anatomy of a photo

Don’t you mean this:

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Hey all, great to see what can be done with a throw away image, cheating absolutely required, a bit of silhouette, mood and colour (hhmmm) and of course a fit of giggles courtesy of @Ofnuts

Of course it’s a good idea!!

Works also as background for your phone, I’d say?


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Here’s my attempt:


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Another version inspired by the framing of @qmpel

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hey! now I’m gonna have to find a scene with a phone mast…

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You could possibly start a thread with the theme …

(When I was a student back in pre-internet days at my institute there was the challenge for all who made a travel to send a postcard home with an image which contained an antenna or radio tower. It was the basis for many a creative interpretation of “antenna”.)

Hello jimd!
I played around a bit.
You say, “I was thinking what you could do with black and white.”
It is a good idea. I have pursued two possible paths:
First, a digital development:


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And then I remembered the good old barite paper.
I recently found a package from the 80s. It was still ok, but you could also see some signs of age.
This corresponds to the second result:


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I hope you like it?

This is my attempt.


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Hi
I do indeed, especially the 1st one, digital dev, pulled out more detail than I expected

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Threads old but since I am learning DT (4.8.1) thought I would give it a go…


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Ohh spooky… Had another go at this last night
Liking your colour contrasts in the sky and how you killed that hotspot

I’ve more to do, the intention is to show tonal layers - bright dark bright repeat
Kinda subtle, very dependent on monitor brightness.


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If you want to look at this xmp might be an idea to rename it first then

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