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factory in sepia
factory in sepia
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Collection: 007 - SEPT 07. BLACK & WHITE
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II for Canon
Location: wollongong, south of sydney
Date: Sep 6, 2007
Galleries: Snapshot, Landscape
Date Uploaded: Sep 6, 2007

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 a factory in wollongong ..
and two other photographs of a different factory taken on the same day ..


after alice and joe asked how i processed this i'll put this workflow in here ..
processed twice thru RAW program to make sky fit in with land .. if sky was dark then land was too dark etc ... selectively erased so i had dark sky with light land area ...
skewed image coz it was leaning a bit ..
did a lucisart exposure .. OF COURSE !!! ..
i then duplicated the lucisart layer and did a blending mode multiply and erased the effect in the areas where i didnt want it .. i've forgotten where now ..
did two adjustment layers in levels, one to darken sky more and one to lighten reflection of building more ..
flattened image ..
in newly flattened image (which i save-as with 'flatten' added to the title name) i skewed again ..
then i did adjustment layers in curves .. a cross process which i opaqued to 13% ..
adjustment layer in selective colour and took white down to -100 ..
adjustment layer in brightness and contrast where i increased contrast to +89 and lessened brightness to -33 .. that action made it very dramatic ..
adjustment layer in black & white which is a new one in CS3 .. CS2 doesnt have it .. i made the hue 42 and saturation 5% .. i adjusted the colours as well ..
i put in my little logo coz i'm making it a print and saved for web ..


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 09/16/2007 02:27:52 AM
ow wow, i love the tones of this photo! you did such a great job!
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 09/09/2007 04:50:38 PM
thankyou so much joe Lowcivicman99and neil walrus451 .. i'll be doing that instead of flattening at the first opportunity .. probably in less than an hour .. !! :)
 09/09/2007 04:18:57 PM
wonderful processing!! Joe is correct that it's sometimes better to use "stamp visible" so that you can still go back and edit previous layers. but you can skip the "n" in photoshop CS and above...
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 09/09/2007 08:17:57 AM
Thanks for the info. I noticed that you used the flatten layer method instead of a new stamp.

Instead of flatten layer try this and see if you like it.

(on a pc) hold down SHIFT+CTRL+ALT and tap N then E.

N will create a new layer and E will stamp all the visible layers. That way you don't need to flatten your layers for a new adjustment and gives you the control to edit them even after the fact.
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 09/08/2007 06:55:39 AM
Well done in the PP, looks great!
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 09/08/2007 06:51:11 AM
What a difference your PP does to the image! I couldn't believe it if I did not see the originals you posted... It gives a post-nuclear war feeling to it, a kind of desolation and erry feeling. Gives me goose bumps. Well deserving of a print IMO.
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 09/07/2007 05:48:57 PM
Great wasteland effect, Roz. Looks like the end of the world, but in a good way. Love your processing and the extremely dark feeling this photo conveys - at least to me.
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 09/07/2007 09:56:56 AM
I love the reflection you caught. What a great series of photo's Roz. You've got lots of talent.
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 09/07/2007 06:33:05 AM
Perfect, and you always amaze me with your eye and your talant.....
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 09/07/2007 04:54:13 AM
TEEEERIFIC! Great use of the reflection and awesome processing!
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 09/06/2007 10:51:16 PM
I really like the process here. Great strong lines here, but the reflection adds a hint of "calm" to the photograph. Very appealing!
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 09/06/2007 10:47:51 PM
The sky really set the mood for this photo. great work.
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 09/06/2007 08:33:13 PM
i've put the workflow in for alice and joe ..:)
 09/06/2007 07:49:47 PM
Roz, you managed to give this an other-worldly look. Share with us what you did? It's really cool.
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 09/06/2007 07:46:23 PM
Very cool shot. Love the burnt edges and the grays. How did you convert this?
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 09/06/2007 07:34:29 PM
OMG!!! I absolutely LOVE this processing!! The reflection in the puddle is amazing, great job!
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