Discussion on: Image 104 - "street fighter"

Discussion, revisions and constructive criticisms of Image 104 - "street fighter"

Original - Campbell Keith (cam)
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Revision: 4 - Adrian Warren (AdrianW)
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Photographers Note:
A fighting cock on the streets of Manila.
I didn't want to crop it too square, but I think the piece of white litter to the right of the cockerels head might be a little distracting.
Should I just clone it out?

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Adrian Warren (AdrianW)
Msg: #5

June 10th 2005
13:43:46

OK, I take that back - the exposure is good, with the exception of the few very bright patches on the rooster himself. Those are a little bit overdone, maybe half a stop under might have been better.

So, what have I done in this Workshop? First drew around the rooster with the Lasso, then NewLayerViaCopy. Then LoadSelection/Invert to get another layer with just the rooster on it.

Next I moved the Rooster only layer to the top. Then I chopped off a bit from the bottom, and applied GaussianBlur 7.5px to the background layer. Created a copy of that, then cut some more off the bottom, and applied Gaussian Blur and Hue/Saturation -10. Then copied again, cut some more off and did the same again (Blur/Sat).

The aim of the game is to simulate a shallower DOF than was actually there - I hope you like it :)

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Adrian Warren (AdrianW)

Campbell Keith (cam)
Msg: #6

June 20th 2005
20:49:14

Thanks guys,
I'm going for a combination of Bobs crop and Adrians shallow DOF (not as much though. I like to see a bit of "context").
I'll post it up when I can

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