In my last post I submitted a link to a b&w conversion of the image, asking for comments and advice on the conversion. I'm a total newbie in photoshoping.
After I sent it, I realised it could be an idea to describe how I did the conversion in the first place ;-) Basically I used a step by step description in "Adobe Photoshop Elements 3 - in a Snap" by J. & S.M. Fulton. As you may have guessed, it is done in Elements 3. 1. Created a new level, titled red. 2a. Filtered out green and blue in Levels by setting the output level to 0 2b. Slided gamma pretty much to the left. 3. Applied unsharp Mask (have no idea why). Used the recommended values: Amount 100%, radius 3,0 px, threshold 25. 4. Remove Colour. (The result was a very boring (flat) picture, so far). 5. Back again to levels. But instead of using auto levels, as recommended, I did the job manually. Slided the right slider to 128 (was no info in the pictogram above that level). Also recorrected gamma a bit (to left if I'm not misremembering) I know I am asking much now, but you tend to surprise me with your helpfulness ;-) Resurprise please. Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy) > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Øsleby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 23. august 2005 20:49 > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: RE: PESO: Out door "Piercing Studio" > > >This is a GREAT shot, imho. I don't care that it's not technically > >perfect, there's a raw intensity and emotion here that just screams at > me. > > <blushing> This made me proud, so childish as I am, I had to highlight it. > Thank you Frank! </blushing> > > Also thank you for your, from my point of view, liberal (read american) > thoughts on the ethics. > As I read you, you say: They invited you, therefore it's Ok. > Can't say I follow you in this kind of logic. What if bloke invited me to > run over him with my car? Would the fact that he invited me, make it the > right thing to do? According to my ethics, no. > > Anyway, I tried to convert the picture to b&w as you sugested. Aren't good > at it. > The URL is the same: > http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bildegalleri/vis_bilde.cgi?id=189705 > a thumb to the b&w version is below the picture. > > CAAA (Comments As Always Appreciated) > What do I do to do it better (referring to converting)? > > > Tim > Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) > > Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds > (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy) > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: frank theriault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 23. august 2005 04:43 > > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > > Subject: Re: PESO: Out door "Piercing Studio" > > > > On 8/17/05, Tim Øsleby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I did a bit of street shooting during Malakoff Rockfestival. This is > one > > of > > > the subjects I stumbled across. > > > http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bildegalleri/vis_bilde.cgi?id=189705 > > > It's not a really good photo. Except that I "like" the look of pain in > > the > > > girl's eyes. It makes it look authentic. (Please don't get me wrong, I > > not > > > into pain) > > > > > > The girls invited me in, wanted me to take their photograph. I > > hesitated. > > > Something was holding me a bit back when I was shooting, mainly > because > > what > > > they where doing was a very private thing. I believe that's the main > > reason > > > why I did not make a better picture out of it. I did not want to get > > > involved in what they where doing, didn't want to become a part of it. > > > I may be old fashioned about this, but sticking holes in me is not > what > > I do > > > in public. (I barely do it private, and when I do, I always wear my > read > > > rubber knickers). ;-) > > > > > > Comments please: Am I just being an old fart who doesn't understand > > young > > > people today? I choose to make this photo public. Does that make me a > > > hypocrite? > > > Ok, any comment please, I'm curious on your reactions folks. > > > > > > > > > Tim > > > Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian.) > > > > This is a GREAT shot, imho. I don't care that it's not technically > > perfect, there's a raw intensity and emotion here that just screams at > > me. > > > > I wish it were b&w (for an even more raw look), but even in colour I > love > > it. > > > > Tim, I wouldn't worry about ethical issues. If they invited you in to > > take photos, they are telling you that they want their private moment > > to be captured and shown. I have no piercings myself (pain ain't my > > thing), but I know lots of people who do, and they are anything but > > private about them. The process and the pain are part of thrill of > > it, and I don't know of any pierced person who thinks of the piercing > > as a "private" thing. > > > > Great photo. > > > > cheers, > > frank > > > > -- > > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > > > > >
