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All's Quiet (corrected by Piner)

Uploaded: 04/26/04 12:57 AM GMT

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In Piner's reworking, he got rid of telephone pole and wires. and gave it a sepia tone. All this from a pretty paltry starting shot. It's been a tutorial for me and now I am jazzed about getting some new software if I can get close to these end results and learn to use my computer like I use the frames on my walls. Original image here

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::Piner

04/26/04 4:20 AM GMT

What I did first was to stretch the image, because it looked a bit horizontally squished, then I cropped it back down to 1600x1200.
Next, I gave the whole image a tiny bit of blur to minimize the grain and then I got rid of the pole and wire.
I also gave it a touch of circular blur to give it more "subject focus" and to enhance the feeling of depth, then I changed it to B&W.
Next, I made a new layer on top and filled it with a black & white diamond gradient, set at 50% opacity and 50% fill, to tone down the bright edges but keeping the soldier the same. Last, I added the sepia tone.

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The work of art may have a moral effect, but to demand moral purpose from an artist is to make him ruin his work. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1832)

::mayne

04/26/04 5:39 AM GMT

Phew, good editing man. Nice explanation of the procedure involved:-)

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Darryl

+ppigeon

05/02/04 11:55 AM GMT

Hooo. Nicely done. Very good jow, Tom :-)

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"Violence is the last resort of the incompetent" (I. Asimov)

+ppigeon

05/02/04 2:35 PM GMT

Ooops... Very good job, Tom ;-)

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"Violence is the last resort of the incompetent" (I. Asimov)

regmar

06/01/04 5:40 PM GMT

Oh my! That's one hell of an edit! What makes one try these things (like a "diamond gradient")? I see the available effects, but most of them a) look like crap, b) must be combined in some arcane permutation, and c) have percentages that must be applied most of which make it look terrible, but a few of which look magnificent. I really admire those of you who know how to work this stuff.

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All our lives, from the moment we're born no one sees what we do through our eyes. But when you take a picture, all that changes. - Karly Kohler

::dreamer100

06/01/04 9:58 PM GMT

I know, I finally got photoshop, I can barely turn it on and when I try an effect I go way too far. Subtlety has never been my strong point. Piner knows how to get what he's going for in it.

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The country has come to feel the same way when congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer. Will Rogers

+Piner

06/01/04 10:34 PM GMT

Thanks a bunch,Regmar & Dreamer100! :cD
Visualization and just being familiar with an Application ("program" for all you PC users).
My first medium was pencils, and you have to have good visualization skills to get what you want down on paper. Have patience while you learn your way around photoshop, get in the habit of saving your work often and get used to using the "undo" or "step backward" commands because you seldom get the desired effect on the first try. :c)

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The work of art may have a moral effect, but to demand moral purpose from an artist is to make him ruin his work. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1832)

obscure_presence

06/13/04 11:09 AM GMT

This is gorgeous. I love how you explain what you've done, it'll be a freat help I'm sure.

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You don't need an obsession when you see that fear is afraid of itself.

k_cams_dog

07/03/04 7:49 AM GMT

Very well done...

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"Can't sleep, clown will eat me... Can't sleep, clown will eat me... "

poeatree_td

08/05/04 4:07 AM GMT

i like both but i so so like this one gives it a nice crisp historic look

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I'm not afraid of being sick. I'm more afraid of being well. I'm not afraid to put the gun in my hand. I'm just afraid it will hurt like hurt like hell. ~ Jack Off Jill

soulspin

10/17/04 8:54 PM GMT

OK, I like it all 3 times then. ha ha

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soulspin.net :: words by v.

Ryan_W

12/12/04 6:24 AM GMT

Great shot and touch ups. Goes to show how much can be done to a photo.

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"Lovely girl your the murder in my world, dressing coffins for the souls i've left to die" ~Smashing Pumpkins~ Adore album.

SilentThoughts

01/05/05 10:56 AM GMT

I think this picture is amazing. It has a very strong atmosphere about it. He looks very lonely and the choice of colour balance is fantastic!

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Let our senses capture everything around us, let our thoughts and creativity express the world that surrounds us.

::bayoubooger

03/11/05 12:58 AM GMT

A song started playing in my head after looking at this, Crosby, Stills and Nash, "Winchester Cathedral"...

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"To err is human, to forgive Canine."

stuffnstuff

05/17/05 1:20 AM GMT

I especially like the motion blur. Great touch!

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-those who hit rock bottom are too concerned with self pity to realize that they are lying on an anvil- Psalm 66:10, Job 10:8

omardg

10/28/05 2:06 PM GMT

great!!, this my favorite pic of yours, the composition transport me an another atmosphere. the effect is better that original, one color is correct in this case. saludos from mexico.

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alwayslaxn

02/17/06 7:42 AM GMT

"as i walk through the valley of the shadow of death" ...great picture

corny joke of the day:
Q: what did the man say to his friend when they drove past the cemetary?
A: hey man, people are dyin to get in there!

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relax your mind, let your conscience be free.

::PatAndre

02/24/06 3:14 PM GMT

I can better picture visiting this cemetary at night with a full moon in force and seeing this ghostly abberation patroling among the tombs. He stops, turns his head towards me with those piercing eyes and dares me to disturb any of the slumbering warriors.

Lem'me outa here...(Love the photo)

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jacobroecker

10/04/07 1:46 PM GMT

It'll make a good photo for veteran's day coming up

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.northernbird

02/05/08 8:09 PM GMT

What a stupendous idea and very clear & concise explanations as well. Thnaks for sharing.

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::0930_23

08/08/08 3:43 AM GMT

I downloaded this one before I ever became a member of Caedes. It is one of the reasons I joined almost a year ago. Thanks.

Tick

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I'll meet you at the edge of the sunlight, just behind the shadows. The Ghost

.diaz3508

05/28/09 5:26 PM GMT

Real nice re-work..
The RW is much better than the original, I like the Civil War feeling it has..

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Jellybean

shenbo9646

10/01/24 4:07 PM GMT

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