Thwe Wheel

[OldNick]

This could be fun.

Nick

[gtjs]

Thats an interesting shot Nick,
How did you do it. Like the colours of the wheel - do you reckon you could run on it - Now that could be fun.
Trace.

[OldNick]

Learning to tpye could be fun too "Thwe Wheel" ....

However, thank you.

I started out just enhancing the photo, to get a more even range of brightness across it. So first of all it's sort of HDR, in that I took an over exposed shot and a dark shot then used layers to try to get the best of both. That produced a reasonable result, and the colours on the wheel are pretty dense (rust) anyway.

But then I thought I would see what I could do. I was just experimenting with PSP's standard effects.

PSP has an effect called Hot Wax, whose result is indescribable. :) It darkens, and makes everything tend to be edgy and contrasty. I then adjust Hue Saturation Lightness to start to make everything stand out. Used the Master (all colours) and set it high.Basically I just kept running small amounts of Contrast, Brightness and HSL over it until I got where I got to. Sometimes I ran over selections to bring up dark bits and others I ran the whole image. I then selected everything white and placed the faintest airbrush of light blue over it. Framed.

The thing weighs about a tonne, literally. Getting going would be a problem if you tried walking on it. Then there would be instant realisation of another problem! :D I was going to use it to lay pipes, but basically it's just too unwieldy and way over what is needed. It cost me $2 at an auction, so hey.

Nick

[Dragonfly..shotz]

Pretty cool result Nick, got a name for this Art?

[OldNick]

Hey! Thanks! Really. Glad you can enjpy it.

That's only my third try at this sort of stuff, so no I don't have a name for it.

Name....I call it OTT P/P (or work around and see what you get, hopefully learning and developing a style) :) but you will have to ask Laurie McArthur. He _started_ me on it :D. I started teasing him about it a bit, but I can see a real result after I tried it.

If anyone wants to see anything changed or another angle, that's great, because I want to learn this, and eye-catching is largely what this is about.

Nick

[Dragonfly..shotz]

OTT for over the top...lol..good one Nick. I found the thumb eye catching.

[LaurieMcArthur]

Well, that's a ripper,dipper, Nick!

I don't know what the wheel is. An old turbine perhaps or an old traveling irrigator.

But I recognize the old pallet and the 44 drum.

Great colours and texture. More importantly, a great, tightly cropped composition. Well worth printing and framing in my view!

[OldNick]

Chris. Thanks.

As photo purist (ex film where the DARK-room was a place of great caution), I am hesitant about this, but given that the August Comp runner-up at present is a P/P trick (AFAICS) and the guy who did it is running out front in September, people obviously like this stuff to varying degrees.

I say that not because I want to win photo comps (I have never understood them :)) but because it's nice to show people what they want and provide interest.

Nick

[OldNick]

Thanks Laurie. Praise indeed.

I am not sure what the wheel was originally, but it came with 100 m of underground hydraulic control line on it: used to drive and control remote mining machinery.....so a _sort_ of reticulation! :)

My take on this is to take something mundane (and fact even unpleasant) and to take it to a point where it is still recognisable, but no longer just what it was. With work (and I saw your dump site shots) you can start to make a statement about the shot by exaggeration. Like manipulation of a shot almost along the lines of what a cartoonist does.

There is more skill to this than first meets the eye.

Nick

[IanB]

Been back this to this image several times. I really like it. Something different. Good Nick, are you going to get it printed and framed?

Cheers

[OldNick]

WOW! This is scary. Thanks for the positive response.

I simply do not see myself as this sort of photographer/presenter.

I posted an aeroplane shot that drew similar comments and interest. It was processed and OTT. Very dramatic.

OK. Need to ponder.

My present idea is to capture a shot in nature under the most difficult conditions, because that's nature and that's the challenge.

Birds flying, bees the same. Butterflies' wings spread on a log, when they fold up at the slightest sound: a lizard running, same with any animal .

hmmm...multiple personality looms. :)

If I can take or produce a shot that affects people then I should. If I can do that with a photo, then great. If I need to OTT P/P then OK.

Phoogh!

Nick

[IanB]

WOW! This is scary. Thanks for the positive response.

I simply do not see myself as this sort of photographer/presenter.

I posted an aeroplane shot that drew similar comments and interest. It was processed and OTT. Very dramatic.

OK. Need to ponder.

My present idea is to capture a shot in nature under the most difficult conditions, because that's nature and that's the challenge.

Birds flying, bees the same. Butterflies' wings spread on a log, when they fold up at the slightest sound: a lizard running, same with any animal .

hmmm...multiple personality looms. :)

If I can take or produce a shot that affects people then I should. If I can do that with a photo, then great. If I need to OTT P/P then OK.

Phoogh!

Nick

Sounds like you should be heading for bed Nick. Just look at the time LOL:)

Cheers

[flash55]

Certainly am interesting shot, it looks like an old drum used to run off poly piping or large phone cables etc, probably once mounted to the back of a truck.
I too like messing with PS's effects.