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Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5- 5.6G ED DX
Location: Lakewood, CO
Date: May 17, 2007
Galleries: Still Life, Black and White
Date Uploaded: May 17, 2007
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Comments: 6
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Pinecone on a sidewalk, oooohh...
First, a cooling filter. The sidewalk had a bit of red tint to it, which made separating the red pinecone from its background a bit problematic in channel mixer. The cooling filter altered the tint just enough that the sidewalk was a different tint than the pinecone.
Second, I abandoned channel mixer as an option since it was uuuugly and converted to b/w with a gradient layer, playing with the sliders a little bit to boost the contrast. Then a little shadow/highlight to bring out some of the shadow detail in the pinecone.
Third, my usual duplicate layers. The first was soft light, the second was multiply. Played with fill amounts until it looked right. Flatten.
Fourth, I decided it still needed something. So I tried gothic glow on it and it was faboo. So I added the GG layer, at 88% - unusually strong for me!
Fifth, dodged the highlights on the pinecone.
Lastly, I resized and ran a smart sharpen on both the background and the gg layers.
And voila - a sexy pinecone. |
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05/21/2007 03:40:27 PM |
| Excellent composition, love the clarity of the cone |
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05/18/2007 07:12:14 PM |
| Oooo... so pretty and unassuming. I love it sitting on the textured concrete. |
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05/18/2007 01:45:07 PM |
| Great look to this and thanks for leaving such detailed instructions! |
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05/17/2007 11:34:16 PM |
Yes indeed! A sexy pinecone it is. You did great on this. Pine cones are so cool anyway to me, being from Texas, I rarely see them unless we're in the mountains -- but all your glam processing made it even better!
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05/17/2007 10:32:44 PM |
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05/17/2007 08:32:29 PM |
| ooh very nice. This really appeals to me. Really like the textures, contrast and tones. Perhaps a crop off the top to take out the line, for a more minimalist approach and put more focus on the cone and texture. |
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