Dinosaurs, Motorcycle, Airplane, Parachutes,3D Glasses, Deserts and Bowling

[SrBiscuit]

I am astonished by the lack of positivity in this thread. My post count is, apparently, too low to get the "TPF is full, scare away all new members" memos. I can't imagine the OP's creativity is so incredibly suspect as to warrant completely disregarding his obviously quality work.

These photos are great Rian. Keep it up! I imagine Ansel Adams would have found it difficult to impress some of the folks around here.

i am in agreement here.
perhaps that makes me less of a photographer, but i enjoy the PP as much as i do the photography.
i think these images are great, and look forward to seeing more from this poster.

:thumbup:

 

[RianFlynn]

Hey!

ok here is another original from the first post

before post:

after photoshop:

 

[Roger]

Top quality work going on here....I find the comment on this being 'commonplace' interesting, in that most photography is commonplace. This is obviously professional quality work, it really just comes down to whether you like the style or not.....I like it.

 

[muuris]

I like it, actually, I love it!

To create a good picture, there must be something great in raw picture, not just in photoshopping. I mean, that to have a pics like that, you need to know how to take photos.

I think you are a great photographer, artist, what ever. You can be proud about it!

I'm looking forward to see more pictures from you.

 

[RianFlynn]

Thanks Muuris

 

[bjorkfiend]

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[nymtber]

While its great photoshoping...

It doesnt show Photography skill. Photoshopping the hell out of something isnt what most of us here call photography.

We need a "Photoshopped to hell" forum in here That would take care of people jumping on these posts

oh, and the bowling one definitely isnt real people or a photograph...way to fake looking.

 

[eyeye]

fun photos. I like the bowling one alot too

 

[craig]

While its great photoshoping...

It doesnt show Photography skill. Photoshopping the hell out of something isnt what most of us here call photography.

We need a "Photoshopped to hell" forum in here That would take care of people jumping on these posts

oh, and the bowling one definitely isnt real people or a photograph...way to fake looking.

Ok so now this thread has taken a turn for the worse. Although I am not a fan of the style; I believe there is a huge amount of skill involved with these images.

Love & Bass

 

[RianFlynn]

While its great photoshoping...

It doesnt show Photography skill. Photoshopping the hell out of something isnt what most of us here call photography.

We need a "Photoshopped to hell" forum in here That would take care of people jumping on these posts

oh, and the bowling one definitely isnt real people or a photograph...way to fake looking.

no man its just a lot of lighting. youre kind of a dick haha

look again;

before:

after:

 

[soul.glo]

You've got some sick pp skills. It's really nice to see a different creative style that steers completely clear of the norm. Looking forward to seeing more.

 

[blash]

For your style, it's really nice work. However, I'm not a fan of huge Photoshop jobs, it feels like someone's trying to make up for lack of skill in the field with flashy colors. Looking at your pre-PS photos, I can see you have interesting ideas about composure and perspective, but need help on lighting. Attempting to use PS to correct lighting isn't the same as getting it right in the first place.

 

[Wyjid]

For your style, it's really nice work. However, I'm not a fan of huge Photoshop jobs, it feels like someone's trying to make up for lack of skill in the field with flashy colors. Looking at your pre-PS photos, I can see you have interesting ideas about composure and perspective, but need help on lighting. Attempting to use PS to correct lighting isn't the same as getting it right in the first place.

please! as far as fixing lighting goes in this shot, all that was done (as far as major corrections go) was to light the back hallway and upper balcony. while this could have been done in the initial shoot, it hardly seems worth the effort for what are not main elements. the subject lighting is fantastic, and i think a couple of fake background lights can be forgiven. the lighting on the unprocessed exposure (as well as the overall look of the image) is heads above most of what get's posted here even after processing. great work, and please post more before and after suff, I love to see and figure out the setups.

 

[RianFlynn]

For your style, it's really nice work. However, I'm not a fan of huge Photoshop jobs, it feels like someone's trying to make up for lack of skill in the field with flashy colors. Looking at your pre-PS photos, I can see you have interesting ideas about composure and perspective, but need help on lighting. Attempting to use PS to correct lighting isn't the same as getting it right in the first place.

Yeah man thank you. I'm not really sure what you think i "corrected" lighting wise with photoshop. i lit the subject exactly the way i wanted, then I had him walk out and i took a background plate. PS was really hardly used other then adding in the light background.

Rian

 

[Wyjid]

now that i look at it though (cause i can't stop staring) the tag that's hanging in front of his shoe is a bit annoying. you might be able to cut that out.