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 I had fun this weekend editing this photo, which now looks nothing like the original. It's nice to be learning enough photoshop that I almost feel like I could create whatever effect I decided on. Of course there must be lots of effects that I couldn't decide on because I don't know about them yet. But I'm getting there! Let's see if I can remember what I did. First, I used the cloning and airbrushing tools to get rid of the wires and severe vignetting in the corners. Then I duplicated the image in another layer using multiply mode to intensify the sky. Because I didn't want her to be completely silhouetted, I selected her using color range selection in the duplicated layer and cut her out. Then I duplicated the copied layer three times until the sky looked the way I wanted. I went back to the original layer and adjusted curves until I could see her as much as I wanted. This produced the color version. Then I converted to black and white using channel mixer and used curves to achieve the strong contrast. Finally I used a light effect to add vignetting and used a grain filter to add grain. I think that's it. Posted by Gaja at June 1, 2005 10:51 AM © All images are copyrighted. Please contact me for permission or licensing. Trackback PingsTrackBack URL for this entry: CommentsI like it! retaining some light in the wrinkles of her shirt and around her hairs was a good choice because it makes ger real, and not just a shadow projected on the sky. She is in a good pose and it is a very nice image of maternity. Posted by: Massimo at June 11, 2005 1:14 PM Fantastic shot, love it :) Posted by: miles at June 8, 2005 11:56 AM i really like the post work here. interesting effect considering the subject matter-but it totally works. Posted by: zerosun at June 4, 2005 9:18 PM really fantastic - looks amazing! Posted by: daisies at June 3, 2005 12:42 PM Heh - cute is one thing I wouldn't call this shot. It is an excellent example of a B&W portrait tho. Wonderfully mysterious and sensitive. Excellent photoshop work and note too! And good to hear Mr Kapp had the FZ10 as well. I'm still a fair way off selling my FZ10 - it might only be 4mp (and be a pretty ordinary CCD for that) but it is a great camera (and I can't afford anything better). I'm thinking I'll wait until a new model comes out to replace the Nikon D70 and aim for that. Posted by: Stray at June 2, 2005 9:41 PM I really love the feel of this photo. I think the dark sky & grain is what makes it for me. Thanks for the tutorial. I had the Panasonic FZ10. It was one of the best cameras I've ever owned. I wish I never sold it. Dave Posted by: David Kapp at June 2, 2005 2:12 PM WOW! That's a great portrait and silhouette! Well done. Posted by: Alexandra at June 2, 2005 10:13 AM Fantastic work - very effective. Posted by: deceptive at June 2, 2005 8:27 AM You took a photo that was relatively unimpressive and made something outstanding. Great work. Posted by: SmileTO at June 2, 2005 7:08 AM fantastic... Posted by: pierre at June 2, 2005 4:24 AM This one is way better than the original. Too much disturbing background items on that one, this one is great! Posted by: Chantal at June 2, 2005 4:18 AM I definately prefer the black and white version. Great photo... Posted by: Baris at June 2, 2005 3:37 AM Hey, really nice work here. You have master PS really well heh! ;) It does look like a very nice pencil drawing. It is more interesting when seeing your before and after shots. Posted by: yungyaw at June 1, 2005 9:18 PM Very nice. I especially like the "almost silhouette" effect. Posted by: Paul at June 1, 2005 8:35 PM A beautiful, sensitive pregnancy shot :) Posted by: Leigh at June 1, 2005 5:44 PM The result is impressive! Posted by: Andreas at June 1, 2005 3:36 PM This is a great black and white shot. The silhouette looks great. Posted by: Matt at June 1, 2005 2:27 PM This is awesome. Love the results. Its got kind of a gritty feel to it something you don't usually associate with a "pregnancy portrait". Posted by: orange at June 1, 2005 1:08 PM Congratulations again. Posted by: luis at June 1, 2005 12:56 PM i like the outcome. it's cute. Posted by: maya at June 1, 2005 11:45 AM Post a comment |