This is a shot of the northern approach to Preston railway station, shot from a train and, as I'm sure you can tell, it owes as much to Photoshop as it does the original photograph. If you're interested, the image was altered by the addition of a V-shaped Curve; i.e. the highlights are reproduced normally, the mid-tones are converted to shadows and the shadows have become highlights. It's an odd effect, not entirely dissimilar to solarisation, and I'm pleased with how it turned out.
As always, and especially since this is a bit of a departure from the stuff I normally post, I'd be interested to hear your thoughts.
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3.07pm on 5/3/08
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EF 35mm f/1.4L USM
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can't say that I'm thrilled about this one. To me it just looks like a one click effect that was put on a pretty average photograph. It's just that usually the PP is done with such precision and taste. Don't get me wrong though, I'm all for experimenting. Hope you are feeling better these days my good man. Cheers.
comment by DedicatedRR at 07:49 PM (GMT) on 10 March, 2008
I love what you did what the buildings, though the train seems a bit...weird. :P For lack of a better word.
comment byYETi at 08:18 PM (GMT) on 10 March, 2008
YuK! Not keen and don't think I would be on seeing another.
comment bydjn1 at 08:23 PM (GMT) on 10 March, 2008
Personally, I'm inclined to go with "wacky and cool", but I did suspect that there might be a "yuk" or two in there too ;-)
comment byRichard Trim at 08:27 PM (GMT) on 10 March, 2008
'fraid this has been pushed a rail to far Dave. I'm uncertain about the value of transforming a photograph to such a degree that it loses the essence of the original. The buildings work well but the carriage has sunk in to ... er well I do not know what. But I bet you had a good session creating it.
comment by Sharla at 08:44 PM (GMT) on 10 March, 2008
I quite like it. It does push the boundaries beyond literal but it creates an effect that I've not noticed in the digital realm, as you say, a bit like a solarisation. I'm sure Man Ray would also agree.
The tones are fantastic, the post-production is really great but the blur of the foreground is quite disturbing for the viewer. Maybe the F/2,8 is not the best choise here.
comment bydjn1 at 09:01 PM (GMT) on 10 March, 2008
E y e V i s i o n: the blur in the foreground, in this instance, is motion blur - the train I was on was moving - but I take your point.
comment byx.10 at 09:38 PM (GMT) on 10 March, 2008
The effect looks much more interesting on the buildings than on the train.
comment byowen-b at 10:54 PM (GMT) on 10 March, 2008
I like the effect it has on midtones, but the solarisation effect around the shadows (basically the bottom half of the image) I'm not so fond of. An interesting experiment!
I've been a fan here too long not to be honest - I don't like it much at all. I'm all for experimenting, but I don't see this style going anywhere. The top half of the image is better than the bottom. It's very busy. I wonder if the effect would work better on a simpler image? With fewer lines?
comment byphlogger at 04:52 AM (GMT) on 11 March, 2008
Interesting experimentation. I was at first confused by the foreground of the photo until I read your write-up. I like the way the buildings have been pp, but I can't say the same for the foreground. Perhaps this type of processing may fair better on a different kind of image.
comment byNavin Harish at 08:05 AM (GMT) on 11 March, 2008
Honestly speaking, I don't like it all that much
comment by Cy Starkman at 10:03 AM (GMT) on 11 March, 2008
I would recommend making a mask so that the effect is applied to the buildings and not to the carriage / foreground. I would like to see a redo of that. I reckon it would nail it.
comment bymckun at 11:38 AM (GMT) on 11 March, 2008
The shutter speed is controled very well.One way ,We can feel the moving of the train.
Another way,We also can recognize the detail of the wall.
Great picture!
comment bydjn1 at 06:46 PM (GMT) on 11 March, 2008
Thanks all.
comment by Saito at 09:54 PM (GMT) on 11 March, 2008
woah. amazing transformation from the original to this shot! I love the color and the sense of movement
comment byoldshutterhand at 10:43 PM (GMT) on 11 March, 2008
Great work..
comment by Rachel at 10:27 PM (GMT) on 12 March, 2008
This is a shot of the northern approach to Preston railway station, shot from a train and, as I'm sure you can tell, it owes as much to Photoshop as it does the original photograph. If you're interested, the image was altered by the addition of a V-shaped Curve; i.e. the highlights are reproduced normally, the mid-tones are converted to shadows and the shadows have become highlights. It's an odd effect, not entirely dissimilar to solarisation, and I'm pleased with how it turned out.
As always, and especially since this is a bit of a departure from the stuff I normally post, I'd be interested to hear your thoughts.
camera
lens
aperture
shutter speed
shooting mode
exposure bias
metering mode
ISO
flash
image quality
RAW converter
cropped?
Canon 1Ds Mark II
EF 35mm f/1.4L USM
f/2.8
1/85
aperture priority
+0.0
evaluative
100
no
RAW
RAW Developer
2x1
Wacky and cool!
can't say that I'm thrilled about this one. To me it just looks like a one click effect that was put on a pretty average photograph. It's just that usually the PP is done with such precision and taste. Don't get me wrong though, I'm all for experimenting. Hope you are feeling better these days my good man. Cheers.
I love what you did what the buildings, though the train seems a bit...weird. :P For lack of a better word.
YuK! Not keen and don't think I would be on seeing another.
Personally, I'm inclined to go with "wacky and cool", but I did suspect that there might be a "yuk" or two in there too ;-)
'fraid this has been pushed a rail to far Dave. I'm uncertain about the value of transforming a photograph to such a degree that it loses the essence of the original. The buildings work well but the carriage has sunk in to ... er well I do not know what. But I bet you had a good session creating it.
I quite like it. It does push the boundaries beyond literal but it creates an effect that I've not noticed in the digital realm, as you say, a bit like a solarisation. I'm sure Man Ray would also agree.
The tones are fantastic, the post-production is really great but the blur of the foreground is quite disturbing for the viewer. Maybe the F/2,8 is not the best choise here.
E y e V i s i o n: the blur in the foreground, in this instance, is motion blur - the train I was on was moving - but I take your point.
The effect looks much more interesting on the buildings than on the train.
I like the effect it has on midtones, but the solarisation effect around the shadows (basically the bottom half of the image) I'm not so fond of. An interesting experiment!
I've been a fan here too long not to be honest - I don't like it much at all. I'm all for experimenting, but I don't see this style going anywhere. The top half of the image is better than the bottom. It's very busy. I wonder if the effect would work better on a simpler image? With fewer lines?
Interesting experimentation. I was at first confused by the foreground of the photo until I read your write-up. I like the way the buildings have been pp, but I can't say the same for the foreground. Perhaps this type of processing may fair better on a different kind of image.
Honestly speaking, I don't like it all that much
I would recommend making a mask so that the effect is applied to the buildings and not to the carriage / foreground. I would like to see a redo of that. I reckon it would nail it.
The shutter speed is controled very well.One way ,We can feel the moving of the train.
Another way,We also can recognize the detail of the wall.
Great picture!
Thanks all.
woah. amazing transformation from the original to this shot! I love the color and the sense of movement
Great work..
too distracting & it looks unfinished.