Fancy a game of pool? :-P

9deuce9rr · 12-01-2008, 04:24 PM

roommate came home from a presentation this morning, lookin all fancy so we decided to take a few pics. about 5 turned out decent, but after editing 2 of em, i think i should get started on my HW so i can stay in school

1) i'm an idiot and forgot to move my camera bag and 'custom' pong table :(

2)

i'll post up the rest of the set later

EDIT:
uno mas

JWPhoto · 12-01-2008, 10:06 PM

Very nice 9deuce9rr; What lighting did you use? And as a suggestion, could you light the cigar next time?

9deuce9rr · 12-02-2008, 07:43 AM

i thought about the cigar lighting, but not till it was all said and done :-( i photoshopped in some smoke and a red tip afterward, but figured i'd post the unlit version b/c it looked too fake... good suggestion tho

i have a 430ex, which i set up to camera left and triggered by ebay cactus wireless trigger... the flash had a home made diffuser on it, but apparently/obviously was still a little too hot

beansbaxter · 12-02-2008, 10:04 AM

What kind of sharpening techniques are you using in post processing?

MotoPhotog · 12-02-2008, 01:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by beansbaxter

What kind of sharpening techniques are you using in post processing?

Im also curious! Looks trippy. Did u just contrast the hell out of it?

9deuce9rr · 12-02-2008, 01:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by beansbaxter

What kind of sharpening techniques are you using in post processing?

i softened his face a bit using filters>noise>median
then sharpened the entire picture with filters>other>high pass
then masked out the background so it only sharpened him

Quote:

Originally Posted by MotoPhotog

Im also curious! Looks trippy. Did u just contrast the hell out of it?

there was a lot of individual curves adjustments, adjusted for each part of the picture and then a TON of masking. i literally (since i was bored) probably had 25 layers in each picture.

in both of them the background was b/w and then style>multpily... then opacity dropped

hope these answer ur guys' questions... and thanks for looking!

9deuce9rr · 12-02-2008, 02:03 PM

here's the b/a

12-01-2008, 04:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
9deuce9rr Member Joined: May 2008 Posts: 50 From: Bellingham	Fancy a game of pool? :-P roommate came home from a presentation this morning, lookin all fancy so we decided to take a few pics. about 5 turned out decent, but after editing 2 of em, i think i should get started on my HW so i can stay in school 1) i'm an idiot and forgot to move my camera bag and 'custom' pong table :( 2) i'll post up the rest of the set later EDIT: uno mas Last edited by 9deuce9rr; 12-02-2008 at 05:00 PM..

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12-01-2008, 10:06 PM	#2 (permalink)
JWPhoto Member Joined: May 2008 Posts: 57 From: Mountlake Terrace My Camera: Canon 30d	Very nice 9deuce9rr; What lighting did you use? And as a suggestion, could you light the cigar next time?

12-02-2008, 07:43 AM	#3 (permalink)
9deuce9rr Member Joined: May 2008 Posts: 50 From: Bellingham	i thought about the cigar lighting, but not till it was all said and done :-( i photoshopped in some smoke and a red tip afterward, but figured i'd post the unlit version b/c it looked too fake... good suggestion tho i have a 430ex, which i set up to camera left and triggered by ebay cactus wireless trigger... the flash had a home made diffuser on it, but apparently/obviously was still a little too hot

12-02-2008, 02:03 PM	#7 (permalink)
9deuce9rr Member Joined: May 2008 Posts: 50 From: Bellingham	here's the b/a