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DivotDan said:
COol, now I just HAVE to know about that cartoon one?!?! Did you do it from scratch or use a plugin? It looks freakin great.
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That is an action using nothing but standard Photoshop Filters from probably CS and maybe even 7 up. I'll try and find where I downloaded it, because I need another copy too., I modified the original, and now can't remember what the original settings were.
 
Been away for a while, need to catch up on this thread. I have been doing a lot of photography. Here are some with my latest lenses. The buildings were taken in NYC and I did get to the B&H store at 9th Ave and 34th Street, it is a very unique store, worth a visit if you are ever in NYC. These (in larger size) and others are on my flicker site at http://www.flickr.com/photos/vidular/

D80 with a Sigma 10-20mm HSM at 10mm, buildings near the WTC site...
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D80 with a Nikon 105mm VR macro (DOF in macro mode seems like 1/4 inch!), by front of house, trying to obtain a "minimalist" look...
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I just thought this was funny, shot on the street in NYC...
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I feel that photography has helped me develop a better eye for composition, now I just need to get back to some video production and put it to good use.
 
Vidular said:
D80 with a Nikon 105mm VR macro (DOF in macro mode seems like 1/4 inch!), by front of house, trying to obtain a "minimalist" look...
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I usually hate the overdone "flower" photo... but this one is actually very nice. A unique take on an enormously overused shot.
 
ryan brown said:
I usually hate the overdone "flower" photo... but this one is actually very nice. A unique take on an enormously overused shot.
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Ditto that. Very nice. This actually is a slap in the face of said overused floral pics.

In this, it's more the flower's importance is in its lack of presence, in its lack of domination of the canvas.

Great photo indeed.
 
Very nice shot. Love the colors. It looks a little under exposed to me. I think if you kick it up a notch and bring out the eyes a little more it will be fantastic.
 
DivotDan said:
Very nice shot. Love the colors. It looks a little under exposed to me. I think if you kick it up a notch and bring out the eyes a little more it will be fantastic.
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Yup. But he has a nice flat pic to begin working with in post. Slap that puppy into 16 bit mode, start putting on adjustment layers, and before you know it, you have simulated perfect lighting. And you get definately bring out her eyes. I briefly scanned over some of the pixel's numerical values around her eyes and the eyes themselves, and there is a ton of workable material there.
 
Matt, exquisite photo of your son. I like how you focused on his eyes and they are so bright and inquisitive. With his arm up to the right it almost looks like he was taking a self-portrait! Teaching him camera techniques already? Just kidding, it is a great photo you can treasure in the years ahead.
 
Vidular said:
Matt, exquisite photo of your son. I like how you focused on his eyes and they are so bright and inquisitive. With his arm up to the right it almost looks like he was taking a self-portrait! Teaching him camera techniques already? Just kidding, it is a great photo you can treasure in the years ahead.
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hank you for your kind words. There are quite a few photos of him throughout the thread, do a search, if you like.

He is an odd little chap. He doesn't cry much, unless he has severe tummy aches, won't take a pacifier, and when you walk around with him, or when there are people/things of interest or things he hasn't seen before, he will just tilt his head slightly and observe. I've helped raise my niece and nephew, as well as being around a host of other children, and I have never seen anything like it.

I have one of those pouch things that is like a baby carrying backpack, but you wear it on your front, with the baby facing away from you. I took him on a little nature walk around where I live, and for almost 45 minutes he didn't make a sound. When I would lean close to a flower or leaf, he just looked at it. Sometimes he would reach out and touch it, but that was it.

He seems more satisfied to sit back and absorb visually the world around him, rather than interact with it. And just about the only expression he makes other than the one you saw is to smile.

An odd little chap.
 
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Andrew Brinkhaus said:
Thanks Matt, that is actually the gradient of his glasses, I just crushed the levels a little in PS, pretty cool Tony Scott look!
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Ahhh. Thanks for th explination. What I really like about that picture is the guy in the picture, is not the subject of it. The camera is. You have used a close up as a canvas.


I don't know if that was your intent, but that is one of the best pictures I have seen in this thread so far. At first glance, is may seem color wise is a little flat, kind of ordinary, and nothing to write home about. Sure, if you look at it, you see a guy in sunglasses.

But, that is not what I got out of it. Not at all.

I got a self portrait. The way you framed it made you the subject. Quite an interesting twist. That makes for a a deep photo. Not something just to glance at, but something you have to take the time to acknowledge the levels.

This is a picture of a camera, and the artist behind. Very unique, creative, and impressive.


On a side not, you guys who take pics like this really burn my tush. I wouldn't have thought of that in a thousand years.


Dude, killer pic. Ive never quite seen one like that, utilizing reflection the way you did, using a the "subject" as the canvas. I really dig that photo.


Awesome.
 
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Wow, thank you Matt.

It's strange how we as photographers think sometimes, in that single moment, where the shutter fires, a moment is captured. In that photo I wanted to use the surface of the glasses as a sort of fisheye surface in order to reflect the world around, which in this situation, was basically a self portrait. I thought it was an interesting way to express my passion for color as well as depth, as you also see the face of my friend in the reflection of my lens.

I shot this spur of the moment, and I was very happy with how it came out.
 
Andrew... lets fight over it. After school, in the 711 parking lot.

Then we'll really see who's the better... photographer... er... fighter... errr... somethin'.

HA! I kid, I kid.:zombie_smiley::beer:




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Easy you two, or I am taking you both for detention.

Ryan, I know that's not a new technique, I have shot those myself. But none really captured my attention like this one did. I love the gradient. I would have pushed it a little and added a slight desat of the guy's face, but the framing and composition are really well done.


That said, my son finally learned how to roll himself onto his belly, and now is sleeping on his side. He's a good sport about it, even when daddy snaps a bunch of flash photos, waking him up.



The kid is cool.


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Nikon D70 50mm 1.8

Desaturated the background, used Levels only to brighten and Curves not only to add contrast, but to deepen the color. It was a little out of focus, so I sharpened it a little with the High pass technique.
 
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