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Monday, 9 December 2013

IN FOR SOME STICK. (09/12/13)

Feel free to give me a bashing. Whilst you are bashing please remember we are entering the season of goodwill to all personkind and I’m still a bit delicate.

_MG_1082_3_4_tonemapped_2  Half and Half. It could be anything in between. Yes I know it’s on the tilt. I often forget to straighten when I’m playing.

John at MIDMARSH JOTTINGS posted a mistake I found appealing. This technique has possibilities but I have yet to find them despite an hour messing about. John’s worked well I thought. As usual I have picked the wrong image to play with. It can be fun being a lunatic.

Have fun.

 

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32 comments:

  1. David Oliver9 December 2013 at 15:13

    It looks a bit of a fantasy to me. That's good for our imagination if not for our grip on reality.

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  2. Douglas Mcfarlane9 December 2013 at 16:30

    I actually quite like that image Adrian especially the light on the water surface

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  3. Glo9 December 2013 at 18:26

    I like it! No bashing from this quarter ~

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  4. DawnTreader9 December 2013 at 18:42

    Even I noticed the tilt this time :) I kinda like the colour/bw thing though.

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    1. ADRIAN10 December 2013 at 07:16

      Monica, my first job is to straighten but when i start messing about I do tend to forget.

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  5. Anonymous9 December 2013 at 18:56

    Adrian is very easy they say (if you can), but I do not dare me to.

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    1. ADRIAN10 December 2013 at 07:17

      Bas, I have spent years with Photoshop and still have at least half of it to learn.

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  6. Spesh 19 December 2013 at 19:23

    Well, I liked it a very lot! Ask Graham to explain that sentence!

    The sky is just lovely. The technology of it all is way, way over my head but I love it.

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  7. Spesh 19 December 2013 at 19:23

    Well, I liked it a very lot! Ask Graham to explain that sentence!

    The sky is just lovely. The technology of it all is way, way over my head but I love it.

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  8. Spesh 19 December 2013 at 19:23

    Well, I liked it a very lot! Ask Graham to explain that sentence!

    The sky is just lovely. The technology of it all is way, way over my head but I love it.

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  9. Spesh 19 December 2013 at 19:23

    Well, I liked it a very lot! Ask Graham to explain that sentence!

    The sky is just lovely. The technology of it all is way, way over my head but I love it.

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    1. ADRIAN10 December 2013 at 07:18

      Thanks Spesh.
      The software is often over my head too.

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  10. GB9 December 2013 at 19:32

    I gather, Spesh, that you liked it a very lot! Were you being slightly impatient with a slow Blogger by any chance? As for Adrian's photo (sloping horizon apart) I actually thought it was interesting too.

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    1. ADRIAN10 December 2013 at 07:19

      Graham, this is going better than I thought. I was expecting dogs abuse.

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  11. Kate9 December 2013 at 19:35

    One of my favourites. I don't know what you did to it, but I also like it a very lot.

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    1. ADRIAN10 December 2013 at 07:22

      Katherine if you have selection tool in your editor then all one does is select an area then convert to B&W. I had to pop a mask on to clean up a bit. It would have been better if I'd spent longer on it.

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  12. Horst in Edmonton9 December 2013 at 20:52

    The nice thing is that you can straighten the photo at any time. Interesting affect.

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    1. ADRIAN10 December 2013 at 07:26

      Horst, I would have to chop the border off first but yes it isn't a big job.

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  13. timoebasilico9 December 2013 at 21:03

    It looks like a paint!

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    1. ADRIAN10 December 2013 at 07:26

      Laura, it does look a bit like paint but nothing like as good as your paintings.

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  14. Margaret Birding For Pleasure9 December 2013 at 21:15

    Hi Adrian. apart from the tilt, I like it but not having seen the original I have not idea what changes you have made.

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    1. ADRIAN10 December 2013 at 07:35

      Margaret, I just converted the selection to B&W.

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  15. Midmarsh John9 December 2013 at 21:16

    'Tworked quite well technically. The technique is possibly more suited to twilight situations where the foreground would be darkish anyway. It is a good way of concentrating the attention where you want it.

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    1. ADRIAN10 December 2013 at 07:36

      John, yours worked better so I agree that twilight would be better.

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  16. Red10 December 2013 at 02:30

    One of my sayings is, "it helps to be a little crazy!" So it takes a different look at things to come up with something new.

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    1. ADRIAN10 December 2013 at 07:38

      Red, Some times things work, sometimes they don't. This has possibilities.

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  17. The Herald10 December 2013 at 10:07

    Seems you're getting off lightly Adrian?...So, here goes......Fantastic image, I really like the split b/w and colour idea.
    However, I'm thinking maybe it would work better if you cropped off the bottom third, the busy foreground holds your eye for too long... from where the shore line and the sea meet the left hand side... that would then give a better lead in line to the buildings...maybe lighten them up a bit as well? That's all!!
    Oh!...and there's just one thought...You'd best hurry up and rectify it before the sea drains away down the right hand side!...[;o)

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    1. ADRIAN10 December 2013 at 12:55

      Trevor, I thought I'd had a narrow escape.
      Yes all your suggestions are valid.
      Straightening and lens correction are usually early on in my work flow.
      I always forget when I'm playing around.

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  18. J_on_tour14 December 2013 at 22:22

    Loving the colours & textures. I probably wouldn't have noticed the horizon unless you said … the season of good will and all that !

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