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Postby Muzza22au on Wed Mar 21, 2007 1:52 pm

Was mucking around in PS and ended up with this!

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Postby colin_12 on Thu Mar 22, 2007 7:52 am

Interesting Muzza.
I would remove the second one from the top to give it a more even flow.
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Postby Muzza22au on Thu Mar 22, 2007 11:28 am

colin_12 wrote:Interesting Muzza.
I would remove the second one from the top to give it a more even flow.
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Is this one better?

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Postby Alpha_7 on Thu Mar 22, 2007 11:38 am

I think the second one is a big improvement as its more fluid, the first was a little cluttered by having the extra exposure that didn't really flow smoothly from the previous and next exposures.

If you had a chance to do this from a better angle (probably not possible) it would of had more impact.
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Postby Muzza22au on Thu Mar 22, 2007 11:41 am

Alpha_7 wrote:I think the second one is a big improvement as its more fluid, the first was a little cluttered by having the extra exposure that didn't really flow smoothly from the previous and next exposures.

If you had a chance to do this from a better angle (probably not possible) it would of had more impact.


Yeah unfortunately there was a huge crowd around them, making getting a good shot pretty hard. Also my neice was getting sick of them by this time and I had to take her on a ride!!!

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Postby Killakoala on Thu Mar 22, 2007 4:49 pm

Sweet. Looks cool. I wonder where his seat went? :)
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Postby colin_12 on Thu Mar 22, 2007 5:26 pm

Yeah Muzza that looks much better to me.
Thanks for the rework.
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Postby Muzza22au on Thu Mar 22, 2007 5:30 pm

Killakoala wrote:Sweet. Looks cool. I wonder where his seat went? :)


Luckily for him the bikes are specially modified and the seats are removed :wink: otherwise it could get painful!
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Postby PiroStitch on Thu Mar 22, 2007 5:31 pm

Cool concept but it's still cluttered due to the angle.
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Postby PiroStitch on Thu Mar 22, 2007 5:33 pm

Muzza22au wrote:
Killakoala wrote:Sweet. Looks cool. I wonder where his seat went? :)


Luckily for him the bikes are specially modified and the seats are removed :wink: otherwise it could get painful!


They're trial bikes Muzza :) Trial bikes are specifically built w/out seats.
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Postby norbs on Thu Mar 22, 2007 6:22 pm

I like the concept, but is it just me, or is it a bit wild on the saturation?
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Postby Willy wombat on Thu Mar 22, 2007 6:23 pm

nice vibrant colours here. Good image. Is making an image like this as simple as just using layers and a tripod?
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Postby Muzza22au on Thu Mar 22, 2007 10:20 pm

Willy wombat wrote:nice vibrant colours here. Good image. Is making an image like this as simple as just using layers and a tripod?


What I did was take multiple shots (handheld!) and then keep one (where he is ontop!) then cut and paste the rider and bike only onto that one! then you have to painstakingly delete inbetween the spokes and other parts without deleting the right bits you need to keep! Takes time but is wirth it! Each cut and pasted piece creates another layer so you can just delete that layer and not the others!

I hope this explains everything!

I like the concept, but is it just me, or is it a bit wild on the saturation?


I rather liked the brighter colours, do you think I have over done it?

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