieve that. Believe it or not this is actually a toned down version of what I would have done in past years...so maybe theres hope.
I'm replacing the previous version of this image -- I think it was overprocessed the first time.
I apologize to those of you who left comments that ended up deleted.
From my yard on Tuesday.
#1
Before I get back to posting my usual bug photos, seeing it's that time of year, I thought I'd go and try something really silly :P
I'd always wanted to try that milkyway photo thing, so I did a bit of googling to find out how and off I went.
I set this camera up to do a star trail session (haven't done one since you had to leave the shutter open for 2 hours instead of a stack of 30 second shots thrown into a program lol).
While taking a few test shots, I happened to fluke this shot of a meteorite or something burning up on entry.
Probably overprocessed too... but I know less about this stuff than waterfalls (which isn't a lot :P)
Taken about 30kms East of Burra, South Australia.
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This past summer I would try to catch the sunrise before heading into work. This was back from May, I posted a similar one back then but once again I felt it was overprocessed, so I decided to post this one.
Just looking at the photograph reminds me how peaceful it is watching the sunrise over the Lake!
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large version shows the detail a little better. still trying to cut through the haze in these shots without overprocessing them.
So I've been doing a TON of spring cleaning while I've had time alone at home (Max is on tour...boo) before Eisley leaves on tour..
All the rigorous cleaning got me thinking about women in the 50's and how they always had to look, act and basically BE perfect because that's how society made them out to think they needed to be a lot of the time.
Our house was built in 1927 but I love the 50's (favorite era as far as fashion and design go) and I'm "old fashioned" and believe there's nothing wrong in the LEAST with being a stay-at-home, full time mom, housewife (hardest job next to coal mining probably! haha) but it doesn't mean you can't be a fun, inspired, passionate and creative person...My mom's the perfect example!
Now I, personally, absolutely love cleaning and organizing my home.
It's my pride and joy. My own personal space that I'm constantly changing as I find new things that inspire me. It brings me such happiness (and since we're not renting it, and it's mind and Max's home, I can do whatever the heck I want, and I do).
The laundry room, however, as you can see is one room that is never clean, but it's a laundry room, so who cares.
All this to say I can't really relate to feeling like the character in these photos, but they were fun to take :)
Also, it is only inspired by the 50's that is why there are iphone's and other items
that aren't vintage :)
Original was first "Slid" in PhotoScape, Cropped to tighten in on the locks and then threw image into FotoSketcher to add some more texture to the image - this version used Cartoon setting.
For - Happy Slider Sunday - HSS!
An attempt at over-processing a picture - on purpose.
Original photo posted - for comparison:
www.flickr.com/photos/128924064@N08/29822692206/in/datepo...
I know it is overprocessed and overcoloured but I liked it like this like a fairy tale experiment. (HDR from two shots taken without tripod)
Very forgetful at the moment, got to this spot and realised I'd left my tripod in the car. Walked to the car and back to get it and then realised I'd forgotten my remote shutter release AGAIN!! Duh! Came up with ingenious MacGyver style solution of bungee cording a small stone to my shutter button with my head torch!
60 x 30 second exposures, f5.6, 400 ISO. Fairly heavily Lightroomed to get rid of noise and make the stars clearer, then stacked with StarStax. The car trails were way to bright stacked so I masked them out in GIMP and replaced them with a single frame.
One of those "not quite what I had in mind, but fairly pleased with it" kind of shots!
Happy Sliders Sunday! :)
On Explore July 23, 2009 # 469
Listening...
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A follow up to Processing
It is important to nail the shot to begin with. If the composition is done poorly or if WB or exposure is way off then there is no level of processing that can save it. Processing is meant to further improve the quality of the image. For example, in the previous post you probably didn't notice a lot of difference from the original sooc from RAW and the processed one. I was pretty happy with the original but I wanted a little boost so that’s what I did, some minor contrast and sharpness adjustments and I was done. I shoot RAW too and that is simply part of my workflow. Sometimes, I will do JPG SOOC but I very rarely do it any more. However, something can be said about overprocessing. I prefer photographing and spending adequate time in the computer. If it's for learning there's nothing wrong with that but I think every time you find yourself spending hours and hours in the computer and less time in photography then I think some re-thinking is needed. The black and white conversion is totally a different topic and I’ll save that for another day of discussion.
I'll be catching up again, sorry I have no time to view/comment/fave and I still have not completed my photography assignment. Darn!
This was seen and photographed with Eric Flexyourhead.
A Summers morning down by the river at Kirkby Lonsdale. Images are intentionally overprocessed to give a HDR feel to them
An old image (not sure when from cos I'm pretty sure the date setting on the camera I took it on was wrong). Overprocessed (as is usual for most of my car images)
While chasing 962, we encountered cloudy weather along the Shag Point coast but in patches there was a shimmering quality to the light that came and went as we waited.
The broadside shot I took here came out flat but I liked the odd light on this overprocessed tele shot with Shaggers in the background.
DXB 5166 DC 4513 DXB 5137 DXB 5022. Sunday train 962, 15 Jan 2017