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Battleship Cove at Sunset

kris_haskins

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I took this during my short stay aboard the Tallship Bounty (summer of '99). I didn't have a camera at the time so I was using a cardboard disposable that had expired the year before. Because of its age, the negative was dull and had a serious color cast which made the print uninteresting. I took the photo and greatly increased the saturation. I then altered the hue to correct for the color cast. Finally, I used photoshop's noise filter to add 'grain' to the photo. I'm not suggesting that the cove looked exactly like this that evening. I can barely remember taking this picture, there is no way I could accurately correct the aged negative now. But I think this is a good "artist's rendition" of a sunset aboard the ship. Please let me know what you think.

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kris_haskins

This photo was taken on expired film from a point and cardboard camera. Due to the age of the film, the print had very little contrast, and had a significant purple-ish color cast. I have modified the scan with photoshop.

 

My question is, "what do you think of this image?" Do you think that the photoshop work was overdone? Is the final image pleasing to you? What do you like, what don't you like?

Thank you for your responses.

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bgc

Colour is good. Angles are good. I don't like "artistic" grain. I love the way you have improvised with a cardboard throwaway and achieved a pic worth looking at. Great.

 

Brian

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eric_jordan1

I have seen pictures on out dated film with the same effect and I think you did a good job restoring the photo. All I have really been able to do with them is make nice B&W pictures with them.

 

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richard_valeo
Kris, your use of photoshop in this image is ok, there are blotches on the right side which could have been repaired using the rubber stamp. A lot of time was spent on the color and the bight sun, but you should have spent a little time to include more of the ship, if you didn't mention it I wouldn't have known it was aboard a ship. i realize it was taken with a disposable camera and the results are good. Next time use a real camera and you will be amazed how better the results.
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