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Published: 2006-11-19 10:48:20 +0000 UTC; Views: 1083; Favourites: 18; Downloads: 29
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Algoma Steel at dusk, as seen from Whitefish Island in the St. Mary's River. I tried something a little different with the post-processing this time. The style for this shot was heavily inspired by the work of *przypadek .Location of photograph: [link]
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See my reply to *nasht-01's comment for my Photoshop workflow.
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I really like this, particularly the effects you've used. I think I have some photos that could benefit from the vignette...
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Thanks. I'd definitely recommend experimenting with some different vignetting techniques. It can really add a lot to any shot.
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Thanks, glad you like it.
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interesting postwork in this shot.
it gives a strange feeling to the shot.
can you tell us a bit more about it?
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Sure, I saved the steps involved in my Photoshop workflow, so I'll post them here:
1. combined a longer exposure of the sky with a shorter exposure of the water to attain a higher dynamic range.
2. applied a Photoshop action called "Aly's Old Canvas" [link] to desaturate and add a bit of texture.
3. used the blur tool at 100% at increasingly smaller brush sizes to manually create a blurriness around the edges.
4. used the burn tool at 30% and the paintbrush tool at about 10% to darken the edges and create the vignette.
5. copied the image into a new file, then applied a sandstone texturizing filter with scaling at 100% and relief at a value of 4.
6. pasted the texturized image onto the original image and set the layer opacity to 17% to add just a hint of texture.
7. took this image: [link] , selectively removed various color bands and desaturated it to create a series of black and white stripes.
8. pasted the stripes over the image as a new layer, darkened them and softened them using the blur tool.
9. set the opacity of the stripes layer to 8%, then repeated the process with the stripes rotated 90°.
10. drew the dust marks/lint on the image in a new layer, softened them using the blur tool, then set the layer's opacity to 22%.
11. merged the layers, added the border/title.
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thankyou very much my friend for the extension of your reply!
it's a really interesting combination of elements: i really have to explore your method myself.
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I really like the vingette with this shot. The sillouetts of the buildings look really good. Nice work.
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Thank you. I made the vignette darker than usual this time, and added a blur vignette too. Glad you like it.
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Looks great! especially "Lint effect"
how you did that?
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Thanks! I just drew the "lint" on with the painbrush tool as a new layer in PhotoShop, blurred it a bit, then reduced the layer's opacity to about 22%.
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Nice-nice! I like that, looks like you goal was to add kinda old(vintage) feelings...
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Thanks! Yep, that's what I was going for (I think).
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Lovely! Reminds me slightly of Turner's paintings. Good stuff.
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I don't know who Turner is, but thank you.
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very cool! i really like the way its focused, and the grain effect gives it a dark mood
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