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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: dalethorn on April 21, 2009, 12:11:53 pm

Title: Camera self-portrait
Post by: dalethorn on April 21, 2009, 12:11:53 pm

I was just trying some different apertures with the LX3 in macro mode, and this was the result.

Title: Camera self-portrait
Post by: jasonrandolph on April 21, 2009, 12:24:24 pm

Quote from: dalethorn

I was just trying some different apertures with the LX3 in macro mode, and this was the result.

You have some very interesting geometric shapes there.  The noise to my eye looks very much like film grain.  It doesn't look like "normal" noise.  Very aesthetically pleasing.

Title: Camera self-portrait
Post by: popnfresh on April 21, 2009, 12:47:08 pm

Quote from: dalethorn

I was just trying some different apertures with the LX3 in macro mode, and this was the result.

Best darn picture of a lens cap I ever seen.

Title: Camera self-portrait
Post by: Jeremy Payne on April 21, 2009, 01:17:19 pm

Quote from: dalethorn

I was just trying some different apertures with the LX3 in macro mode, and this was the result.

Try it B&W.

Title: Camera self-portrait
Post by: dalethorn on April 21, 2009, 03:50:07 pm

Quote from: Jeremy Payne

Try it B&W.

Here's a simple conversion. I see that local contrast shifted in several areas, although the original was nearly B&W to begin with. I'm curious what other people would do to change the overall balance of details, other than simply fading or intensifying the overall image.

Title: Camera self-portrait
Post by: jule on April 21, 2009, 04:45:51 pm

Quote from: dalethorn

Here's a simple conversion. I see that local contrast shifted in several areas, although the original was nearly B&W to begin with. I'm curious what other people would do to change the overall balance of details, other than simply fading or intensifying the overall image.

What about a touch of Local contrast enhancement to define the cap a little more?

Result is subtle, but quite evident when toggling 2 images over each other.

Julie

Title: Camera self-portrait
Post by: dalethorn on April 21, 2009, 08:43:28 pm

Quote from: jule

What about a touch of Local contrast enhancement to define the cap a little more?
Result is subtle, but quite evident when toggling 2 images over each other.
Julie

That definitely worked.  It brought up the highlights all along the top edge, particularly where the string attaches to the cap, which is the focal point as I saw it.  The effect seems to be like sharpening without increasing the noise, so that's a plus.