eastwestdivide Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 How about a showcase of what can be achieved with the digital darkroom (Photoshop etc), or even with the traditional chemical darkroom. Include: anything that might be ruled out of a creative "photography" competition for cheating, for example by removing bits of reality, composite photos, extreme editing... To set the ball rolling, the two trains here came past on the same day in the same lighting, so I thought I'd cheat them together. The bridge made it easy to hide the join: (210002, one of the prototype DEMUs, plus two 73s on diesel power on a cross-London freight at Old Oak Common, 1984) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
agentskj Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 The world of creative arts and pphotogrpahy have joined like never before it is amazing what cna be achived with time and skill keep up the good and rewarding work Sam Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumblestripe Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 You can also use Photoshop* or a similar programme not to alter what is there (as in the first exampl) but to augment the aesthetics of the picture. Here is a picture I took of Tornado passing through Heighington Station at speed towing Mallard. Which I was not entirely happy with so this is what I ended up with... I firstly cropped the image to improve the composition, removing some of the uninteresting trees and foliage. The sky is a little over exposed so to increase the definition of the sky I used mask layers to increase the colour and contrast in the sky. If I remember correctly, I upped the saturation of the picture and applied some sharpening. I think it's a better picture for it, but I always keep the original file so that if I make a mess nothing is lost. I find by doing this helps you to concentrate more on getting the picture right when shooting particularly the composition. * I have actually used Corel Paintshop Pro X2 rather than Photoshop (I have both) just out of personal preference. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon br blue Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Just wondering if any 'photoshopper'out there could improve the pic below? I've screen printed the pics from a video clip and matched them up but i don't have any drawing program apart for ms paint. Can anyone adjust the pic so that the colour changes between the different screen prints are not as obvious? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jim s-w Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Its not cheating its called finishing. All professional photographs are finished. Its only students and enthusiastic amateurs that think you should get a perfect image straight off the camera Cheers Jim Oh BTW Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Regarding the shot of 'Tornado' towing 'Mallard', no programme can do anything to improve the poor composition. It is too head-on and the subject is almost off the frame. I'm only being honest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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