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Channel Swapping....

Postby aim54x on Tue May 17, 2011 10:35 pm

After having a look at my [url="http://dslrusers.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=41033&p=428550#p428550"]Apocalyptic sunset Revisited[/url] post, it intrigued me as to what it would look like if I had a cold, frosty blue look rather than an Apocalyptic red.

Original image....I must get out and shoot another with a Nikon so I can work on a RAW rather than an JPG.
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Blue/Red channel swap

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I think it makes for an interesting image, what do you all think?

Would it be worth heading out again with a Nikon so I have a RAW file to use? Any tips as to where to go from here?
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Re: Channel Swapping....

Postby biggerry on Wed May 18, 2011 10:47 pm

I think the first has some potential, i would consider smoothing out the water in teh foreground with some guassian blur or the like. In this format it looks good, the second blue version does very little for me, mainly due to the fact that colour is such stark diversion from reality, whereas the first has some similiarity to a rich sunset.
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Re: Channel Swapping....

Postby CraigVTR on Thu May 19, 2011 12:31 pm

I like the idea. I would also go with a third colour, green , and make a vertical or horizontal tryptich out of the image. :)
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Re: Channel Swapping....

Postby surenj on Thu May 19, 2011 7:18 pm

Cameron,

It's a nice composition and I quite like the different iterations. To extend Craig's idea, you could do a quad image with two side by side with different colors. One could be BW.

Also try cropping about 20% from below.
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Re: Channel Swapping....

Postby aim54x on Thu May 19, 2011 10:26 pm

biggerry wrote:I think the first has some potential, i would consider smoothing out the water in teh foreground with some guassian blur or the like. In this format it looks good, the second blue version does very little for me, mainly due to the fact that colour is such stark diversion from reality, whereas the first has some similiarity to a rich sunset.


That is an interesting take, I was after a surreal feel to the blue version, I guess it is not for everyone.

CraigVTR wrote:I like the idea. I would also go with a third colour, green , and make a vertical or horizontal tryptich out of the image. :)


That would be an interesting format...I think I will have a play with that idea.

surenj wrote:Also try cropping about 20% from below.


WIll have a play!
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Re: Channel Swapping....

Postby aim54x on Fri May 20, 2011 12:06 am

Green + crop + multi-image!

The green suggestion really grew on me!

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Re: Channel Swapping....

Postby CraigVTR on Fri May 20, 2011 10:23 am

Love it. :up:
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Re: Channel Swapping....

Postby biggerry on Fri May 20, 2011 11:42 am

nice one cameron. I reckon that could be the new Gay pride flag for the next Mardi gras!
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Re: Channel Swapping....

Postby dviv on Fri May 20, 2011 12:01 pm

I like the blue one :D

I like the multi as well, but think that you could have less colours - maybe 3 - 5?
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Re: Channel Swapping....

Postby surenj on Fri May 20, 2011 12:30 pm

Love it! Frame it up. :cheers:
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Re: Channel Swapping....

Postby aim54x on Sat May 21, 2011 12:15 am

dviv wrote:I like the blue one :D


surenj wrote:Love it! Frame it up. :cheers:


CraigVTR wrote:Love it. :up:


Thanks guys!

dviv wrote:I like the multi as well, but think that you could have less colours - maybe 3 - 5?


Do you mean just the RGB?

biggerry wrote:nice one cameron. I reckon that could be the new Gay pride flag for the next Mardi gras!


I'm confused..should I take that as a compliment? :oops:
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Re: Channel Swapping....

Postby dviv on Mon May 23, 2011 1:21 pm

dviv wrote:I like the multi as well, but think that you could have less colours - maybe 3 - 5?


aim54x wrote:Do you mean just the RGB?


Yeah - or possibly just ditch the lighter of the red ones.
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Re: Channel Swapping....

Postby aim54x on Mon May 23, 2011 9:51 pm

dviv wrote:Yeah - or possibly just ditch the lighter of the red ones.


That lighter red one is a full spectrum image.....but I do see what you mean
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Re: Channel Swapping....

Postby biggerry on Mon May 23, 2011 10:18 pm

aim54x wrote:
biggerry wrote:nice one cameron. I reckon that could be the new Gay pride flag for the next Mardi gras!


I'm confused..should I take that as a compliment? :oops:


hah, don't say that to your girlfriend :)

yes its a compliment! :up:
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