More horses from Ironfest!

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More horses from Ironfest!

Postby biggerry on Mon May 04, 2009 12:17 am

Taking on a suggestion from the previous round, not quite feeling BW was completely the way to go but, for a first I tried de-saturation, not really sure if it achieves that...medieval era but...

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Check out where the broken lance ends up here...ouch for the horsey.. I have another great one with the lance end sliding past the riders neck also!

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Shiney, shiney armour, methinks this is chromed, did they really have chroming back then?

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yep, they are bull horns... :)
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Did anyone else end up there this year?
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Re: More horses from Ironfest!

Postby Marvin on Mon May 04, 2009 3:19 pm

I really like the desat look of the first one. Looks like it was an interesting day.
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Re: More horses from Ironfest!

Postby DebT on Mon May 04, 2009 7:55 pm

I Really like the change especially #1 , I'd even try it a bit more grungy
mind you the origionals were excellent but think this give more ambiance
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Re: More horses from Ironfest!

Postby biggerry on Tue May 05, 2009 11:09 pm

I really like the desat look of the first one.


but think this give more ambiance


I am amazed at how adjusting the level of saturation (down) can really change the way an image looks and feels - probably bleeding obvious to those who have used it before but its great when you find a new little technique like this which you can apply to a certian picture.

ta for comments DebT and Marvin, I will try the extra grunge and see how that looks...

Looks like it was an interesting day.


yeah it was pretty neat, I will definitely get there next year :up:
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Re: More horses from Ironfest!

Postby whitey on Tue May 05, 2009 11:25 pm

I like number 1 pp especially. Wow, looks like a great day. Maybe we need to organise a carload next year.
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