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I'm thinking of getting a t-shirt printed with this image on, and underneath it will say "I love the Curves tool" ;-)

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3.57pm on 16/1/05
Canon 20D
EF 70-200 f/4L USM
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comment by Adrian Hudson at 09:11 PM (GMT) on 16 January, 2005

Nice image, but what itsit???

comment by djn1 at 09:27 PM (GMT) on 16 January, 2005

Adrian: it's a window, with some odd things behind it and some slightly less odd things reflected in it.

comment by miklos at 09:46 PM (GMT) on 16 January, 2005

Dave: Wouldn't that slogan be appropriate for most of your other images as well?

comment by Chelsea June at 09:53 PM (GMT) on 16 January, 2005

ah, this is nice. I like the lighting and colors. =)

comment by djn1 at 09:57 PM (GMT) on 16 January, 2005

miklos: ok, I'll have the slogan say "sometimes I really, really love the Curves tool" ;-)

comment by syska at 10:06 PM (GMT) on 16 January, 2005

delicious :) salute

comment by zimny at 10:49 PM (GMT) on 16 January, 2005

the colors are awsome, i guess it's thanks to the mentioned curves tool.
1/500s with f5,6 is something i don't get every day shooting windows.

comment by tobias at 11:35 PM (GMT) on 16 January, 2005

Wow I love this image. The colours are warm and invinting.

The curve tool, what does this do? I presume it is on photoshop.

comment by tobias at 12:01 AM (GMT) on 17 January, 2005

Oh cool, Dave I think I've found it. I can see why you like it. Makes adjusting the colour and warmth of the image quite straight forward.

I am I right in saying it's found: Adobe/Layer/New Adjustment Layer/Curves

What about using this tool for black and white. Would it work just as well with grayscale or soes grayscale remove too much depth?

comment by myla at 01:43 AM (GMT) on 17 January, 2005

Dave this is fantastic. . . I love the colors and the angle; really well captured.

comment by lisa at 03:36 AM (GMT) on 17 January, 2005

what a stunning image. The colors are great and the reflection. I love it all.

comment by Adriana at 04:29 AM (GMT) on 17 January, 2005

I think that if you do that t-shirt you would have to print a few and I would be a happy customer (lol) :) I do agree.

comment by Sharla at 05:08 AM (GMT) on 17 January, 2005

Wow. A wonderful image. Wonderful tones -- wonderful composition -- wonderful suggestions of a past time, when copper and glass were primary materials, when industrialization was king.

comment by djn1 at 06:54 AM (GMT) on 17 January, 2005

tobias: the Curves tool is predominantly for controlling the contrast, but a side-effect is an increase in saturation as well. If you just want to change the contrast you can convert the image to Lab Color and adjust the Curve for the lightness channel only. And yes, it works just as well for black and white images.

Adriana: ok, if I ever get any done I'll let you know ;-)

Sharla: thanks :-)

comment by Andreas at 09:57 AM (GMT) on 17 January, 2005

There is a nice 19th century chemistry look to this picture. Nice shot!

comment by Jorge at 01:28 PM (GMT) on 17 January, 2005

My first thought of this shot was beer, don't know why.

I love the mix of yellow-gold with the blues.

comment by btezra at 02:06 PM (GMT) on 17 January, 2005

~my favorite PShop tool...by far~

comment by centauro at 02:15 PM (GMT) on 17 January, 2005

All your work is beautiful... You are really talented.

comment by JorjDotOrg at 02:40 PM (GMT) on 17 January, 2005

Nice work. The hazy window in the middle contributes a lot to the picture.

I also love the curves tool, although my curves tool is in Gimp instead of Photoshop! I'd be interested to see the original, before Photoshop postprocessing; I'm sure that a lot of amateur photographers would benefit from the before-and-after difference (myself included, very likely).

comment by Lyle at 03:21 PM (GMT) on 17 January, 2005

Talk to www.tshirtstudio.com/ - I'm sure they'd be able to print it no worries...

comment by djn1 at 09:21 PM (GMT) on 17 January, 2005

Thanks everyone. And Lyle, thanks for the link :-)

comment by Laszlo at 11:52 AM (GMT) on 26 January, 2005

The colors and the lighting is just perfect! I have no clue of what it is (haven't read your comments yet, don't wanna ruin this moment I'm having). I think I could keep staring for this one for an hour. Just pure mint! Keep it up!