Carlsbad Stalactites....

Posted by photosbyvito on Sun Oct 02, 2005 7:48 pm

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hey guys!
Been playing with photoshop again

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by jorgedelucca on Sun Oct 02, 2005 7:52 pm

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Very cool Vito!

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by Fabs Forns on Sun Oct 02, 2005 8:13 pm

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Hmmmmm.....

Is that great light real or a PS byproduct :roll: ?

Really well done, Vito, looks like B&W conversion a light Posterize?

Whatever you did, it works!!!!! :)

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by photosbyvito on Sun Oct 02, 2005 8:24 pm

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well, the "great light" you're talking about...is just a single spot onto this formation...
i blended exposures to get detail in the darker areas...
then i edited up the 'normal shot' for web, and took that image
duplicated the layer, inverted it, selected the darker "greys" on the upper right with the magic wand (to get a randomized selection) and made a layer mask
having made the mask while i had a selection going, it added the black and white to the mask for me
i also magic wanded the white(on the stalactite) in the normal image and filled the area with black on the mask..
then i ran the mask itself through a run of "rough pastels"
giving that effect

thanks for looking guys

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by Lisa Gimber on Sun Oct 02, 2005 8:54 pm

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Cool, Vito!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

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by Fabs Forns on Sun Oct 02, 2005 9:00 pm

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photosbyvito wrote:well, the "great light" you're talking about...is just a single spot onto this formation...
i blended exposures to get detail in the darker areas...
then i edited up the 'normal shot' for web, and took that image
duplicated the layer, inverted it, selected the darker "greys" on the upper right with the magic wand (to get a randomized selection) and made a layer mask
having made the mask while i had a selection going, it added the black and white to the mask for me
i also magic wanded the white(on the stalactite) in the normal image and filled the area with black on the mask..
then i ran the mask itself through a run of "rough pastels"
giving that effect

thanks for looking guys
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by Mike Gallo on Sun Oct 02, 2005 9:32 pm

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Looks like Mars Vito

Love the effects that you used, interesting look :)

Just havin' fun

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by AForns on Sun Oct 02, 2005 10:01 pm

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This reminds me of the home of Superman in one of the movies

:) :)

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by Clive on Mon Oct 03, 2005 11:42 am

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Playing....in photoshop.... surely not Vito.

:) This is great, how about a cool blue tint over it just to make us really SHIVER?!

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by photosbyvito on Mon Oct 03, 2005 6:06 pm

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hmm, good idea clive!

i had made it b/w for the image (because of the incadescent light here, and the flourescent light there really screws up the white balance lol) and didn't think of changing it for this!

thanks for looking everyone!
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by Carol Clarke on Tue Oct 04, 2005 5:28 am

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Nice effects Vito! I might consider adding a bit of canvas at the bottom to place the stalactites higher in the frame ?

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by Parrothead Pete on Tue Oct 04, 2005 7:41 am

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great work Vito!

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