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Mar 23, 2019 10:17:22   #
Stardust Loc: Central Illinois
 
minniev wrote:
...In this case, Photoshop's "select subject" did a pretty good job of the selection, there's a few nicks and problems that would merit more cleaning up if it were for show...
Like your background the best of all.

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Mar 23, 2019 10:27:30   #
Stardust Loc: Central Illinois
 
bsprague wrote:
Stardust,

I read that twice because that's what I like to do...... Do you have any of your travel videos on YouTube or Vimeo that I can watch?
Going to pick brother up at airport - he is visiting from FL - but end of week will PM you more so we don't hijack this thread.

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Mar 23, 2019 13:30:34   #
bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA
 
As it should be, there are a couple versions offered here that I like better than mine. Thanks for giving the time to train me!

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Mar 23, 2019 13:43:57   #
RichardTaylor Loc: Sydney, Australia
 
artBob wrote:
What a wonderful choice, flamboyant colors within graceful shapes emphasized by the camera angle. The car is the star, the rest is simply distraction, the colors and shapes being a useless mishmash that do not contrast nor blend with the subject. SO--out with them! In Photoshop, I selected the car, polished up the selection with "Select and Mask," reversed the mask, and put in the background as a gradient fill to make the colors pop and the gradient to go with the lighting (loved the sunlight-pierced shadow). First time, had two bad spots in the mask, so again polished up the selection with "Select and Mask."

I also darkened the shadow in the blower intake, because I liked that feature.

Loved the shot, loved working on it. Good eye, good technique.
What a wonderful choice, flamboyant colors within ... (show quote)
Love what you have done.

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Mar 24, 2019 09:54:57   #
BigDaddy Loc: Pittsburgh, PA
 
Linda From Maine wrote:
Bill, thanks so much for this topic! It's a fascinating view of a super-cool "form." For me, the other elements distracted. I wanted to think a little outside the box, so instead of a vignette or replacing the background, I used a threshold filter to take everything to extreme b&w, which also reduced details, then created a layer mask to reveal the colors where I wanted.
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Linda, the first image with the B&W background was awesome. I love replacing backgrounds, it's sort of a hobby, and I've done the overused all B&W with just the main subject, or parts in color. This take on it however, really worked well. Hopefully I filed this in my memory bank for future use. "Hopefully" because the old memory bank is starting to leak...

Also really liked dannac's version with the golden arches.

Bill, that was a great image to show off some nice PP. Good job.

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Mar 24, 2019 10:16:17   #
Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington
 
BigDaddy wrote:
Linda, the first image with the B&W background was awesome. I love replacing backgrounds, it's sort of a hobby, and I've done the overused all B&W with just the main subject, or parts in color. This take on it however, really worked well. Hopefully I filed this in my memory bank for future use. "Hopefully" because the old memory bank is starting to leak...

Also really liked dannac's version with the golden arches.

Bill, that was a great image to show off some nice PP. Good job.
Linda, the first image with the B&W background... (show quote)
Delighted you're enjoying the thread. I hope we'll see some of your background before/after "hobbies" in a new topic here in PP Forum!

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Mar 25, 2019 23:17:24   #
bobburk3 Loc: Maryland
 
artBob wrote:
What a wonderful choice, flamboyant colors within graceful shapes emphasized by the camera angle. The car is the star, the rest is simply distraction, the colors and shapes being a useless mishmash that do not contrast nor blend with the subject. SO--out with them! In Photoshop, I selected the car, polished up the selection with "Select and Mask," reversed the mask, and put in the background as a gradient fill to make the colors pop and the gradient to go with the lighting (loved the sunlight-pierced shadow). First time, had two bad spots in the mask, so again polished up the selection with "Select and Mask."

I also darkened the shadow in the blower intake, because I liked that feature.

Loved the shot, loved working on it. Good eye, good technique.
What a wonderful choice, flamboyant colors within ... (show quote)


Beautiful. Removing the background makes the beautiful car stand out. I love what you did here.

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Mar 25, 2019 23:20:17   #
bobburk3 Loc: Maryland
 
dannac wrote:
Nice image bsprague.


WOW! I thought I liked the plain black background until I saw this rendition. it is absolutely fantastic with the colorful car. I LOVE it.

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Mar 25, 2019 23:23:42   #
bobburk3 Loc: Maryland
 
bsprague wrote:
I did two more using the same approach of getting rid of everything that was not "hand done" craftsmanship.


Nice, but they really need the wheels to show.

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Mar 26, 2019 00:16:53   #
bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA
 
bobburk3 wrote:
Nice, but they really need the wheels to show.


I removed the wheels for a reason. My thought was to take a picture of the art of autobody building and painting. The wheels, and especially the tires, are made in factories. So, I took them out.

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Mar 27, 2019 17:56:58   #
bobburk3 Loc: Maryland
 
dannac wrote:
Nice image bsprague.


Perfect background for this car image.

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Apr 1, 2019 10:31:18   #
dougwalter Loc: The Colony, TX
 
I am assuming it is a perspective issue, but the front wheels/tires appear extremely toed out. Tires would not last a week that way.

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