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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Oct 26th, 2007 at 02:01:16 AM EST
Taken on Flat Holm Island




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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Oct 26th, 2007 at 02:04:04 AM EST
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i'm going to post a series of photoshops done with one original photo, which i'll post at the end.

here's the first...i have to go out to a riding lesson shortly, so i'll add the other ones later down the threadline, after i get back home.

i hope you enjoy them, they were certainly fun to do...

i'd also like to thank you guys for these photo threads, it has been very inspiring to see so much great work, and also thanks to those who have encouraged me to keep sharing...

out into the fog, it reminds me of hacking ashdown forest when i was 12...might make some snaps...

~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Fri Oct 26th, 2007 at 06:59:58 AM EST
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~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Fri Oct 26th, 2007 at 07:14:40 AM EST
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~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Fri Oct 26th, 2007 at 07:15:32 AM EST
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~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Fri Oct 26th, 2007 at 07:16:36 AM EST
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~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Fri Oct 26th, 2007 at 07:17:16 AM EST
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~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Fri Oct 26th, 2007 at 07:19:21 AM EST
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Very interesting and lovely, Melo.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!
by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Oct 26th, 2007 at 07:25:25 AM EST
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Great pictures melo, and interesting photoshop effects with it.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Oct 26th, 2007 at 02:27:23 PM EST
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thanks, in wales!

~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Sat Oct 27th, 2007 at 06:12:16 AM EST
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this was the original, taken on a beach in hawaii 20 years ago, a little cove they called canoe landing, near queens' bath in kalapana, now sadly covered by the lava flows from kilauea.

the girl is my daughter-

~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Fri Oct 26th, 2007 at 07:25:08 AM EST
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Beautiful girl, melo.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!
by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Oct 26th, 2007 at 07:28:12 AM EST
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Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Fri Oct 26th, 2007 at 08:05:32 AM EST
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Where was that taken?

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Oct 26th, 2007 at 02:31:00 PM EST
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on the south coast of Jersey

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Fri Oct 26th, 2007 at 04:29:34 PM EST
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Oude Delft

My street, taken just outside my front door.

You have a normal feeling for a moment, then it passes. --More--

by tzt (tztmail at gmail dot com) on Fri Oct 26th, 2007 at 08:57:32 AM EST
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I like your street!

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Oct 26th, 2007 at 02:30:40 PM EST
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Welcome to Holland!
by Nomad on Sat Oct 27th, 2007 at 01:21:09 PM EST
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Lately I have been experimenting with B&W toning, a technique that is common in traditional darkroom settings for producing fine art photos.  In the digital world one takes a plain B&W photo (or converts from color to B&W) and the overlays it with one or more color tones, usually black plus one to three additional colors (duotones, tritones, quadtones, etc).  The tones are applied along a gradient that corresponds to the tonal qualities of the photograph so the outcome depends not only upon the combination of colors chosen but the actual tonal qualities of the photo.  Let me know what you think.


Pottery painter - Vietnam


Painter 2 - At the time these photos were taken these people were being paid something like a dollar a day. I think they were pleased to be photographed.


Weaving Silk - Vietnam

 

I can swear there ain't no heaven but I pray there ain't no hell. _ Blood Sweat & Tears

by Gringo (stargazing camel at aoldotcom) on Fri Oct 26th, 2007 at 09:19:35 AM EST
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I like the first and second tones best but the vases look too bright, maybe try giving the vase a bit of selective darkening?

I think the bottom picture tones would work better if the woman wasn't wearing obviously modern clothes ie the bright bold logo on the jumper jars with the ambience of the tone.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Oct 26th, 2007 at 02:30:16 PM EST
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Thanks for the critiques IW.  Two things I did before adding colored tones was to convert the original digitalized color slides to black and white and modify the white and black levels a bit in Photoshop camera raw.  I increased exposure until the highlights (represented by the vases) in both photos 1 & 2. indicated clipping and then used recovery to bring back the detail. It may be that I did clip some anyway or some brightness may have been added by toning.  The first vase in particular now seems very bright. Before toning the background in photo 1 was quite a bit darker, but the toning added detail and gave it a soft, almost grainy appearance.

I can swear there ain't no heaven but I pray there ain't no hell. _ Blood Sweat & Tears
by Gringo (stargazing camel at aoldotcom) on Fri Oct 26th, 2007 at 09:15:05 PM EST
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Ah now I can see how the vases are a bit bright. Other than that though, it has a really nice effect, I like the graininess.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Sat Oct 27th, 2007 at 02:46:49 AM EST
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Autumn:

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Defiance

Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner - that I moved to Nice. Blog - Nice Experience

by Ted Welch (tedwelch-at-mac-dot-com) on Fri Oct 26th, 2007 at 01:31:15 PM EST
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I have a very bad dial up connection today and I see nothing well. Here's a recent photo of estHer thatI like. I hope it posts well.



Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Oct 26th, 2007 at 03:39:45 PM EST
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It's lovely, she looks quite serene.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Oct 26th, 2007 at 03:58:16 PM EST
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If it is not clear, this photo was taken either by estHer or one of her friends; not by me.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!
by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Sat Oct 27th, 2007 at 12:24:09 AM EST
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~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Sat Oct 27th, 2007 at 01:06:33 AM EST
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Nice daughter you have, melo. :-)
by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Oct 27th, 2007 at 03:57:13 AM EST
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~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Sat Oct 27th, 2007 at 01:15:32 AM EST
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in the photo blog. I found this on my D.C. computer. It was taken last March in the Rockville, Md. public library.
A small girl decides to be free!



Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Sat Oct 27th, 2007 at 11:34:11 AM EST
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Awww, how amusing!

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Sat Oct 27th, 2007 at 12:00:40 PM EST
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