Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/11/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I agree.. I love the crowd expressions. I did try out the Bokeh software from Nik but everybody thought it looked too fake. I ended up buying it, but only because it is part of the entire Nik software package that I bought on sale. I haven't used Bokeh since I bought it, but do intend to play with it some more - sometime. Tina On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 6:59 AM, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote: > First, I think Tina uses one of those "Bokeh" software by Nik or something. > > Second, I actually like the original because of the crowd's expressions! > > On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 1:57 AM, Peter Cheyne <geordiepete211 at > yahoo.co.uk > >wrote: > > > This weekend I visited Fukuoka to attend the Sumo finales. I wanted the > > closest seat I could get, so stumped up for the 540 dollar ticket. > However, > > my seat was in the furthest row (the 8th row) of the pricey rows. > Because I > > wasn't as close as I wanted to be, my 200mm wide open at f/2.8 didn't > throw > > the crowd out of focus as much as I wanted. > > > > I thought later I would try to selectively blur the background, as I > > remember Tina did for a couple of her photos. However, I don't know how > to > > do that, and I think I wouldn't be so proficient in that Photoshop > > technique. So I decided to stay in Lightroom and use the brush tool to > > darken the crowd instead of blurring. > > > > So, I'd like anyone's opinion on how this treatment looks compared to the > > original. Also, if anyone thinks using Photoshop's blur tool would help, > > please give me some pointers as to how to apply it. Would I just choose > the > > gaussian blur and wave the brush around the areas I want blurring? > > > > I know the real solution would to have been to get closer to the action. > > Next year I will book my tickets well in advance and request a front row > > seat. > > > > Here's the crowd-darkened version: > > > > http://tinyurl.com/27d7xlh > > > > And here's the original: > > > > http://tinyurl.com/2c4ougb > > > > All the best, > > > > Peter Cheyne > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > -- > // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> > // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/> > // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> > [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous > replies in your msgs. ] > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com