Do you wish your mountains were larger? Try this technique!
Apr 17, 2019 07:38:36 #
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Linda From Maine wrote:
I didn't make you have to work for that one at all, did I Paul? 
Apr 17, 2019 10:10:35 #
Apr 17, 2019 13:39:55 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
Many thanks to Fstop12 for providing this link: br... (show quote)
Fine tool! Chicago, across frozen Lake Michigan. Not wanting it to stand out too much because catching the distance (40 mi.) was important, I had to work the eraser, curves, and hues a bit.
Apr 17, 2019 14:02:23 #
OK, this is by far the coolest, most fun technique I have come across in a long time! Thanks for posting, and I only wish I had seen this about 4 months ago, so those long, cold winter days could have been spent in my office playing with this new toy! I am posting these efforts as a "down and dirty" example of what can be done. I know they need some touch-ups and such, but to illustrate the technique's potential I think they do nicely...Enjoy!
Apr 17, 2019 14:21:38 #
tommystrat wrote:
OK, this is by far the coolest, most fun technique I have come across in a long time! Thanks for posting, and I only wish I had seen this about 4 months ago, so those long, cold winter days could have been spent in my office playing with this new toy! I am posting these efforts as a "down and dirty" example of what can be done. I know they need some touch-ups and such, but to illustrate the technique's potential I think they do nicely...Enjoy!
Haven't tried yet myself. I see that you did very well.
However....... You said 'fun'........ This is serious stuff we're doing here!
Apr 17, 2019 14:25:31 #
tommystrat wrote:
OK, this is by far the coolest, most fun technique I have come across in a long time! Thanks for posting, and I only wish I had seen this about 4 months ago, so those long, cold winter days could have been spent in my office playing with this new toy! I am posting these efforts as a "down and dirty" example of what can be done. I know they need some touch-ups and such, but to illustrate the technique's potential I think they do nicely...Enjoy!
Looks like it's working for you!
Apr 17, 2019 14:50:11 #
artBob wrote:
So, it's the skyline you enlarged, or something else? The idea is to go big, Bob Fine tool! Chicago, across frozen Lake Michigan. Not wanting it to stand out too much because catching the distance (40 mi.) was important, I had to work the eraser, curves, and hues a bit.
Apr 17, 2019 14:51:24 #
tommystrat wrote:
Good job!OK, this is by far the coolest, most fun technique I have come across in a long time! Thanks for posting, and I only wish I had seen this about 4 months ago, so those long, cold winter days could have been spent in my office playing with this new toy! I am posting these efforts as a "down and dirty" example of what can be done. I know they need some touch-ups and such, but to illustrate the technique's potential I think they do nicely...Enjoy!
Apr 17, 2019 16:22:09 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
So, it's the skyline you enlarged, or something else? The idea is to go big, Bob
Big's gotta be real--that's the craftsmanship and artistry for me.
So, I wanted the distance to be a big factor, but the skyline was too small because of the lens. Here are the original, the one I like, and, perhaps, what you suggested.
As usual, Anyone who wants to alter any of my photos to show explicitly what they mean is welcome to do so.
Apr 17, 2019 16:54:13 #
artBob wrote:
Ah, I see the problem now - size definitely is relative ......the skyline was too small because of the lens.
Apr 17, 2019 16:59:32 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
Ah, I see the problem now - size definitely is relative
👍😊
Apr 18, 2019 14:56:55 #
l-fox wrote:
Haven't tried yet myself. I see that you did very well.
However....... You said 'fun'........ This is serious stuff we're doing here!
However....... You said 'fun'........ This is serious stuff we're doing here!
Apr 23, 2019 16:15:49 #
That IS a fun trick! I've occasionally done similar just bumbling around trying to enlarge some piece of a photo by using strategies I've used to change sizes of elements in composites, but this is the first time I've seen a dedicated tutorial about HOW. I see some serious potential here to solve the problem of diminished size of distant objects shot with wide angle lenses. Plus a bunch of other stuff as well. I tried it on 3 scenes, and it worked best when I wasn't trying to tangle with interferences like trees that start looking funny in relation to their neighbors, or buildings, which get distorted more quickly with vertical tampering. I think I'll figure out strategies for better selection of what to enlarge if I work with it a while. And mending is, of course, the same tedious task it always is for things we mangle in the processes of beating up on our images for creativity's sake.
Here's one I tried on a scene from Iceland, where I tried to make the mid-scene wave and the distant rocks bigger while leaving everything else alone. My trouble area was where the altered rocks and sea met the unaltered rocks on the left side. I used a fog brush to try to disguise the trouble.
Here's one I tried on a scene from Iceland, where I tried to make the mid-scene wave and the distant rocks bigger while leaving everything else alone. My trouble area was where the altered rocks and sea met the unaltered rocks on the left side. I used a fog brush to try to disguise the trouble.
Apr 23, 2019 16:53:09 #
minniev wrote:
Thank you, Minnie! You've raised the bar for us all That IS a fun trick! I've occasionally done simila... (show quote)
Apr 23, 2019 17:31:35 #
minniev wrote:
That IS a fun trick! I've occasionally done simila... (show quote)
Good points, good image incorporating a festive solution for that photo. I totally agree, that each photo has special needs, calling on our creativity and command of techniques.
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