This second snowflake is a Helicon Focus composite of several images, and 35X...
I used the stage light, as well as a sidelight for this one. But, I would hope to find a way to reduce the yellow of tungsten stage light w/o pushing the blues so much - any ideas?
Thanks,
Tim!
Posted by Deb Little on January 29, 2009 at 6:00 PM
These snowflakes are so cool. I love them! My fav so far is this second one. But I agree with you, the yellow is a little distracting.
If you are working in PS you can selectively change the color and saturation of colors. So, go to Image - Adjustments - Hue/Saturation. Then where it says Edit - Master, click and hold on Master and you will see all of the colors. Click on Yellow. Now with the Hue slider you can change the color value of only the yellows in the image. Or you can use the Saturation slider and desaturate only the yellows.
There are some other ways to change color selectively, but this way is the easiest. For me anyways. Someone else may have a better way.
Nice shots. The first almost looks alien - very odd, but interesting snowflake. The yellow background is easy enough to remove. You could start as Deb mentioned by adjusting it via a hue/sat. adjustment layer. You could also create a curves layer and simply use the middle gray dropper to neutralize the background; you'd then have to reduce the blue/cyan saturation with a hue/sat. adjustment layer. Personally, I would lighten it considerably and cool bias the background. I've attached what kinda what I'm thinking. If that's out of line, let me know and I'll pull it immediately.
OK, this is what I just "accomplished," although it's not as good as Joel's - but, I'm still in learning mode (wait - that's a constant state with me!)
Posted by Brian Vance on January 30, 2009 at 4:26 PM
Wow, these are really getting interesting! I like the second one and would consider a crop from the right side (the bulk of the oof stuff). The top one looks like Homer Simpson has been kidnapped, tied and hooded by evildoers.
Posted by Toni Lankerd on January 31, 2009 at 10:46 AM
Tim, you might also try Levels and use the white eye dropper, click on the background, see what happens...I do like Joel's version though!
Really fascinating stuff, Tim. I could look at these all day.
Re the color cast issue, in addition to what's already been suggested, you could apply a Selective Color adjustment layer, sample the offending (in this case, background) color and play with the various color sliders until you had the effect you wanted.
Another thing that might be interesting would be to convert this to black & white (which I really think would make the shapes and textures stand out best) and then, if you wanted the color influence, apply the tint of your choice (a soft blue or cyan, for instance).
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8 repliesThis first image is just a simple snowflake, 35X.
I used the stage light, as well as a sidelight for this one. But, I would hope to find a way to reduce the yellow of tungsten stage light w/o pushing the blues so much - any ideas?
Thanks,
Tim!
If you are working in PS you can selectively change the color and saturation of colors. So, go to Image - Adjustments - Hue/Saturation. Then where it says Edit - Master, click and hold on Master and you will see all of the colors. Click on Yellow. Now with the Hue slider you can change the color value of only the yellows in the image. Or you can use the Saturation slider and desaturate only the yellows.
There are some other ways to change color selectively, but this way is the easiest. For me anyways. Someone else may have a better way.
Joel - WHOA NELLY! That's what I want! :)! Learn me that! ;)
Tim!
Re the color cast issue, in addition to what's already been suggested, you could apply a Selective Color adjustment layer, sample the offending (in this case, background) color and play with the various color sliders until you had the effect you wanted.
Another thing that might be interesting would be to convert this to black & white (which I really think would make the shapes and textures stand out best) and then, if you wanted the color influence, apply the tint of your choice (a soft blue or cyan, for instance).