Picture A Day 2009

[gypsyqueenie]

yer right mate!

[Jon Foster]

Ouch!



Jon.

That knight on the right has a slight resemblence to Mike Myers.

Hahaha. He might in this shot but in person he's much more "knightly". Good build, strong features. A knight!

Jon.

[Poldugarian Warrior]

I figured as much, I was just commenting on his face. He looks like a strong warrior. Whom ever took the pics of the knights in armor. Really good job, I'm surprised how detailed the reflections in the armor are. What lighting effect did you use.

[Xanthenes The Unbalanced]

I figured as much, I was just commenting on his face. He looks like a strong warrior. Whom ever took the pics of the knights in armor. Really good job, I'm surprised how detailed the reflections in the armor are. What lighting effect did you use.

Thanks!  Regular old level and curves.  Then, a lot of tonal contrast, hitting shadows hardest, then midtones, then highlights.  After a few passes of that, plus some spot saturation boosting, I combined the contrast-adjusted layers and then brushed the background away to its original state (too much of that technique tends to ruin the bokeh behind the subject).  Ran a polarizer filter over the background layer (the shot was taken with a polarizer over the lens, but i wanted a little more) and did a little spot saturation to get the blue I wanted.  Merged, sharpened, baked at 350 for about an hour.   

[Poldugarian Warrior]

So you do all that stuff old school, along with the new technology. Awesome.

[Xanthenes The Unbalanced]

So you do all that stuff old school, along with the new technology. Awesome.

Yeah, and I have a two Tiffen packs full of filters I really don't use anymore.  All sorts of warm mist, black pro mist, the whole wedding/portrait pack.  I just do all that in Photoshop.  One too many times shooting with a warm mist and then realizing I wanted more detail.  It's easy to get it in Photoshop, but really hard to get rid of a filter effect when you realize you don't want it.

The only filter I really use full-time, at least outdoors, is a polarizer.  Lose too much sky and Photoshop isn't going to get it back. 

[pineridge]

So you do all that stuff old school, along with the new technology. Awesome.

Yeah, and I have a two Tiffen packs full of filters I really don't use anymore.  All sorts of warm mist, black pro mist, the whole wedding/portrait pack.  I just do all that in Photoshop.  One too many times shooting with a warm mist and then realizing I wanted more detail.  It's easy to get it in Photoshop, but really hard to get rid of a filter effect when you realize you don't want it.

The only filter I really use full-time, at least outdoors, is a polarizer.  Lose too much sky and Photoshop isn't going to get it back. 

I concur, the only filter I use is a skylight1b for protection on my smaller glass, the Bigma goes unprotected (petal hood seems to be sufficient).

[Xanthenes The Unbalanced]

So you do all that stuff old school, along with the new technology. Awesome.

Yeah, and I have a two Tiffen packs full of filters I really don't use anymore.  All sorts of warm mist, black pro mist, the whole wedding/portrait pack.  I just do all that in Photoshop.  One too many times shooting with a warm mist and then realizing I wanted more detail.  It's easy to get it in Photoshop, but really hard to get rid of a filter effect when you realize you don't want it.

The only filter I really use full-time, at least outdoors, is a polarizer.  Lose too much sky and Photoshop isn't going to get it back. 

I concur, the only filter I use is a skylight1b for protection on my smaller glass, the Bigma goes unprotected (petal hood seems to be sufficient).

I've run into a problem I haven't had in a long time, since my days shooting full frame 35mm film.  On my Canon 5D Mk II, my Tiffen screw-on filters slightly vignette my 20-35mm L when wide open at 20mm.  Never thought I'd find a real downside to a full frame sensor, but alas I found it.  Going to try a 72 to 77 step-up and try some of my 77mm filters to see if that kills it.

Other than that, I'd love to complain about the camera, but I can't.  I'd sleep with it if my wife would let me.

[Jon Foster]

Merged, sharpened, baked at 350 for about an hour.   

Nice... 

Jon.

[sealion]

Presenting the lovely Miss Sealclubber-

[Jon Foster]

Oh, how wrong that is... My my my...

Jon.

[sealion]

Lady Ann, myself, and flidais in or Steampunk outfits for Day of Wrong.


(more pics of my steampunk outfits on my blog www.who-gives-a.blogspot.com)

[sandmanvw]

To Mr. Xanthenes The Unbalanced,

That is a great picture of the green and yellow knight.  Thank you for posting it.
I Like the look of the metal.

[Lord Virgil]

I cannot believe that no one has posted a picture of me as Pirate Scooby.

I conceived the outfit to fit all three of the weekend themes, 2 official, one not.

It was Buccaneer Beer-fest, (the pirate part)
It was pet weekend, (the scooby doo part)
It was so very wrong (the day of wrong part)

I honestly think I have flash bulb burn on my face from all the pics I posed for, and my co-workers are dying to see the get-up.  If anyone has one, please post...Thanks in advance.

[sealion]