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alastair27 · Joined: 24 Aug 2010 Posts: 218

trying to create a painterly effect with Photoshop HDR with this old door from a disused mill

jeffbanke · Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 11:52 am

Wow Alstair, that just about pop off of my screen :-)

A tad overprocessed,OK more than a tad LOL!

rinder99 · Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 12:22 pm

WHOA!!!!! Man you almost killed me. this is way over the top. Let this kinda stuff go my friend.

alastair27 · Joined: 24 Aug 2010 Posts: 218

kinda German Expressionist School of Art, not known for their subtle use of colour --- but the colours are there as can be seen in this slightly more subtle version

jeffbanke · Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 1:06 pm

Alastair ask yourself what concept does this convey? Can you think of three things that it would support?

Remember, our images must support convey a concept, illustrate a process or service, support a product or be an exeplory example of the subject such that it can be used in a reference book or web site illustrating the subject.

royster · Joined: 19 Apr 2009 Posts: 299 Location: England/Greece

I would like to see the original image

alastair27 · Joined: 24 Aug 2010 Posts: 218

Below is the original version which is OOF so the reason for the experimentation. The second posted photo is an original with a little processing.

As for concept; colour, texture, decay, aging, history of the textile industry and its decline.

The mill is Dean Clough in Halifax which was once the largest carpet factory in England, which closed and has had to reinvent itself as a business and cultural centre. All these connotations are to be found in such an image which could be also found in any image of the American rust-belt

rinder99 · Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 6:49 pm

"history of the textile industry and its decline."

Nice door But you know what,why and where. a buyer will just see a Old door.I see it like this, not psychedelic.Also think it would be a cool print for your wall.

alastair27 · Joined: 24 Aug 2010 Posts: 218

+1 looks good in black and white, will try it.

The door was a follow-up to the pipes at Dean Clough, which was accepted and surprisingly sold a couple of times, last was in Russia.

Maybe I should submit a b&w version of this one

rinder99 · Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 9:41 am

Rust always works in B&W.So does leather,wood and things with blue and green in them.

alastair27 · Joined: 24 Aug 2010 Posts: 218

Eventually third time lucky managed to get a photo of the door accepted, along with 3 other (Image ID: 108835736) and three of other rusty pipes. Irony of it was that I took it handheld with my small Canon on autofocus, which rather flies in the face of forum convention. Then four of them sold today in northern Germany.[/img]

jeffbanke · Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 12:15 pm

Well done!
It is not that you cannot get images accepted, using less than pro equipment, just that it is more difficult.
For example, add up the time you had invested in those images, divide it by how much you earned from them and figure out the hourly rate.
Now if the subject had been accepted the first go round, the ROI would be higher. With better equipment it minimizes the amount of work one needs to do to get images accepted.

dustine · Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 10:14 pm