For this month, we were given a cell phone photograph, and I must say that this is a most interesting photograph indeed. Lots of possibilities. What I did not want, was to be cheesy at all.
So, I hummed and hawed, and decided to start by making a B&W conversion, with a gradient filer added to the mask.
The rest of the process is in the screen shots below!
What I ended up with, is given below
What is not shown in the process, is the process that I adopted in DXO to straighten the image a bit. I was wondering if I should keep the reddish tone in the image.
I decided to do so. It went, I felt, with the red leather of the sofas.
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Very pretty, Rajiv.
Quite pretty!
nice click
Not my click. Only my edit!
good editing
Thanks!
I was long to comment that I liked your warm reddish tone – it seems opposite of Cee’s cool blues.
and your reddish hue adds a very relaxed feel (to me at least) and usually the reds are energizing as they can make our eyes focus – but this processing took out the louder contrast of the original and so it had the calm effect – hm
🙂
Thanks I am glad you like it. And, thanks for the detailed feedback
🙂 hope to see you next month for the ABF
I am sure you will!
I like the red in it, Rajiv. It’s a very rich colour and it adds some class to what I think would be a nice hotel lobby.
Leslie
I think, maybe, it is a hotel lobby!
That’s what it looks like to me too.
Leslie
Very royal and pompous! Like how you processed the image, the original seemed a bit to busy with patterns, colors, textures you toned it down and gave some elegance to it!
Well, thanks! I actually converted to B&W, toned it, and used a filter to bring back some colour
Well thought out process with a beautiful result. On my other side where I have my photography and fashion designs I love to process my photos as well. I really like to work it out in my mind and try to achieve that “vision” for the image. I know that these days a debate is always going on about the photo processing but I like to change things. My mind is pretty restless and I love photography, I’m not a professional one by far, I taught myself the “how to” and enjoy the challenge. Your knowledge of all the processing procedure is amazing and I always like to see it and read it!
Oh, I consider myself a newbie when it comes to processing. No kidding
I generally don;t work out what I want, in the beginning. I feel my way around.
Well then, an impressive newbie you’re, keep up to good work! 😉
Thank you! It is one area whee you have to keep learning!
.. I would like a glass of champagne to go with the rather superb room 😉
Hm… i agree… champagne goes better with this room than beer