Trying to capture what I "think" I see

Fuzz · 7 Jan 2009 at 00:32

You see a scene, bang off a couple of shots, get home, upload and then think, actually that looks crap..

Annoying...

Something I thought would look good.

syke · 7 Jan 2009 at 00:36

Maybe make a quite narrow crop to get rid of the car? Could make it nicer, i like the wall though!

Fuzz · 7 Jan 2009 at 00:51

I've already cropped it to death

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A.N.Other · 7 Jan 2009 at 00:57

I can see that being an interesting photo if you had a really close up view, but not really as it is.

I do the same, though

Fuzz · 7 Jan 2009 at 01:25

Might be good for one thing if I can manage to make it 20kb without losing ALL the quality. :mad:

I'm so crap with Photoshop...

Amnesia · 7 Jan 2009 at 01:26

maybe play with the colours a bit...background duller and brighten up the graffiti

whitecrook · 7 Jan 2009 at 01:31

here's a take on it..

I had it all vivid n stuff but I played around with the layer blending options and messed it all up

woops look like I messed up the clone at the bottom right as well ..

Fuzz · 7 Jan 2009 at 01:38

As said I was playing with fill light / vibrance / clarity etc..

That's the slider on the save box all the way down to 0 :confused:

the crop wasn't far off 400 x75 to start with either (think it was 513 or something) How the hell do you get it to 20kb.

Bubo · 7 Jan 2009 at 13:23

You could try the old "just turn it black and white" trick that seems to make any number of dodgy colour pics magically look more artistic and gritty.

NutritioN · 7 Jan 2009 at 14:32

nokinidea said:
That's the slider on the save box all the way down to 0 the crop wasn't far off 400 x75 to start with either (think it was 513 or something) How the hell do you get it to 20kb.

File > Save for web
JPEG, 60 quality. 12.5kb

Easy!

PESolution · 7 Jan 2009 at 15:37

perhaps a depth of field blurring it as it goes back would have looked cool? How are you with photoshop

famas · 7 Jan 2009 at 18:33

i get this all the time, i see something and think "that would make a nice picture" get home and have a look at it on the monitor and im a bit dissapointed.

any who, had a play with yours. just did a levels adjustment, converted to black and white then brought the colours back through. gave it a very slight poster edge in some parts and a smart sharpen.

dirtybeatfreak · 7 Jan 2009 at 18:40

wow famas, really nice processing there mate..different pic now

Fuzz · 7 Jan 2009 at 18:47

NutritioN said:
File > Save for web
JPEG, 60 quality. 12.5kb

Easy!

Will try that after tea then. Cheers.

Cheers for "having a go at it" too Famas..

One thing I must ask and I should have done this before I started getting more involved in photography... but how do I calibrate this monitor properly! (early dell 2407)

Famas' pic seems very "washed out" here. :/

EternityEight · 7 Jan 2009 at 18:57

I would be more interested in going back and recomposing: maybe one with the camera very close to the wall, and maybe one with it more perpendicular. Different heights too

ichabod crane · 7 Jan 2009 at 19:14

as said it is in need of re composure, but it can make a fun post card

Fuzz · 7 Jan 2009 at 19:17

EternityEight said:
I would be more interested in going back and recomposing: maybe one with the camera very close to the wall, and maybe one with it more perpendicular. Different heights too

Slight problem with that, it was in Falmouth and I live in Cheltenham

Fuzz · 7 Jan 2009 at 19:18

ichabod crane said:
as said it is in need of re composure, but it can make a fun post card

[MG]http://img.skitch.com/20090107-dfnx5amd5mx6m97je8j7yhgmry.jpg[/IMG]

I REALLY need to learn how to use software!!
That's amazing

Artest · 7 Jan 2009 at 19:28

Nice work there ichabod

Fuzz · 7 Jan 2009 at 20:14

Unless someone fancies doing a better one I think this will do for now.