Sunday, March 27, 2011

Baaa Baa... Black Sheep?

"27 Fun and Creative Photographs of Sheep

By Light Stalking on
Farms are a great spot to get some great photographs, and while sheep aren’t usually held up as the most photogenic of subjects the results of shooting them really are up to the skill of the photographer. We think they can be as fun a subject as any other and this collection was certainly fun to put together too."

Okay so I'm not a fan of looking at sheep photos, but these were definitely amazing... I took a few and analyzed why the photo looks so cool, guessed at how the photographer got the effect. :)

Monochrome effect, with barest hint of green; possible using Photoshop and decreasing vibrancy + increasing contrast

Err... natural beauty of landscape? :D + sharp contrast; grainy effect from exposure setting
Photo's proportions, 1/3 = grass; green hint shown in sheep fur (Are the sheep just green?)
Contrast between bright light (bottom half) with upper clouds: slight overexposure + upped contrast settings
Greyscale + high contrast,  and a beast sheep facial expression (no pwn intended)
 

Experimentation

Tried out the color range feature on Photoshop... always thought the monochrome + one color dealio looked cool. :D Took me forever how to remember to do this... in the middle of working, the internet at Banes died, so I had a huge "oh crap" moment when I realized I couldn't use my instructions video anymore. Oops?





So I feel like I'm involved in some ad campaign for my sister's flip flops...

Before and After

Fixing photo quality with Photoshop... <3 lifesaver. 


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...BLACK AND WHITE!

Pseudo Reject Pile: My Excuse To Be Lazy

3/20/11, playground with the sis. :)

It basically took me 140 photos to fiddle with camera settings.. the light was horrible that day, so cloudy. These are the pics I didn't bother photoshopping. I'm so lazy :D 

I also discovered that photos on my camera screen appear brighter than they actually are...











So this is 9 out of 16 pictures I liked, the rest will be photoshopped. 16 out of 140 photos. Heh. the scary part is how normal these stats are.