[kick52]

('07 edition if it had been posted before)
Note: This does not mean fark-style forum images, photography only please.

I'd like to start with this I took today:



Large

Thanks, please share yours.

[Super Mario]

Got a better idea. Post raw images and let's see the gurus work their magic.

[kick52]

Originally Posted by Super Mario 

Got a better idea. Post raw images and let's see the gurus work their magic.

That picture was taken from a 2MP $60 camera. No raw.
hehe

[andreas_g4]

most recent desktop:

original:


edited:


Full res

[Nai no Kami]

You would not believe the original Canon A70's quality. If you like those, I can send you more enhanced A70 pictures.

[kick52]

Originally Posted by Nai no Kami 

You would not believe the original Canon A70's quality. If you like those, I can send you more enhanced A70 pictures.

that has an eerie feel to it.. good job.

[Nai no Kami]

Originally Posted by kick52 

that has an eerie feel to it.. good job.

Thanks.

[andreas_g4]

Originally Posted by Nai no Kami 

You would not believe the original Canon A70's quality. If you like those, I can send you more enhanced A70 pictures.

Very nice! I'd always lave to see the originals, that makes it more interesting IMO.

[kick52]

Originally Posted by andreas_g4 

Very nice! I'd always lave to see the originals, that makes it more interesting IMO.

yeah that sounds more interesting.

please post pre-photoshop images if you can.

[andreas_g4]

Originally Posted by kick52 

yeah that sounds more interesting.

please post pre-photoshop images if you can.

I'd like to see the original of yours, too.

[Aron Peterson]

At their full resolution you can see the amount of work I had to do much better. That resolution is too big to post anywhere online.




This woman was a pain to fix. First I had to brush out the acne on her cheeks, fix her hair, clean up her chest, remove birthmarks. Simple. Then slim her legs down and brush out the stubble on her legs. She had grazed herself so badly shaving her shins it was very hard to brush out so I had to mostly paint in a fake shin instead. And the veins in her feet. Don't ask. Correcting blue, lumpy feet is not easy.

[kick52]

Originally Posted by andreas_g4 

I'd like to see the original of yours, too.

afraid not, i had it on the camera, but the memory got corrupted

[Nai no Kami]

Here are some more. I'm afraid an unfortunate pass of iPhoto Diet stripped the originals from me. All this pictures have been taken with a Canon A70 and post-processed in order to compensate the limitations of the camera and bring the pictures much closer to what I was and felt when I took the photo.

[kick52]

Originally Posted by Nai no Kami 

great photo.

[Rumor]

A select few of us were invited to attend a special event on an island of undisclosed location. Quite facinating. Dakar was able to snap a really good picture. There was minimal Photoshopping done to enhance the color just a little.

[Laminar]

Originally Posted by Rumor 

A select few of us were invited to attend a special event on an island of undisclosed location. Quite facinating. Dakar was able to snap a really good picture. There was minimal Photoshopping done to enhance the color just a little.

great photo.

[peeb]

I'm sorry - I must insist that this thread name be changed to 'Images manipulated with Adobe Photoshop image manipulation software (registered trademark)'.

[Mastrap]

[olePigeon]

Originally Posted by Rumor 

A select few of us were invited to attend a special event on an island of undisclosed location. Quite facinating. Dakar was able to snap a really good picture. There was minimal Photoshopping done to enhance the color just a little.

Lair!

 

It wasn't an island, it was the Creation Museum's display of Kosher Raptors.

[olePigeon]

[Laminar]

Before:


After:

[Dakarʒ]

Originally Posted by olePigeon 

I suddenly need to cut myself.

[IceEnclosure]

[LegendaryPinkOx]

My sitar, and my pup. The original picture was just the sitar leaning against the couch without all the trippy colours. The dag was photoshopped in. Weird man...

[Laminar]

Originally Posted by LegendaryPinkOx 

My sitar, and my pup. The original picture was just the sitar leaning against the couch without all the trippy colours. The dag was photoshopped in. Weird man...

I suddenly need to do acid.

[LegendaryPinkOx]

Originally Posted by Laminar 

I suddenly need to do acid.

amen

[kick52]

Originally Posted by LegendaryPinkOx 

My sitar, and my pup. The original picture was just the sitar leaning against the couch without all the trippy colours. The dag was photoshopped in. Weird man...

broken

[Railroader]

Here's a picture I did for a friend.

[Rumor]

Originally Posted by olePigeon 

[Laminar]

Originally Posted by kick52 

broken

Right click - open in new tab and it works.

[- - e r i k - -]

Ooh. I want to play too.

[mdc]

Originally Posted by Railroader 

Here's a picture I did for a friend.
http://www.mybuddypete.com/macnn/twins.jpg

I did one like that a few years ago.



I other than fun little things like this, I don't tend to photoshop, or even post process, my photos.

[Railroader]

Originally Posted by mdc 

I did one like that a few years ago.



I other than fun little things like this, I don't tend to photoshop, or even post process, my photos.

I did one of myself ad one of my wife and kids, but there are too many weirdos on here, so I don't post them.

I rarely do much PS work on personal pictures, just levels adjusting, but clients usually require quite a bit on their portraits. But then it is not much more than blemish removal or removing glare from eye-glasses.

[Mastrap]

Originally Posted by - - e r i k - - 

Ooh. I want to play too.

Not trying to nitpick, but high on the magenta, no?

[- - e r i k - -]

Top or bottom? It was to the client's liking so meh

[Mastrap]

I wasn't trying to be Rob, but both look to me way oversaturated in the reds. Skin texture in her cleavage and on his shoulders is breaking up as a result.
I think that measuring the quality of an image on whether the client likes it can be a slippery slope. But as I've said, I'm nitpicking.

I saw some of your other pics on flickr and there was nice work there.

[Railroader]

I have to agree with Mastrap here. I like the originals much better. But then, I don't know what the final product the clients was looking for.

[andi*pandi]

I like the darker contrast on the second ones... yes it is a little overrich, surreal... the woman looks like an album cover shot.

[Railroader]

Originally Posted by andi*pandi 

I like the darker contrast on the second ones... yes it is a little overrich, surreal... the woman looks like an album cover shot.

I do like the higher contrast of the 2nd ones, but I think they are a bit over-saturated and the blur vignetting is a bit too much for me. A white vignette would have looked better IMHO.

[Railroader]

Hey, why did Kick52 (OP) get banned?

[Dakarʒ]

I noticed just as I was loading this thread.

[Laminar]

Maybe MacNN has a rule against young posters.

[Dakarʒ]

Nothing in his post history seems indicative of why he was banned.

[Laminar]

Parental intervention?

[Rumor]

I wish someone elses parents would intervene.

*cough* Macgeek *cough*

[Railroader]

Hey, leave my parents out of this!

[design219]

This started out as a lamp. I think I did ok on it.

[- - e r i k - -]

Originally Posted by Railroader 

I have to agree with Mastrap here. I like the originals much better. But then, I don't know what the final product the clients was looking for.

Obviously you are not familiar with the world of "glamour" photography. Clichéd vignettes, oversaturation, smoothed skin and "bling" is par for the course.

These are by far the mildest examples of the "genre" which is as far from normal portrait photography as you can get while still photographing people

[Face Ache]

[peeb]

Nice.