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SLIDER SATURDAY 8/52
There are times that I find extensive post processing evokes a very different feel or mood from an image and sometimes I like the result.
Being more of a purist with photography, I seldom post these overprocessed images but I decided for 2012, I would post those images on what I have termed "Slider Saturday". These will be images that I have extensively moved the sliders in post processing.
Remaining Olympic - for a while...
Waterloo trains via Instagram Lo-Fi and Flickr mobile Tokyo - tell me about overprocessing (take a nothing-special shot and make it utter rubbish :)
I wasn't going to process this because I had triple spikes around Alnitak following the addition of data from previous sessions and not realising that the camera wasn't aligned in the same way each time! Doh! So I cloned them out.
This looks more natural than my previous overprocessed/clinical efforts, although it needs shed loads more data of course, which I can't provide unguided. 1 hour 26 minutes in total.
9 March 2011 and before
200p, EQ5 unguided
Nikon D70 full spectrum prime focus
16 x 60sec
37 x 70sec
23 x 70sec
iso 1600
darks, bias and flats.
Stacked in DSS processed in CS5
Ok, so I've gone a bit far on this but it is supposed to be fantasy.
The wolf is always the bad guy in fairy tales.
0, +2EV, -2EV
HDR, is like a drug, you see a old wall, you run to it, shoot 3 pictures. After you are waiting to get to the computer to fuse and overprocess the result. Flickr people will click more on like tun anything else except, sunset, dogs and cats...
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Le HDR, c'est comme un drogue, tu vois un vieux mur, tu cours, tu prends 3 cliché. Après tu es impatients d'arriver à l'ordi, de fusionner les images, de les retraiter de manière exagérée. Les gens de Flickr vont plus cliquer sur ces images que sur les autres, à part, les couchers de soleil, les chien et les chats...
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EL HDR es como una droga, ves un muro antiguo, corres para sacarle tres fotograbas. Luego hay la impaciencia de llegar al ordenador, fusionarles y sobre-procesarles. Le gente d eFlickr va a hacer clic tanto como con ninguna imagen, menos puestas de sol, perros y gatos...
So a few months ago I went on an explore hiatus, meaning I didn't care if I got into explore and I wouldn't check to see if any of my photos made it. And I haven't checked it since. I've been debating checking it after my birthday, just for the sake of it and because I am a little curious.
But a few weeks ago I went on this huge rant in the car, telling my parents about how much explore pisses me off. There are some really awesome pictures on here. And it seems like a lot of these awesome pictures don't get any recognition at all. I don't understand what explore deems "interesting." It seems like all you have to do is take a really cliche shot, or a shot with flowers, or a really overprocessed shot to get your photo into explore. And that really bugs me. Because to me, that's not interesting. Explore is supposed to show new people to flickr interesting shots and how to navigate the site. But the photos that make it to explore, especially front page, usually seem pretty boring and cliche. I mean honestly, when's the last time you saw a really cool shot on the front page that made you say "wow, that's really awesome!"? Hmmm? Because it seems like every time I go on now, it's the same thing. A flower. A foggy scene. A splash.
So I'm done. If my photos make explore, whoop-de-doo. The only thing I'll care about is the recognition it gives to the people who rightfully deserve it. But the chances of that, with the way explore works now, seem highly unlikely.
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a bit overprocessed due to bad lighting conditions :/
taken with my dad's old lens 135mm f/2.8, bought the adapter and now I have 3 more lenses yaay :]]
Our Bethlehem Stars are finally blooming! I could spend hours crawling around taking pictures of them. I know this is a bit overprocessed, but I liked the look of it. Have a great Tuesday.
Hardly ever the weather is this nice and the sky so blue. Still trying the HDR thing, can't grasp the line between balanced and overprocessed.
One of things I've found when I need a jumpstart is to return to someplace I've been before. These are flowers in my front yard. I tend to go in phases on flower shots, but it's always a good place to start over too.
When I picked my camera today, it was the first time in at least a week. Though not by choice, sometimes it's good to take a step back and start again (as a couple of good Flickr friends have done recently.)
This image has been processed, overprocessed, or otherwise played with on my computer because I don't have the energy to do much else.
...I almost missed them. But just about found time in my diary (not dairy, as is my habit to type!) and the weather gods aligned to allow me to get out and experience.
These are SOOC, as it makes it so much quicker to process :-)))
But, yes, I had that secret weapon in my SOOC arsenal... my helios lens... which adds something a little extra, without needing to prod and poke and overprocess (I hope!).
I've been feeling kind of down lately, and the dark melancholy moodiness of this photo seems to reflect that.
That's ok! Feeling sad is a normal feeling to have, don't worry about me. This post will perhaps serve as a public service announcement. Social media is a very powerful and interesting thing to me, and I often read about the psychological effects it can have on people. People enjoy using it to show others cool stuff in their lives. Of course! It is only natural. However, there is a phenomenon that many researchers have studied that suggest that regularly using social media leads to an increased chance of depression.
When you open up your newsfeed, you often will see cute dogs, cute kids, cool vacations, overprocessed landscape photos, happy families, marathon runners, beautiful food, funny stories, great weather, new job announcements, and all kinds of good stuff - possibly from hundreds of people. Posting those things is no problem, but often times it only gives us a glimpse into someone's life, and sometimes only their "highlight reel." You don't see nearly as many posts about people losing their jobs, their dog shitting on their couch, kids being jerks, crappy commutes, coworkers being irritating, going to the doctor, being bored, and eating leftovers out of a jar while standing over the sink. I will call these the "Shadow Reel" (this is a really bad photo processing joke - the bright parts of an images are called highlights, the dark parts are called shadows - see what I did there?). This stuff happens to everybody, and it's easy to lose sight of that when you only see it in your own life but rarely anywhere else.
All in all, this is a public service announcement for awareness. I don't intend to be a downer. Do not stop sharing great parts of your lives with people, and be happy for others. Just be mindful that everybody has rough times. After all, there would be no mountains without valleys. There is more to every person out there than the best stuff you see on social media or even via pleasant small talk with them. Sometimes you just see the tip of the iceberg.
This photo was taken a couple of weekends ago just off the Military Ridge bike trail near Verona. While driving there, my bike fell off my bike rack in the middle of the beltline and I had to dart in and out of traffic to get it. No one got hurt, and there was minimal damage to the bike (although I worry I might need a new rear wheel and front fender).
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Captured: June 2017
Camera: Nikon D610
Lens: Nikon 16-35mm f/4
Settings: ISO100, 35mm, f/11, 1/6sec (another exposure was .6 seconds, and another was ISO400 0.6 sec)
Possibly a little overprocessed (*gasp*), maybe I'll keep working on it, but I think it has potential. For some reason I like these rounded corners right now (thanks to Jon Block for the 'right-click>make-selection' tip).
I've wanted to try a photo like this for a while and finally had enough time & energy to try it tonight. I decently happy with the results, but then could not decide how to edit them. There were so many ways to play with this photo.... it was endless. This was one of my favourites. I liked this one because for some reason medical images are often tinged with some extra green so I played it up a lot in this photo. I think it contrasts the orange pills nicely. It's fun and different. Plus I don't often overprocessed in this type of styling so it was a nice change form the norm.
This is a stack of the best 1,700 frames from 5 short AVIs taken within the span of about 5 minutes. That's about as long as you can go with Jupiter without its rapid rotation blurring the atmospheric features. This was made with the ToUCam III (SPC900NC), which has the same resolution as the ToUCam Pro 840K but is much more sensitive. The color difference between this and other recent Jupiter images is due to the lack of an IR filter in this one. SV152 apo at 4,800mm FL (f32). Slightly overprocessed to show maximum cloud belt detail. Alignment was one 64-pixel box centered on the planet.
My first Jupiter image to hit 1,000 views (August 11, 2007), but hardly my best. Curious ...
Scope and mount supplied by 3RF (see www.3rf.org).
I didn't take many 'proper' photos in New Zealand - and am not happy with most of those I did take. Here's one that I think is Ok-ish. The light was stunning as we drove from Wanaka on the South Island towards Franz Josef Glacier. This may look a bit 'overprocessed' but it really was every bit this vibrant.
I have many more from this shoot that I would like to get uploaded. Also, I've just started to play around with some of the options in Picasa, so please forgive any overprocessing!
See the bottom of this extra frame? That very crisp, overprocessed fun hue of greenish yellow that's happening to this roll of slide film? The entire roll, save for this partial shot was totally blown out. Yeah, not sure how it got stuck during processing exactly, but at least one came back.
A slightly different shot from the rest of the week! Taken during last night's performance of "As you Like It" at Clwyd Theatre Cymru.
All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players:
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages. As, first the infant,
Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.
And then the whining school-boy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school. And then the lover,
Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad
Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier,
Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard,
Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel,
Seeking the bubble reputation
Even in the cannon's mouth. And then the justice,
In fair round belly with good capon lined,
With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,
Full of wise saws and modern instances;
And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts
Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon,
With spectacles on nose and pouch on side,
His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide
For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice,
Turning again toward childish treble, pipes
And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all,
That ends this strange eventful history,
Is second childishness and mere oblivion,
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.
Explored 03.09.2009 # 241 :)
Today I sat down and meditated for what seemed like hours...
Now I'm thinking... How could I expect to be at peace with others, when my own mind was going though a battle? I think I finally made peace with myself and it's now time to accept who I am. Or maybe who I'm not, and that's an independent woman...
Everybody needs somebody and I just can't be alone! Not now anyway...
Such day sure deserves a better picture than this, but I'm itching to go and kiss my boyfriend ... !!!
I'm sorry for any disappointment you might feel when looking at this overprocessed image, it's just how I feel... Still deeply moved, but finally at peace... Everything seems brighter now! :)
And again, thank you, my Flickr friends, for your critical comments and your support, I'm so grateful to you all!
This tiny series of three VERY overprocessed Peony shots is for the purpose of printing, and then drawing, then painting. They ARE overprocessed deliberately, to let me see where the shapes are and to see the colour a bit more clearly. Sorry about that from a photographic POV, but I am VERY anxious to try to paint at least ONE of the series. As always, stay tuned, but do NOT hold your collective breath!!
While sitting at Chucho's football practice, I decided to don the wig, a dress shirt and tie. The kids were like, "Chucho, what is your dad doing?!" Which was perfect. Then the coaches were like, "Huh?" I was all, "Word" Then the parents were like, "What the F?" And I was like "Saweet trifecta!" *click*
And then I overprocessed it... I was going to use this for the 64 challenge round 2, but now I'm afraid they'd say it's too processed and doesn't look like a real picture... Damn.
More experiments with HDR. This is HDR and then converted to B&W with Silver Efex. Hopefully as time goes on they will start to have less of this overprocessed feel. Thoughts? Comments? Suggestions? I am open to anything to help speed up this processing process with HDR and B&W and creating more dynamic photos but without looking overprocessed. P1070561_HDR_1-Edit_022.jpg
Slider Saturday 3/52
There are times that I find extensive post processing evokes a very different feel or mood from an image and sometimes I like the result.
Being more of a purist with photography, I seldom post these overprocessed images but I decided for 2012, I would post those images on what I have termed "Slider Saturday". These will be images that I have extensively moved the sliders in post processing.
These two of the Muskies are the most disappointing.
Hopefully I can catch them again. Unfortunate mistake. Farmers' Market Ogden Utah Aug 27, 2022. I shot thison a great day - Kodacolor 400 from 1983. I shot it at EI 200 and then, mistakenly, thought I should adjust again in development and added 20 seconds ... ? The roll was extremely overdeveloped which was extremely disappointing because of the great shots. The negatives were impenetrable. Since I did bleach bypass I went back and washed the film, bleached with potassium ferricyanide for 8 minutes and then fixed again for 8 minutes. The negative came out much clearer, but as you can see with MUCH loss of detail and extremely flat. If my life was at stake, I guess we could say it worked, but most of the interesting stuff is gone.
However after seeing these results and some others, both mine and other folks' I think I'm arriving at with expired color film - adjust the light and compensate for age, etc. And then develop normally. We'll see what I do next.
Fall Fire Hydrant, Boylston Avenue, Capitol Hill, Seattle - I had a few minutes to kill while waiting for a ride in a totally ordinary non-photogenic place and a strange articulated clamp-on tripod that resembled laboratory equipment. So what to do? Clamp the tripod to the fire hydrant, get low to the ground and shoot some hdr! Five exposures between 1/20 and 1/320, f4, iso 100. When processed this I (obviously) started playing around with the relationship between texture & focal distance and broke stuff up into layers for selective overprocessing and heavy-handed & repeated application of extreme mathematics. As you can imagine, the pixels were screaming in agony before I was halfway tired of messin' with 'em.
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