Sunday, January 4, 2009

The "Patrick" Experiment 2


This is the second installment to my Smith’s Point series. For this shot I started with a close-up section of old overgrown fencing at the edge of the property nearest my original GPS destination. I like the texture and composition as a starting point but relied heavily on post-processing to get to the photo shown here. Hope you like it.

Tech: Oly E-3 w/ 12-60 Zuiko @ f4.5 & 60mm, 1/80th @ ISO200, Aperture Priority, Three Handheld Exposures Post Processing: Merge to HDR with Photomatix Pro>Open in CS2>Duplicate Background>Converted to B&W using Virtual Photographer’s “Anvil” Preset>Copied and Floated a Portion of the Bottom of the Photo on New Layer>Free Transform and Skew to Cover Undesirable Element at Bottom>Merge Visible>Duplicated Background [Original] at 50% Opacity to Reintroduce Some Color>Levels>Merge Visible in Hue Mode>Merge Visible in Darken Mode>Gradient Fill on Mask of Upper Third>Merge Visible>Gaussian Blur with Mask>Paint out Mask to Emphasize the Subject
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4 comments:

  1. Barry ArmerJanuary 4, 2009 at 9:16 AM

    Cool shot Larry! The photo draws you into it!

    Well done!
    Barry

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 4, 2009 at 3:49 PM

    I think I would like to have seen a little more of the shot. The Gaussian blur effect may be a bit too much. Something like this could stand on its' own.

    I do like the composition and subject.

    DHaass

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  3. Larry J. PatrickJanuary 5, 2009 at 5:19 PM

    I like what you did. I think it is fun to try different things. You did a really good job pushing the envelop. Keep it up!

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  4. LarryJanuary 7, 2009 at 4:35 PM

    Thanks Larry, this was a fun project.

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