'Surreal' Hands of Time

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'Surreal' Hands of Time

Postby NetMagi on Sat Apr 30, 2005 4:39 am

This shot was taken by my best friend, Tom Storm. We both picked up D70's at almost the same time and have been critiqueing eachother's stuff since. It's such a blast learning photography together. I'm posting both of these with his permission.

This is my Post-Processing take on one of his shots:

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I call it the 'Surreal Hands of Time', becuase his original shot is titled 'Hands of Time', seen here:

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As always, critiques welcome.

-Rich

P.S.

on a side note, I'm trying to get him to come join us here and post some of his own stuff. He's got a far better eye for photogrphy than I do.
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Postby flipfrog on Sat Apr 30, 2005 4:58 am

awesome!

tell him to set up an account!
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Postby Soulboy on Sat Apr 30, 2005 5:39 am

They're superb! such lovely detail and shading.
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Postby SoCal Steve on Sat Apr 30, 2005 6:30 am

Your version is superb. Very creative use of the image! Makes it 3x better than the original. :D
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Postby mic on Sat Apr 30, 2005 9:15 am

Great NetMagi,

Now please tell of your PP in turning to B&W very interesting texture.
I can't get me B&W to PoP like this.

Talk about thinking inside the square :D
Well done.

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Postby Killakoala on Sat Apr 30, 2005 10:38 am

That's really nice, both pics. It show great innovation.
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Postby sirhc55 on Sat Apr 30, 2005 10:59 am

Both the original pic and the interpretation are fantastic
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Postby SteveGriffin on Sat Apr 30, 2005 11:18 am

Love both of them. Did you do any contrast enhancement in PS or is it as shot???
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Postby boxerboy on Sat Apr 30, 2005 2:22 pm

Without pre-empting the judges' decision - definite POTW material. Awesome shots!

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Postby the foto fanatic on Sat Apr 30, 2005 4:01 pm

Nice pic from storm. I really like the original.

By coincidence, I am just re-reading Steinbeck's epic American novel "The Grapes of Wrath", where he describes the dust-bowl conditions of farms in Oklahoma during the depression, which forced people off their farms to a sort of exodus to California. His word-pictures of the land and the people on the land are outstanding.

Tom's original pic just screams at me of the hardships faced by Joad family in the novel, as they prepare to leave their Oklahoma farm.

Terrific image.
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Postby mudder on Sat Apr 30, 2005 4:05 pm

Very creative PP of the original image, and really like the B&W(?) treatment...
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