Photography Thread - Page 28

DBall · 01-02-2010, 11:08 AM

couple cigar shots (straight from the camera... no PS work done)

DBall · 01-02-2010, 11:10 AM

continued...

Wolfgang · 01-02-2010, 11:38 AM

Looking great Dan! Depth of field is better but id still like to see it opened up a little more.

elderboy02 · 01-02-2010, 03:05 PM

Nice Dan!

01-02-2010, 03:59 PM

Very classy photos there!

McSmokey · 01-03-2010, 08:05 PM

Just a little test run have not had a lot of time this weekend

McSmokey · 01-03-2010, 08:40 PM

01-03-2010, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by McSmokey

Just a little test run have not had a lot of time this weekend

How did you make everything gray except the berries?

s15driftking · 01-03-2010, 08:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by McSmokey

such a great smoke!

DBall · 01-03-2010, 09:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Darrell

How did you make everything gray except the berries?

The easiest way to do it is to open up the pic in photoshop or GIMP and find the color you want to preserve. These instructions are for PS, Gimp is pretty much the same, however.

Select it with the magic wand (and if you uncheck the "contiguous" box, it will select everything of that color)... you can fine tune what you select by using the lasso tool and the shift button to add to your selections or the alt button to subtract from it if you grab too much... zooming in is very helpful in this process.

Anyway, once you select everything of the color you want, right click and choose "select inverse" (you have to be on the "rectangle" select tool to find that in the right click menu... you could also "select inverse" from Select --> Select Inverse... or you could use [ctrl]+[shift]+[i]) and then go to Image --> Adjustments --> Desaturate.

That's how to do it. If this isn't clear enough, I can do a little pictoral tutorial for it... it's damned easy.

I was teaching one of Shell's young cousins how to do this and here's the result of her attempt... only took about 15 minutes her first time (note that she also grabbed the flowers on the lapel, also):

01-03-2010, 09:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DBall

The easiest way to do it is to open up the pic in photoshop or GIMP and find the color you want to preserve. These instructions are for PS, Gimp is pretty much the same, however.

Select it with the magic wand (and if you uncheck the "contiguous" box, it will select everything of that color)... you can fine tune what you select by using the lasso tool and the shift button to add to your selections or the alt button to subtract from it if you grab too much... zooming in is very helpful in this process.

Anyway, once you select everything of the color you want, right click and choose "select inverse" and then go to Image --> Adjustments --> Desaturate.

That's how to do it. If this isn't clear enough, I can do a little pictoral tutorial for it... it's damned easy.

Makes perfect sense. Thanks.

DBall · 01-03-2010, 10:15 PM

Another cool little tip... once you desaturate, you can always go into Image --> Adjustments --> Hue/Saturation and change the colors of the colored objects.

spectrrr · 01-04-2010, 02:09 AM

mmm, nice pics

back in a month with some of mine

Footbag · 01-04-2010, 02:58 PM

Got my T1i just in time for my trip to New Orleans. Enjoy the shots...

Footbag · 01-04-2010, 02:59 PM

McSmokey · 01-04-2010, 06:35 PM

BBQ anyone

maverickdrinker · 01-04-2010, 06:50 PM

beautiful shots guys. I aspire to be able to take photos such as these. Thanks for sharing

McSmokey · 01-04-2010, 07:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DBall

The easiest way to do it is to open up the pic in photoshop or GIMP and find the color you want to preserve. These instructions are for PS, Gimp is pretty much the same, however.

Select it with the magic wand (and if you uncheck the "contiguous" box, it will select everything of that color)... you can fine tune what you select by using the lasso tool and the shift button to add to your selections or the alt button to subtract from it if you grab too much... zooming in is very helpful in this process.

Anyway, once you select everything of the color you want, right click and choose "select inverse" (you have to be on the "rectangle" select tool to find that in the right click menu... you could also "select inverse" from Select --> Select Inverse... or you could use [ctrl]+[shift]+[i]) and then go to Image --> Adjustments --> Desaturate.

That's how to do it. If this isn't clear enough, I can do a little pictoral tutorial for it... it's damned easy.

I was teaching one of Shell's young cousins how to do this and here's the result of her attempt... only took about 15 minutes her first time (note that she also grabbed the flowers on the lapel, also):

I've been doing this the hard way apparently, I'm still a little dense on PS so pictorial lesson would be great

Salvelinus · 01-04-2010, 07:43 PM

great shots in this thread. Thanks all for sharing.

Blueface · 01-04-2010, 07:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by McSmokey

I've been doing this the hard way apparently, I'm still a little dense on PS so pictorial lesson would be great

Me too.
I have Elements.
Would love to figure out how to do B&W with some things in color.
I guess it is a "layers" thing?

01-02-2010, 11:08 AM	#541
DBall Cigar Jesus Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Dan Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 3,781 Trading: (46)	Re: Photography Thread couple cigar shots (straight from the camera... no PS work done) __________________ --------Dan--------- My Music \| My Videos

01-02-2010, 11:10 AM	#542
DBall Cigar Jesus Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Dan Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 3,781 Trading: (46)	Re: Photography Thread continued... __________________ --------Dan--------- My Music \| My Videos

01-02-2010, 11:38 AM	#543
Wolfgang Back from the dead Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Tampa, Fl Posts: 2,541 Trading: (14)	Re: Photography Thread Looking great Dan! Depth of field is better but id still like to see it opened up a little more. __________________ You probably wont remember that test you failed, but you'll never forget the girl you were with the night before, when you decided not to study.

01-02-2010, 03:05 PM	#544
elderboy02 Lets Go Buckeyes! Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Dan Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 12,508 Trading: (133)	Re: Photography Thread Nice Dan!

01-02-2010, 03:59 PM	#545
Pauly Walnuts Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Photography Thread Very classy photos there!

01-03-2010, 08:05 PM	#546
McSmokey Feeling at Home Join Date: Aug 2009 First Name: Justin Location: Tuscaloosa, AL Posts: 948 Trading: (30)	Re: Photography Thread Just a little test run have not had a lot of time this weekend

01-03-2010, 08:40 PM	#547
McSmokey Feeling at Home Join Date: Aug 2009 First Name: Justin Location: Tuscaloosa, AL Posts: 948 Trading: (30)	Re: Photography Thread

01-03-2010, 10:15 PM	#552
DBall Cigar Jesus Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Dan Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 3,781 Trading: (46)	Re: Photography Thread Another cool little tip... once you desaturate, you can always go into Image --> Adjustments --> Hue/Saturation and change the colors of the colored objects. __________________ --------Dan--------- My Music \| My Videos

01-04-2010, 02:09 AM	#553
spectrrr Back in the midwest! Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Frank Location: Ohio Posts: 5,596 Trading: (20)	Re: Photography Thread mmm, nice pics back in a month with some of mine __________________ ¨°º¤ø„¸¸„ø¤º°¨ "A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right..." -Thomas Paine

01-04-2010, 02:58 PM	#554
Footbag I Need My Space Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Adam Location: NEPA Posts: 1,216 Trading: (7)	Re: Photography Thread Got my T1i just in time for my trip to New Orleans. Enjoy the shots...

01-04-2010, 02:59 PM	#555
Footbag I Need My Space Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Adam Location: NEPA Posts: 1,216 Trading: (7)	Re: Photography Thread

01-04-2010, 06:35 PM	#556
McSmokey Feeling at Home Join Date: Aug 2009 First Name: Justin Location: Tuscaloosa, AL Posts: 948 Trading: (30)	Re: Photography Thread BBQ anyone

01-04-2010, 06:50 PM	#557
maverickdrinker I'm nuts for the place Join Date: Nov 2008 First Name: art Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 2,590 Trading: (15)	Re: Photography Thread beautiful shots guys. I aspire to be able to take photos such as these. Thanks for sharing

01-04-2010, 07:43 PM	#559
Salvelinus Have My Own Room Join Date: Dec 2009 First Name: Brendan Location: Vermont Posts: 1,116 Trading: (12)	Re: Photography Thread great shots in this thread. Thanks all for sharing.