Ack, not another flower! Well this one's a bit different!

Sharkbait · Apr 26, 2004

Some dandelions. These were taken in my side yard under moderately overcast skies in mid-afternoon. Surprisingly little was done to these photos in PS. See if you can figure out the technique!

markc · Apr 26, 2004

The mothership has come!

Hehe. I'm not usually big on flower pics, but that second one is pretty cool.

karissa · Apr 26, 2004

markc said:
The mothership has come!

Leave it to mark to make a joke....

I love the vibrant colors! Very nice Sharkie.

Sharkbait · Apr 26, 2004

markc said:
The mothership has come!

Hehe. I'm not usually big on flower pics, but that second one is pretty cool.

Heh, that's about what I thought too. I wish I could've had a bit more negative space beneath the flower on that 2nd pic, but such is life. I still like the way it turned out.

Sharkbait · Apr 26, 2004

Nobody wants to try and figure out my PS technique on these? :|

Dweller · Apr 26, 2004

One of the amazing things of photography for me is how it can make me see something as if for the first time. I am out in my yard every day this time of year plucking these damn things before they turn into seeds and infest the rest of the yard. And then I saw your pictures.

Wow.. they are really pretty cool looking

I dont know PS so I would not know where to begin guessing how you may have manipulated them but I am curious about the black background. How is that achieved?

canonrebel · Apr 26, 2004

I would have tried a Hue/Saturation layer to try achieving your result.

Select each color in turn except the yellow color and move the "Lightness" slider totally left for each.

pilgrim · Apr 26, 2004

holy crap :shock:
Awsome work shark, I love the contrast between the black and yellow, makes the yellow come off so strong.
I think I like the second one best.

c0ntr0lz · Apr 27, 2004

2nd one kick ass
love the kolor and DOF
nice work

danalec99 · Apr 27, 2004

2nd one is my fav

karissa · Apr 27, 2004

Dweller said:
One of the amazing things of photography for me is how it can make me see something as if for the first time. I am out in my yard every day this time of year plucking these damn things before they turn into seeds and infest the rest of the yard. And then I saw your pictures.

:LOL: :LOL: :LOL: I know how you feel and the art of photography really is amazing.

Shark, I did something like that to a picture but I didn't know PS very well at the time so I used a mask and made the background dark. So you ever going to tell us how you did it?

Sharkbait · Apr 27, 2004

It's simple. All those photos have is USM and levels work. I was amazed. I always crunch my histogram a little bit, but was just messing around and took the dark end waaaay down. The background (green grass, green stems and leaves) dropped completely away and the yellow deepened incredibly. I was shocked!