tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post5086370152394814747..comments2024-03-27T09:27:33.931+00:00Comments on Idiotic Hat: Mr. Stubbs Takes A PhotoMike C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-72215918502412309102011-11-02T21:31:22.767+00:002011-11-02T21:31:22.767+00:00Struan,
That sounds like an interesting approach,...Struan,<br /><br />That sounds like an interesting approach, I'll have to explore what's possible.<br /><br />My problem is that I'm a "light touch" (i.e. ignorant) Photoshop user -- I rarely even use layers, except to rotate a horizon or tweak some perspective (immediately flattening it again). I must read a book or go on a course sometime...<br /><br />I was the same in the darkroom -- if a picture didn't print "straight", I'd probably abandon it. I had a friend who did selenium split toning, ferricyanide bleaching, the works -- I admired his prints, but just couldn't invest that kind of effort.<br /><br />I suspect "channels" is one of the bits they take out of Elements, though. They only put curves in with version 6.<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-44671749840846651562011-11-02T21:22:19.015+00:002011-11-02T21:22:19.015+00:00Huw,
The watercolour thing is baffling to me -- s...Huw,<br /><br />The watercolour thing is baffling to me -- sometimes it's there, sometimes it's not. I don't think I will ever print any LX3 images beyond their "natural" size at 300 dpi, so it's never really an issue, and sometimes it's an asset.<br /><br />Despite showing a lot of casual landscape work on this blog, it's not a genre I'm really comfortable in -- as you say of your own pictures, they usually fall somewhere between "conventional" (the word I'd choose rather than "twee") and "interesting". It's very hard to put any qualifying irony into an image of somewhere conventionally beautiful, and even harder not simply to repeat other peoples' pictures...<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-71226492545291394352011-11-02T19:59:49.107+00:002011-11-02T19:59:49.107+00:00I don't know if Elements allows you to change ...I don't know if Elements allows you to change a single channel, but in Photoshop a neat trick is to take the monochrome conversion once you have it looking the way you want, and insert it into the original colour image as the greyscale information.<br /><br />That is, create a greyscale version you like. Convert the colour image to HSL, and replace the Luminance channel with the greyscale version.<br /><br />If you are used to thinking about and manipulating greyscale tonality it is a great way to find an equivalent - but different - aesthetic in colour.struannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-37293294247534244042011-11-02T19:04:21.989+00:002011-11-02T19:04:21.989+00:00Mike,
Looking at the full-size versions I definit...Mike,<br /><br />Looking at the full-size versions I definitely prefer the colour one. Lots of grass in B&W tends to wash out.<br /><br />The sensor on my S90 produces a similar watercolour effect which can be nice but is more often just aggravating.<br /><br />It is a lovely time of year. This morning I went for a walk and took a <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/aleppo/6305304837/in/photostream/" rel="nofollow">few</a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/aleppo/6305304941/in/photostream/" rel="nofollow">photos</a>. I've tweaked the levels slightly but nothing else (although I always have to manually adjust the white balance: the S90 is appalling at this, despite being a brilliant camera in most other respects). Can't decide if they're twee or really rather nice, or a bit of both.<br /><br />HuwHuwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06346671593949866026noreply@blogger.com