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07/17/2006 05:16:09 PM |
In response to your request for help, I reprocessed your image:
I suggest you save at a higher quality setting always (your JPEG is only ~30KB, but you can use up to 150KB, so make use of it).
The editing steps: (in the free GIMP tool)
- Open original.
- Duplicate background layer. Unsharp mask with radius around 50, amount=1.4, threshold=0. This adds Local Contrasts Enhancement and can really reduce the muddy look on a lot of images.
- Duplicate background layer. Add selective gaussian blur to reduce the JPEG artifact appearance.)
- Duplicate background layer. Add gaussian blur at radius 5, change blending mode to soft light.
- Create new layer, radial gradient fill followed by brushing with a soft round brush to create a grayscale vignette mask. Set blending mode to soft light.
The layers' opacities were adjusted throughout the process until I was happy with them.
(Normally I would try the Curves tool first, but I wanted to do something different and ended up happy with the look never using the curves tool.)
Hope this gives you some ideas. Have fun!! It's a cool image BTW. |
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07/17/2006 04:40:20 PM |
you needed to experiment with levels and then with curves and brightness/contrast to get a little more contrast instead of the washed out looking grey...might have had more punch if you were to keep the color background: maybe just the green houses because of the complementary color of red...check on all my messed up images..haha.
Message edited by author 2006-07-17 16:40:42. |
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07/17/2006 07:40:59 AM |
| The title doesn't fit the image. To be 10 spaces from Go you would be on Go To Jail (I think that is the square under the dice). This image could also use one of the game pieces in it to help it look like an active game. My suggestion would be to shoot from the Go corner with an equal number of squares on each side of Go and use a square crop. Put the game piece a couple of squares before Go and title it Collect $200 (USA game value, sorry). The square crop would give it a game board feel with some negative space in the upper right corner. I think the color of the dice could be a little richer also but I'm not sure which color/hue would need to be tweaked. |
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07/17/2006 12:56:42 AM |
| I agree with the previous comment about the crop - either that, or just under the Y with a bit looser to the right. I like the positions of the dice on the board and relative to each other and the hotels/houses/motels/cities/plastic things. I also like how the plastic housey things are placed on the board - they are in the correct places but not 100% perfectly set. It makes me feel like somebody is actually playing a game, and not that this was a set-up shot, and I like that feeling of reality. |
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07/17/2006 12:19:12 AM |
| I like the use of black and white while keeping the dice red. I think it might look better if you cropped it just below the Chance cards toward the top, avoiding distractions to the foreground/subject. This shot has a lot of potential to be cool. |
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07/16/2006 10:50:22 PM |
| Nice idea, but this is yelling for some contrast. |
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07/16/2006 05:18:12 PM |
| Needs a bit of a boost in contrast (there's no real black or white in the image - all shades of gray), but otherwise a really nice photo. |
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07/16/2006 03:33:58 PM |
| nice, would've liked to see the dices more red (less grey) |
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07/16/2006 05:03:27 AM |
| The board looks washed out and the die do not jump out at me. |
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07/15/2006 09:42:03 PM |
Great creative - love this idea
Would love to see more contrast - whiter whites - blacker blacks - I think this would push your reds too - I would love to see those more saturated.
Maybe from a compositional standpoint, shoot so the lines of the board are at harsher angles to the edges of your frame and I think you'll find a stonger composition.
Great idea though - nice work. |
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07/13/2006 09:06:26 AM |
| I like the desaturation, but it's much too flat |
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07/13/2006 07:44:09 AM |
| needs more contrast ... I like the idea and perspectve though |
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07/11/2006 03:36:27 PM |
| I'd give a lot more contrast in this picture |
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07/11/2006 11:09:53 AM |
| A bit washed out, I like the angle, just needs more contrast. |
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07/10/2006 11:45:36 PM |
| Oh no... what happened to the contrast? Great idea though :) |
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07/10/2006 08:03:19 PM |
| needs more contrast, too flat |
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07/10/2006 06:24:20 PM |
| Great idea...but lighting is pretty bland. |
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07/10/2006 07:00:56 AM |
| nice capture--needs a little contrast |
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07/10/2006 04:28:21 AM |
| I think the concept is good but looks very washed out. More contrast would have made the reds really pop out. |
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07/10/2006 12:49:57 AM |
| I feel like this could use some more contrast, but I really love the perspective. |
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