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View Poll Results: Which photo(s) do you prefer? (you can select several)
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nickjohnson - “OK lads – I can see a white flag – the field has surrendered”
9 19.57% -
Szczur - Boat
9 19.57% -
ChrisC - Tulip Tree Flower
7 15.22% -
jamn4ex - daffodil
2 4.35% -
3Wheels - Have I made a misteak entering this
2 4.35% -
ScoutR - Shedding Tree
11 23.91% -
Alpha33 - Pleasant Stream ?
5 10.87% -
maloufn - Bayswater on a cloudy day
14 30.43% -
BongoBob - North Carleton Church
23 50.00% -
Skitalez - Double Sun
18 39.13%
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Thread: Mini Competition #255
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2nd March 2011, 09:57 PM #1Forums Bot
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2nd March 2011, 10:18 PM #2
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“OK lads – I can see a white flag – the field has surrendered”
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2nd March 2011, 10:23 PM #3
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2nd March 2011, 11:57 PM #4
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Tulip Tree Flower
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3rd March 2011, 12:20 AM #5
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3rd March 2011, 12:20 AM #6
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Have I made a misteak entering this
Last edited by 3Wheels; 3rd March 2011 at 12:31 AM. Reason: up loaded wrong picture
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3rd March 2011, 12:44 AM #7
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3rd March 2011, 02:46 AM #8
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Pleasant Stream ?
Last edited by Alpha33; 4th March 2011 at 01:13 AM. Reason: straighten & crop
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3rd March 2011, 11:18 AM #9
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Bayswater on a cloudy day
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3rd March 2011, 11:54 AM #10
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3rd March 2011, 04:42 PM #11
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6th March 2011, 10:56 PM #12
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Re: Double Sun
Thanks for the votes, it's an honor!
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6th March 2011, 11:10 PM #13
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Re: Double Sun
Slick job, Nick. I'd like to know your technique for that imagery.
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7th March 2011, 07:03 AM #14
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Re: Double Sun
Congratulations Nick. Id also be interested in the technique.
Well done
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7th March 2011, 07:05 AM #15
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Re: Double Sun
Yegor I love the colours reflectios and composition. Great shot.
Originally Posted by Skitalez
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7th March 2011, 10:45 AM #16
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Re: Double Sun
Chris and Nasseem, Originally Posted by MiniChris
This is a composite image, generated from five exposures (-2 through +2) in photomatix. What gives it what I consider an almost "gritty" feel is the following process (I use the Gimp):
-duplicate the background layer
-convert the duplicate to B&W
-set blend mode to "overlay" and adjust opacity to suit taste
-to remove some of the "cartoony-ness" of the image I lower the saturation until I like what I see.
Sometimes, in addition to the B&W layer, I overlay a duplicate layer which has had a guassian blur. The opacity on that layer would be quite low, maybe 30%? This adds some nice softness, and you can regain the clarity of the image while keeping the added softness by overlaying another duplicate layer that has been run through a high-pass filter (in the gimp you have to download high-pass filter, as it doesn't come with it. In photoshop I believe it's located under generic->high pass filter).
The lens I used for this shot was the Canon 18-55 kit lens, out at 18mm. This made the church in the original shot appear to lean to the left... This was corrected with the "perspective" tool, The image was squeezed in at the bottom and pulled out at the top.
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8th March 2011, 03:47 AM #17
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Re: Double Sun
Thank you Nick. I have tried Photomatics and bracketing which is great bit of software. The rest went
straight over my head. I have to learn layers/masks. I have not got to that stage of the game yet. I am
sure Chris wont have any trouble deciphering it.
Thanks again.
Nasseem
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