re- photography wrote:
I find it interesting how much study goes into creating a look that seams to emulate film

Show me.

Robby Miller wrote:
Here's my attempt at it...

I like it. If it were me, I would bring up the skin a bit and add in a bit of yellow

shawnmakesfoto wrote:

I like it. If it were me, I would bring up the skin a bit and add in a bit of yellow

Thanks, good suggestion.

Robby Miller wrote:
Here's my attempt at it...

I would love to know how you did this!

Danny Rodriguez wrote:
Here is my youngest daughter Dahlia.
This was done with studio lighting...I did three different looks, red, blue and green. The first one is the original. If you like any of the three I did the screen shots of each twist made on photoshop, so just ask and I can send them to you.

Danny, I would love to see what you did to get these images, im sure others would as well. Could you please post your screenshot for us?

Tarazz wrote:
hey try this, this will get you started

can some one say what this complete picture said or re do the screen shot please? its not fully loading on my screen just up to channel Blue then the rest is grey

Ryan Doco Connors wrote:
My attempt!

I like pretty much everyone's "glazing."

I really love the light spots... bokeh I guess.
They give the image an interesting fantasy effect.

Tarazz wrote:
hey try this, this will get you started

well thats how I do it, I guess you just have to have agood eye for tones

Greg Fiske wrote:
How would one go about injecting color into certain areas?  For example I want to get teal into my blacks but not glaze the rest of the photo?  Like what is discussed on this link,
http://library.creativecow.net/articles … torial.php

but in photoshop.

1)

Color Balance > Shadows (slide toward cyan)

2)

Make a teal-colored layer and combine it with the original using the blend-if sliders. Or make 3 layers - one blue, one cyan, one normal or saturated orange, and combine all 3.

3)

Select the bright end using a luminosity mask, invert it, color correct toward teal.

4)

Use selective color to protect the skin tones and make the rest teal.

SpiritSentient wrote:
I believe your try to play with Cross-Processing or Lomo Photography --

http://veerle.duoh.com/blog/comments/ph … ge_effect/

http://digital-photography-school.com/h … hotography

Good for you for gettin' out there and enhancing your skills!

Great Link, i love the first one, thanks!

Ryan Doco Connors wrote:
My attempt!

I like this one a lot.  Just the right amount of "glazing" and I like the lens flare.

KS Art Nudes wrote:
I has a couple examples in my port of what you guys are talking about I think. If you like them, leave a comment please.

You have some really nice images.  (I had already voted for your entry in the 18+ POTD contest)

Your shot of Firefly is astounding.

BRC Photo Services wrote:


I kept mine a little grainier and maybe a bit dark......I liked the moodiness I thought it added to the shot.......thoughts??

~Ben

cool.

BRC Photo Services wrote:
Wow.......lots of reading, lots of amazing information.  I have NEVER worked with curves and other various things mentioned in here.  Thank you to everyone who has been so generous with sharing details of how they get to some of these wonderful shots.

My first "attempt" at playing with some of this.

Original Image:




New Image:



I kept mine a little grainier and maybe a bit dark......I liked the moodiness I thought it added to the shot.......thoughts??

~Ben

Works really well, the processed version has a superb feel to it, very dark.

MisterC wrote:
Finally have one worth posting, I think...

Love it, I'd personally be tempted to creep in under your adjustment layers and apply a light burn to the shadows to embolden your subject a little.

Daniel Meadows wrote:
apply a light burn to the shadows

It's a hard decision for me on many images, between a nice bold look, or more of the glaze.
More glaze makes the image soft and dreamy, but often at the expense of a snappy,
catchy boldness. But... it is the way it is because that's the way I wanted it.

It's not finished yet anyway. I swapped out her foot with a better one.

MisterC wrote:
Finally have one worth posting, I think;


Not as much glaze. Prolly looks better?

Care to share your secrets on these ones?
Just curves?

Smedley Whiplash wrote:
One obervation after trying this out for a few weeks...  with mine, they look great on the monitor, but the resulting prints are kind of a mixed bag lacking 'pop'.  (purposely, i think)

I wonder if the black needs to be hyped up a little for prints?

Another thing to consider is the paper you're printing it on...

Paul

Tarazz wrote:
hey try this, this will get you started

The 1st thing I thought of was:


Slide the "Offset" slider to the plus side (right) & you'll get the look of no true black...

Paul

Lexi Gorton wrote:
Am I on the right track?

No offense, but I think you could've gotten that result with a single curves layer. What exactly do you want it to look like?

Duncan Hall wrote:
No offense, but I think you could've gotten that result with a single curves layer. What exactly do you want it to look like?

Oh wow, you're right. How embarrassing!

Errrrrr, I wanted it to look like that. I was just playing around (ridiculous amount of unneccessary layers on left, one curve on right)

Paul Brecht wrote:

Another thing to consider is the paper you're printing it on...

Paul

Well, for starters, photo lab processing. That's probably going to be Fuji Crystal. It's very predictable stuff, but there's something strange in the prints... they look kinda blah, even though they look good on the monitor.

When I print normal colored stuff, the outcome is predictable (skin tone), and i think it's because we're dealing in full color so the corrections are fully visible. With this technique, we're dealing with fairly desaturated color, sometimes barely perceptible on the monitor (again, skin tones), and the resulting prints can exhibit very dead looking skin tones (greens, blues) that don't look very exciting in a print.

Perhaps that's why many people suggest a pink fill layer over the top at 3-9% opacity? (like that predicts that the skin will look lively)

Smedley Whiplash wrote:

Well, for starters, photo lab processing. That's probably going to be Fuji Crystal. It's very predictable stuff, but there's something strange in the prints... they look kinda blah, even though they look good on the monitor.

When I print normal colored stuff, the outcome is predictable (skin tone), and i think it's because we're dealing in full color so the corrections are fully visible. With this technique, we're dealing with fairly desaturated color, sometimes barely perceptible on the monitor (again, skin tones), and the resulting prints can exhibit very dead looking skin tones (greens, blues) that don't look very exciting in a print.

Perhaps that's why many people suggest a pink fill layer over the top at 3-9% opacity? (like that predicts that the skin will look lively)

Fuji has a new paper out that seems to be well fitted for this type effect...

It's called Fujifilm Deep Matte

Paul