August Photo Competition: Angle

[Vintage Paw]

Entry 1 ('tis a polaroid/holgaroid shot)

Scan from original polaroid.
Auto-levels/curves to remove colour-cast and haze from poor quality scan, plus dust removal (all in PS CS2).

 

[suzi]

my angle:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/froupster/163129418/in/set-72157594159785657/ Grand Staircase

 

[cybertect]

first entry

More London

Converted from RAW using Canon DPP. Levels edit in Photoshop.

 

[dlx1]

Under the Stairs we live

 

[Madusa]

2nd entry. Imperfect Angles. http://img344.imageshack.us/img344/2963/pict0024vl9.jpg

3rd. Waiting for God. http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/4771/waitingforgodin9.jpg

 

[Vintage Paw]

3rd. Waiting for God. http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/4771/waitingforgodin9.jpg

Superb! It's got everything!
What was it taken with?

 

[Madusa]

Cheers Vintage Paw.

Taken with my Acer CE-5330. Not a flashy cam but I love taking shadowy images with it.

 

[Vintage Paw]

Cheers Vintage Paw.

Taken with my Acer CE-5330. Not a flashy cam but I love taking shadowy images with it.

Well, seems like it does it partlcularly well One of my faves so far.

 

[portman]

Second entry, Canary Wharf station...

http://daveamis.freeservers.com/CWhGreenwich3050519.html

Again, shot on my old Olympus Camedia 720. Bumped up the contrast and saturation a bit in Photoshop - spent no more than two minutes getting it to the stage I wanted...

Cheers,
Dave

 

[Biddlybee]

My first entry: tower

 

[kerb]

some absolutely great photos here.

particulary memorable are

'Poised' by Riot Sky (fuckin beaut in fact)
Both by schickschnack
'pumping station' - by pavlik

but then again its hard to choose between all entries imo

heres my first entry

http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/3430/4lv6.jpg

 

[kerb]

2nd

http://img456.imageshack.us/img456/3614/009yp3.jpg


3rd

http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/889/1atm2.jpg


not sure if they need to be bigger. if so i can rescan

 

[ddraig]

My first entry: tower

very

 

[Tricky Skills]

First entry:

Abridged

Taken at Kew a few weeks ago.

 

[Nina]

My first entry: tower

How did you get up there?

 

[Biddlybee]

How did you get up there?

I'm a Bee

(ok, I climbed to the top of a taller tower - that's not my pic or an entry btw)

 

[alef]

The winner's gallery has been updated and includes everything up to Vintage Paw's recent win:
http://www.urban75.org/photos/comp/thumbs.html

 

[tom_craggs]

Not been around in a while but have a couple for this one...

entry 1: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomcraggs/197864577/

 

[Rollem]

i like this theme

some fab photos!

my first - repetitve angle

 

[cesare]

Really enjoying these photos.

Here's one from me: wooden assembly

(A bit of USM)

 

[boskysquelch]

(A bit of USM)

you may want to add a bit of resizing Image...that'en's twice the size of my monitor.

but i get the idea.

 

[cesare]

you may want to add a bit of resizing Image...that'en's twice the size of my monitor.

but i get the idea.

Sorry I thought I had, but I've done it again

 

[Biddlybee]

what/where is it cesare?

 

[hiccup]

Nice theme. I shall go for an angular wander with my camera at some point soon.

Cheers to alef and mauvais for thumbnail business.

 

[Pavlik]

what/where is it cesare?

trippy innit

 

[cesare]

what/where is it cesare?

It's the wooden ceiling of the Welsh National Assembly building in Cardiff Bay

 

[dlx1]

wooden assembly

that nice be to see for real.
USM stans for ?

make me think of the wooden socher<? in the restaurants at Eden Project.


edit: srolling down reads then rpl then scrolling down more see above post :0

 

[cesare]

that nice be to see for real.
USM stans for ?

make me think of the wooden socher<? in the restaurants at Eden Project.

It's an amazing place - cheers ddraig for taking me.

USM stands for Un Sharp Mask (I think ) that's what I meant anyway. Not much of it though.

 

[boskysquelch]

NB others will have different opinions on this knowledge_technique.

USM stands for Un Sharp Mask (I think ) that's what I meant anyway.

Which is a reference to the Lithographic technique of masking the majority of an image in Olde fashioned printing...leaving an outline crisp that would give the appearence of sharpening the whole...the digi version creates a halo effect around certain pixels that are controlled by a algorythmic process of comparison of neighbouring pixels which the operator of the programme predefines by setting certain parameters...ie the Amount(erm..how much you do?), the Radius(size of halo) and the Threshold(comparing & contrasting the range to affect)....I think! ...but methunx not totally accurate.

* a rule of thumb for web is Amount :100-150
Radius :0.4-1.0
Threshold :0

for hard printing Amount: 150-200
Radius :1.0-1.5
Threshold : 1.0_ish

best to apply in 20% increments thru layers..but in the most part for web-use I jus tw*t it over in one layer at 100% and finetune to taste with a Layer mask with a brush at various Opacities and colours.

adjust to taste.

 

[cesare]

Very useful info bosky

(My approach wasn't very scientific and took about 15 secs max )