Greyhounds

paulbroad

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21 Jun 2010 - 6:58 AM

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With Malc. Not for me - I think you have been trying to make something out of a failure, and, whilst there is some interest there, it is just too far gone.

Paul

Alexanderdiplock

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21 Jun 2010 - 7:43 AM

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Quote: Alex,
Your treatment makes the picture look like a scan of a faded chemical print, so if that's what you intended and/or wanted, well and good. However I don't see that either the sepia toning or the reduced tonal range has added to the portrayal of the dogs in any way- They don't add to a feeling of speed or energy for example. So personally I'm not keen. This is not to say that adding noise or removing information from an image can't be extremely successful at creating a feeling or an atmosphere in a picture, just not in this example.

I've posted an alternative mod for interest - although it may not be what you are looking for....
malcolm

Thanks Malcolm,
The scan of a chemical print was the effect i was seeking, perhaps simular to that of an old post card... However i agree with your critique (Even though it's my own image) and i'm very impressed with the color upload you have submitted. All critique is noted and taken onboard, i think next time being closer to the action to produce a sharper original would be
best to save intense cropping and high levels of noise.
Visit my Flickr profile for more images of the event if intrested (www.flickr.com/alexanderdiplock)
Thankyou for all for all of your time,
Alex

malc_c

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22 Jun 2010 - 12:05 AM

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Alex,
You expressed an interest in the colour mod I did- here are some quick notes-

• I selected the dogs and copied them to their own layer, placed at the highest level
• next selected the foreground grass and copied it to its own layer just below the dogs
• then duplicated the background layer and cloned out the edges of the dogs so that they wouldn't 'smear' into the background when I applied motion blur, which I did next
• motion blurred the foreground grass layer much less than the background (as dictated by perspective)
• selected the red collar and used it to create a Hue&Sat adjustment layer above the 'dogs' layer to change the collar to almost black, but retaining a little texture- at this point I should have cloned out the red which had bled into the dogs coat
• that's it!