Behind the SOTD-scenes

[Blademonkey]

Love the one where you left the colour on the floid bottle

Tis witch craft.....to leave the colour in the bottle and lose it elsewhere .

 

[Darkbulb]

Tis witch craft.....to leave the colour in the bottle and lose it elsewhere .

1) Select the bottle
2) Inverse the selection (so that everyone ELSE is seleted)
3) Convert that to B&W

 

[wayne_m]

No need My Nikon can do that automatically or if you use photo editor from the app store then shoot the shot and choose Splash, wherever you touch the picture the colour comes back to that selection. It's easy.

 

[Blademonkey]

1) Select the bottle
2) Inverse the selection (so that everyone ELSE is seleted)
3) Convert that to B&W

No, I'm sorry but you are flogging a dead horse trying to teach me even basic PS, I'm a technophobe, still getting to grips with my iPad!
Thanks anyway but I'm a lost cause.

 

[Rohleder]

No need My Nikon can do that automatically or if you use photo editor from the app store then shoot the shot and choose Splash, wherever you touch the picture the colour comes back to that selection. It's easy.

Yeah that's how I cheat, the Fuji has a similar feature... One simply has to select which colour to retain

 

[Darkbulb]

When you don't like your washed-out photo and don't have time to take another one...convert it to b&w, darken it and hope for the best

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[Satanfriendly]

The anatomy of my SOTD

1) Select weapons of choice taking great care to make sure underpants are indeed in place. Check.....fine



2) Choose a fluffy background



or



3) Think of a theme and an appropriate prop



4) Combine together



In this particular instance the cat became quite a useless fluffy background, finding more interest in a pack of boiled ham.

5) Use editing facility on photo bucket to try hide the fact I have just taken some garbage out of focus photo, but a bit of playing around with saturation, contrast etc does give that early hand coloured look so reminiscent of the pioneering days of photography we all so yearn for. Well I do anyway, if only to sound convincing

6) Think of something to write on SOTD omitting phrases like:

'I reached for the styptic pencil'
'I slashed myself to shreds'
'I completely cocked up here'

etc etc etc

7) Post accordingly http://www.theshavingroom.co.uk/com...23rd-september-2016.40092/page-10#post-586101

8) Put everything back in place before wife returns from Pilates and really does think I am completely bonkers. At the moment it is borderline

10) Check once again underpants are in place. Check....fine

 

[Darkbulb]

The anatomy of my SOTD

1) Select weapons of choice taking great care to make sure underpants are indeed in place. Check.....fine



2) Choose a fluffy background



or



3) Think of a theme and an appropriate prop



4) Combine together



In this particular instance the cat became quite a useless fluffy background, finding more interest in a pack of boiled ham.

5) Use editing facility on photo bucket to try hide the fact I have just taken some garbage out of focus photo, but a bit of playing around with saturation, contrast etc does give that early hand coloured look so reminiscent of the pioneering days of photography we all so yearn for. Well I do anyway, if only to sound convincing

6) Think of something to write on SOTD omitting phrases like:

'I reached for the styptic pencil'
'I slashed myself to shreds'
'I completely cocked up here'

etc etc etc

7) Post accordingly http://www.theshavingroom.co.uk/com...23rd-september-2016.40092/page-10#post-586101

8) Put everything back in place before wife returns from Pilates and really does think I am completely bonkers. At the moment it is borderline

10) Check once again underpants are in place. Check....fine

Not sure if it's on my end but I can't seem to get your photos to load

 

[wayne_m]

me neither

 

[Satanfriendly]

Not sure why as they come up fine here. They are all Photo-Bucket links

 

[Darkbulb]

Not sure why as they come up fine here. They are all Photo-Bucket links

They are showing now. Maybe there was just a temporary glitch w/ photobucket.

I like it - great 'story telling' and result

 

[Askegi]

Really cheap DB. If you get one change the original bulbs for lcd ones as the ones that come with it burn really hot and that isn't safe.

I agree, I've got one as well. I need to change the bulbs as the lights get too hot if left on for more than a minute.

 

[Mrchick]

1) Select the bottle
2) Inverse the selection (so that everyone ELSE is seleted)
3) Convert that to B&W

Is seleted a PS filter?[emoji12]

 

[Darkbulb]

Sometimes I think it's those small changes that have the biggest impact.
Just changing brightness and contrast can create a different feel

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[Darkbulb]

Lazy SOTD photo with a couple of items thrown onto a dirty, wrinkled t-shirt by the window:

Darken it. A lot. Cut off some stray brush hairs. Post.

At least it's "better" (which is of course subjective).

 

[Darkbulb]

"When your photo is boring...turn it into b&w and it becomes 'artsy'"

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