Curious Pair

dominator · 8th February 2007

Trying out some cross process on this pair of curious birds

Not sure if result works for rest of you, comments welcome

Argh...I know the framing is abit slanted

Michael · 9th February 2007

the cross processing did not work for me... the colour of the parrots is somehow weird and the feathers lost the structure..

dominator · 9th February 2007

Originally Posted by Michael

the cross processing did not work for me... the colour of the parrots is somehow weird and the feathers lost the structure..

Thanks for you comment. Maybe the cross process does not work for you.

However the pair of lory parrot is in original color. I have layer them off separately.

espion · 9th February 2007

Dont think cross process is an issue, but maybe more basic stuff like contrast and exposure on the main subjects namely the birds. The details are all lost on the birds and we have just a pair of bird-shaped flat red thingy.

I rather not use automated stuff like downloaded actions for PS. Once you know how to fine tune a picture for exposure and contrast, you have started a long way to do all sort of things and not just cross processing which is something passe I think in this digital age.

deckard · 10th February 2007

good effort! you really captured a interesting moment!

XiaoMiaoWang · 11th February 2007

nice catch, good composition. But why the blu-ish tint to the processing?

lordpain · 25th February 2007

Originally Posted by dominator

Trying out some cross process on this pair of curious birds
Not sure if result works for rest of you, comments welcome

Argh...I know the framing is abit slanted

i think the composition is really great. the slant aids in making the shot fun looking. anyway what were they curious about? u?

eikin · 25th February 2007

the colour scheme does attract me alittle, reminds me of Technicolor movie.

nice expression from your subjects, but the tilt of the frame does not work. it's too little a tilt to have any relation to the birds' posture, it'll be better having a straightened frame for the birds to juxtapose against.

berisshock · 26th February 2007

haha! they make me curious too!
why do they have their head slanted like that.
anyway, i feel that the slanted rectangle sort of adds to the feel.
makes it not so serious. imagine if it were straight. kinda lost its feel right?

iboey · 27th February 2007

i alwiz love cross processed works. Im a sucker for x pro

stormweaver · 27th February 2007

do u have the original image of this piece of work? at least i think like that we can compare how dif isit from the start to now.

it'l b nice too hehe

overall .. i like the natural expression of the birds. very interesting composition

hASHbrown_kopitiam · 27th February 2007

Such a cute moment captured!

As for the frame, can juz rotate it a little bit to straighten it up.

Nocomments on the x-process colour... still okay for me.

dominator · 1st March 2007

Thanks all for replies and comments

I am birds lover, when I saw them both slant the head it caught my attention too.

As for the framing, ok la..slant abit to make interesting although may not appeal to some.

I took this using tamron 17-50mm at 50mm...and got to crop in further before I can get this frame.

8th February 2007	#1
dominator Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Amazon Forest Posts: 1,623	Curious Pair Trying out some cross process on this pair of curious birds Not sure if result works for rest of you, comments welcome Argh...I know the framing is abit slanted

9th February 2007	#2
Michael Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Woodlands Posts: 706	Re: Curious Pair the cross processing did not work for me... the colour of the parrots is somehow weird and the feathers lost the structure..

9th February 2007	#4
espion Deregistered Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,533	Re: Curious Pair Dont think cross process is an issue, but maybe more basic stuff like contrast and exposure on the main subjects namely the birds. The details are all lost on the birds and we have just a pair of bird-shaped flat red thingy. I rather not use automated stuff like downloaded actions for PS. Once you know how to fine tune a picture for exposure and contrast, you have started a long way to do all sort of things and not just cross processing which is something passe I think in this digital age.

10th February 2007	#5
deckard Account Suspended Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,244	Re: Curious Pair good effort! you really captured a interesting moment!

11th February 2007	#6
XiaoMiaoWang Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Singapore, East Coast, Katong. Posts: 388	Re: Curious Pair nice catch, good composition. But why the blu-ish tint to the processing?

25th February 2007	#8
eikin Moderator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: 東京 Tokyo Posts: 10,920	Re: Curious Pair the colour scheme does attract me alittle, reminds me of Technicolor movie. nice expression from your subjects, but the tilt of the frame does not work. it's too little a tilt to have any relation to the birds' posture, it'll be better having a straightened frame for the birds to juxtapose against. __________________ APAD

26th February 2007	#9
berisshock Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: singapore Posts: 181	Re: Curious Pair haha! they make me curious too! why do they have their head slanted like that. anyway, i feel that the slanted rectangle sort of adds to the feel. makes it not so serious. imagine if it were straight. kinda lost its feel right? __________________ stop the time.

27th February 2007	#10
iboey Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Eastern Singapore Posts: 1,164	Re: Curious Pair i alwiz love cross processed works. Im a sucker for x pro

27th February 2007	#11
stormweaver Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: cck Posts: 129	Re: Curious Pair do u have the original image of this piece of work? at least i think like that we can compare how dif isit from the start to now. it'l b nice too hehe overall .. i like the natural expression of the birds. very interesting composition

27th February 2007	#12
hASHbrown_kopitiam Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: school studio's under table Posts: 472	Re: Curious Pair Such a cute moment captured! As for the frame, can juz rotate it a little bit to straighten it up. Nocomments on the x-process colour... still okay for me. __________________ Don't cry because its over,:)Smile because it happened. items for sale

1st March 2007	#13
dominator Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Amazon Forest Posts: 1,623	Re: Curious Pair Thanks all for replies and comments I am birds lover, when I saw them both slant the head it caught my attention too. As for the framing, ok la..slant abit to make interesting although may not appeal to some. I took this using tamron 17-50mm at 50mm...and got to crop in further before I can get this frame.