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Sep 11 2010 07:43pm

Just a quick example marie.

Use some form of a selction tool in your editing software and remove everthing except your subject then paste it over a new background!

edit: and I know it looks not so good, I just spent a minute on it!

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Sep 11 2010 07:46pm

This is just rough, but I think its a good direction to go in. I think the main problem is that the background is too in focus, some selective blurring would make for pretty bokeh instead.

Also just my personal opinion but I dont think the border adds anything to this photo. Did you happen to sharpen this photo, by any chance?

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http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/1658/horsem.jpg

Just a quick example marie.

Use some form of a selction tool in your editing software and remove everthing except your subject then paste it over a new background!

edit: and I know it looks not so good, I just spent a minute on it!

So does she want to keep it a photograph or make it a photomanip?

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Sep 11 2010 07:49pm

not sure =] I was interpreting it as she wanted to completely change a boring/distracting background!

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Sep 12 2010 04:59am

Quote (the.ice @ 11 Sep 2010 21:49)

not sure =] I was interpreting it as she wanted to completely change a boring/distracting background!

Yes but not on another background..
I mean... something completely abstract that would blend with the main subject as it they were part of a painting...
I wish I had better words...

I used the clone tool to get rid of what is not pretty in the background, but it's not really what I'm looking for...

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Sep 12 2010 07:15am

Quote (MotherOfTwo @ Sep 12 2010 03:59am)

Are you talking about HDR photos?

After making an HDR, you could easily mask out the main subject in the picture to create a painterly feel to the background.

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Sep 12 2010 12:54pm

Quote (AnimeFTW @ Sep 12 2010 08:15am)

Are you talking about HDR photos?

http://momoc.sumasu.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/hdr-photography-stadium.jpg

After making an HDR, you could easily mask out the main subject in the picture to create a painterly feel to the background.

So hideous ._.

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Sep 12 2010 05:31pm

Quote (Xandriia @ Sep 12 2010 02:54pm)

So hideous ._.

I actually love the picture ._.

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Sep 12 2010 11:33pm

Quote (Xandriia @ Sep 12 2010 11:54am)

So hideous ._.

To me, it just looks super topaz'd.

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Sep 13 2010 12:11am

Quote (pwb3 @ Sep 12 2010 06:31pm)

I actually love the picture ._.

Why o_o

Quote (AnimeFTW @ Sep 13 2010 12:33am)
To me, it just looks super topaz'd.

Thats why Veilside said it best when he said that HDR is the topaz of photography

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Sep 13 2010 04:48am

Quote (Xandriia @ Sep 12 2010 11:11pm)

Why o_o

Thats why Veilside said it best when he said that HDR is the topaz of photography

LOL
It's true

Too much detail and no focal point. Colors are misconstrued and over saturated. Everything just looks... dirty.

And don't forget the nasty ass halo artifacts that come with 99% of HDRs.

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