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Peter,
You have some beautiful results in your "Shadows" series. The colours are subtle, the images appear somewhat three dimensional - maybe lighting and/or some processing - and they "glow"!
I'm very interested to know what you're doing to get that result. (Melbourne never looked so good🙂
You have some beautiful results in your "Shadows" series. The colours are subtle, the images appear somewhat three dimensional - maybe lighting and/or some processing - and they "glow"!
I'm very interested to know what you're doing to get that result. (Melbourne never looked so good🙂
Renzsu
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I'm on the fence Peter about your images, I mean they're good photo's but I'm not a fan of that glow.. looks to me like you took them into lightroom and moved the clarity slider all the way to the left.. it's a bit too much for me (but then again, it seems to work for others?)
mgd711
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Same for me...
The images all have a very digital over processed look to them. I'm no expert off course but after the first couple off images they all have a same same feel to them.
Cron
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I like these kind of shots very much but I am not used to PC-work done on photos, so I'm also interested how to get such results
peterm1
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Thanks for the feedback guys. Yes its a matter of taste and I understand some will like my approach and others will not. But that's OK. I am still learning and experimenting and I guess I quite like the effect although one day I may outgrow it and move on to something else. I have found that a lot of people who mainly shoot film and concentrate on street photography do not like my style as the typical rangefinder street shooter likes "gritty", "warts and all" black and white shots that are straight from the box. I very seldom do and find that too many of these types of photos (including my own) are just black and white snapshots. But that's me.
In terms of how to achieve this look, usually if I work in color I like to desaturate the image quite a lot first and then add a little warming filter. That gives a nice "soft" look to the image which removes it enough from reality to signify that I am attempting not to portray reality so much as interpret it, if that makes sense.
Depending on where the image takes me - I often will not have a specific idea just a general notion and I just follow "my nose" I may then add some clarity filter as some have surmised and then may add a little glow. The clarity filter brings out a lot of detail and texture but you need to be careful not to overdo it when peoples faces are in the frame as it can produce unpleasant side effects. So no I do not just "slide the slider right over to the left" - its really a delicate balance to bring out some detail while leaving other unresolved.
I often like to shoot with a lens shot fairly wide open to make the main image "pop" (a typical portrait photographer "trick" which is invaluable when working in crowds) and will capitalize on this sometimes by then darkening the background out of focus areas to reduce attention there and maybe will apply a vignette to further focus attention on the main subject. The vignette is another fairly typical "trick" that portrait photographers use quite a bit and I have just adapted it to my street photography.
That's about it really. Oh of course I will also start by reducing digital camera noise and end by sharpening. But that should be common to everyones' workflow when they shoot digitally.
Mine is still usually a pretty simple workflow really but does involve handling different parts of the photo selectively in some phases so it is not for those who do not like sitting at a computer. For me, I love to take what looks like a very mundane photo and process it to make it something more engaging. So I do not mind playing around in front of a computer screen and in fact I like it about as much as actually capturing the image.
I hope that helps. I was shooting a lot of black and white but got a bit bored and decided to experiment with color. But I found that just using color straight from the box is too representational. I wanted an effect that was a bit removed from reality and allowed for experimentation. I hope this encourages others to experiment too.
In terms of how to achieve this look, usually if I work in color I like to desaturate the image quite a lot first and then add a little warming filter. That gives a nice "soft" look to the image which removes it enough from reality to signify that I am attempting not to portray reality so much as interpret it, if that makes sense.
Depending on where the image takes me - I often will not have a specific idea just a general notion and I just follow "my nose" I may then add some clarity filter as some have surmised and then may add a little glow. The clarity filter brings out a lot of detail and texture but you need to be careful not to overdo it when peoples faces are in the frame as it can produce unpleasant side effects. So no I do not just "slide the slider right over to the left" - its really a delicate balance to bring out some detail while leaving other unresolved.
I often like to shoot with a lens shot fairly wide open to make the main image "pop" (a typical portrait photographer "trick" which is invaluable when working in crowds) and will capitalize on this sometimes by then darkening the background out of focus areas to reduce attention there and maybe will apply a vignette to further focus attention on the main subject. The vignette is another fairly typical "trick" that portrait photographers use quite a bit and I have just adapted it to my street photography.
That's about it really. Oh of course I will also start by reducing digital camera noise and end by sharpening. But that should be common to everyones' workflow when they shoot digitally.
Mine is still usually a pretty simple workflow really but does involve handling different parts of the photo selectively in some phases so it is not for those who do not like sitting at a computer. For me, I love to take what looks like a very mundane photo and process it to make it something more engaging. So I do not mind playing around in front of a computer screen and in fact I like it about as much as actually capturing the image.
I hope that helps. I was shooting a lot of black and white but got a bit bored and decided to experiment with color. But I found that just using color straight from the box is too representational. I wanted an effect that was a bit removed from reality and allowed for experimentation. I hope this encourages others to experiment too.
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SimonSawSunlight
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not all of mine here are masterpieces, but I think they're all acceptable and maybe even interesting 🙂
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isorgb
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not all of mine here are masterpieces, but I think they're all acceptable and maybe even interesting 🙂
This picture is incredible. Everything I like.
SimonSawSunlight
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please don't get me wrong, I didn't refer to your statement about black and white photography, and I'm the last one to say b&w is the "better" photography. it's just my favourite way of shooting, expressing and projecting things.