An Old Friend

danza · 12 Jan 2007 at 18:06

A snail, from ages ago.

This pic was posted way back, in colour. I did a bit of a B&W action on it, and it popped (not the snail

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C&C welcome

binaryknight · 12 Jan 2007 at 18:17

tiz a good capture imo possibly the only negative would be that it would have been nice to have the snails left eye (i cant remember the correct name) infocus / within the dof

actually after another look im liking it the way it is... some people eh?

just out of interest was the shot setup using a white background or have you very carefully and very effectively cut the snail out?

Amp34 · 12 Jan 2007 at 18:19

How do you get the clear background? I always wondered this and have tried using paper or similar but it never comes out the same.

^^Gord^^ · 12 Jan 2007 at 18:25

Looks good in B&W! I like it.

Maybe a touch more DOF?

danza · 12 Jan 2007 at 18:43

Amp34 said:
How do you get the clear background? I always wondered this and have tried using paper or similar but it never comes out the same.

I did shoot it against a white background, and processed it using the B&W action Cykey posted up ages ago.

/looks for link....

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=7604998&postcount=5

^^ There.

Works very well for portraiture in particular.

Original

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I see what you're saying on the DOF side too Gord. The snail was on the move, so much lower a shutter speed would've given motion blur in it's head end!

^^Gord^^ · 12 Jan 2007 at 19:31

Cheers for the link to the process you used, always good to see how a picture was put togeather.

The DOF is a minor point, I still think you have a good shot there.

Just wondering what a colour snail and BW shell would look like.

robertgilbert86 · 12 Jan 2007 at 19:50

B+W defo works better

Fireskull · 12 Jan 2007 at 20:38

danza said:
I did shoot it against a white background, and processed it using the B&W action Cykey posted up ages ago.

/looks for link....

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=7604998&postcount=5

Awesome pic, and thanks for the link, quick question how do i use or where do i put the said file lol?

Amp34 · 12 Jan 2007 at 21:50

Same here, i think i stuck the file in the right place not sure tho, in one of the plugins files in the PS folder?

^^Gord^^ · 12 Jan 2007 at 22:11

Load PS up, and you should have an "Actions" window open. If you don't then Alt-f9 will open it.

Below the x to close the window there is a triangle pointing to the right, click it.

Click on "Load Action" and browse to the file you download.

Click "Load"

Done.

AdWright · 12 Jan 2007 at 22:14

Fireskull said:
Awesome pic, and thanks for the link, quick question how do i use or where do i put the said file lol?

There is a small arrow at the top right of the actions pallete. Choose 'Load actions...' and select the file you have downloaded

Fireskull · 12 Jan 2007 at 22:19

Cheers guys

now i need to learn to use it