The first in an series that'll be run on Saturdays only (because all other days are mundane), we try and find something to keep us interested in developing skills and ideas. This week, attempts to drown exceedingly good looking women all in the name of art . . .

 

http://blog.flickr.net/en/2014/08/08/surreal-underwater-photo-shoot/

Benjamin von Wong's photostream . . . .

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/iintrigue/

 

Time for me to read that Photoshop book.

 

 

Forget that photoshop book the real magic happens in the camera.

Forget that photoshop book the real magic happens in the camera.

 

A lot of the great stuff you see is done in post-processing. It's worth learning.

That 1st shot an oxygen canister can be hidden under her dress hence her hand in the pocket with the mouth piece ready possibly, airbrush the air bubbles out.

 

Positive planning with a focus on the concept is the key to a great shot IMO, photoshop can work wonders but I personally think natural is best, although sometimes the editing is so good it's hard to tell.

 

I really like the 1st shot the 2nd one looks too false IMO.

^^ I shall pile up the books in the garden and set them on fire.

^^ I shall pile up the books in the garden and set them on fire.

Don't forget to take a photo.

Positive planning with a focus on the concept is the key to a great shot............

Agree entirely with this. And what fantastic imagination and execution has been applied to these images. I love seeing work of this magnitude. Humbling to say the least. But lets not doubt a great deal of post processing would have been undertaken to finalise these images. I can't imagine for one minute that anything he produces is OOC jpegs. I once read something along the lines of " great images are created, not just seen" and inasmuch as this is not aimed at the image capture, it would be relevant to the post processing. I agree with what one eminent photographer once said " out of camera jpegs are a concept I am not familiar with". Thank God for Photoshop.

Okay, a quick spray up in LR5.6 and CS6 with input from Topaz Clarity and Silver Efex Pro 2 . . .

 

Before (RAW, unedited)                                                                                                           After . . . .

 

  

Edited August 10, 201411 yr by MJP

Actually I think it works better in colour albeit maybe a little work to bring it out more.

Just my 2 cents

Actually I think it works better in colour albeit maybe a little work to bring it out more.

Just my 2 cents

 

Something like this . . .

 

  

Maybe reduce the clarity a little. Looks harsh. Add a touch of "glamour glow" to give volume?

Edited August 10, 201411 yr by fimgirl

Maybe reduce the clarity a little. Looks harsh. Add a touch of "glamour glow" to give volume?

 

I'm still in the max sharpness phase of PP.

Just on the theme of inspiration............. http://500px.com/popular

In another league.

Another one you might like.....  http://1x.com/photos/popular

Who says there's no landscape shots in Thailand.

Well, I did until I came across this guys work.

http://500px.com/wanas

Licking my wounds at present!

Who says there's no landscape shots in Thailand.

Well, I did until I came across this guys work.

http://500px.com/wanas

Licking my wounds at present!

 

You have to be there. As you always tell me.

 

Trouble is . . . you have to be there, which means you have to go there, which means actually getting out of the usual routine.

 

At the moment my view is either . . . 

 

1. Office desk covered in meaningless random bits of paper, look out of window at water treatment plant and piles of hardcore;

 

2. Bunkabin ceiling from sick bed (suppose I could do some macro work on the glucose monitor);

 

3. Traffic jams on the M5 north bound.

Edited August 16, 201411 yr by MJP

This weeks inspiration . . . Magnum . . .

 

http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=CMS3&VF=MAGO31_2_VForm

 

A bit elite,

This is fantastic. Click on the names in the link . . .

 

http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=CMS3&VF=MAGO31_14

This weeks inspiration . . . Magnum . . .

 

http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=CMS3&VF=MAGO31_2_VForm

 

A bit elite,

Well...after all it is Magnum...would you expect anything less?

Have a look at Phillip Jones Griffiths work on the Magnum

site...he's the man who saw something in a 30 + year old

feller with a few Nikons lounging at a coffee shop in BKK

35 years ago...and got the man a job....not with Magnum

but a job nonetheless....

 

 

This weeks inspiration . . . Magnum . . .

 

http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=CMS3&VF=MAGO31_2_VForm

 

A bit elite,

Well...after all it is Magnum...would you expect anything less?

Have a look at Phillip Jones Griffiths work on the Magnum

site...he's the man who saw something in a 30 + year old

feller with a few Nikons lounging at a coffee shop in BKK

35 years ago...and got the man a job....not with Magnum

but a job nonetheless....

 

 

 

A mud person . . .

 

http://inmotion.magnumphotos.com/essay/vietnam

 

You need to press play and '>' button.

 

Really good.

I'm going to spend a lot of time on the Magnum site . . .

 

http://inmotion.magnumphotos.com/podcasts

 

http://inmotion.magnumphotos.com/essays

 

 

Oozes quality. Here's an example . . .

 

http://inmotion.magnumphotos.com/video/east-was-tugging-my-soul

iTunes list of Magnum podcasts, all free . . .

 

https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/magnum-in-motion-video-podcasts/id145821725?mt=2

^^^ The Magnum site is a good place to park the browser for a while.

There's a heap of great stuff in there...plus good info.

^^^ The Magnum site is a good place to park the browser for a while.

There's a heap of great stuff in there...plus good info.

 

I'm addicted.