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Bridge in B&W*
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16 Nov 2004 Mike M

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Bridge in B&W*

Toronto

One area where digital photography often fall flat is that images (pre-process) appear too sterile, lacking the depth and complexity of film images. What I wanted to achieve with this image is the dramatic feel of film albeit with a budget digicam. The structure itself is nothing more than just a bridge. My digital darkroom consist of Photoshop CS and to achieve this image I did the following- - Channel mixer (monochrome)> filter( render lighting effect)> filter(noise)- dust+scratches> filter(noise)- add noise (uniform)> adjustment (shadow+highlight)> curves and brightness/contrast. This is done through many layers while adjusting the blending mode with each layers.

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Don Ellis21-Nov-2004 08:47
Very nice, very complex.
Rod 21-Nov-2004 07:35
It seems like a lot of work to process this shot but the results are certainly worth it. Well done Mike.
Lucem 17-Nov-2004 22:59
I like this photo.
ctfchallenge17-Nov-2004 20:33
At this point, everything is accidental. I woke up this morning and decided to give an image I took yesterday, a different treatment -the image- or part of it-can be found here:http://www.deviantart.com/view/12370850/
Thanks for the comment.
Nugar17-Nov-2004 17:30
Well Mike, I think you made it! I hope you would write a tutorial on how to do this.