i couldn't get the focus right (see the thread i started on using the remote to focus) and i really wanted a shadow of the tiger, but after a million tries at arranging the light with no luck, i gave up...
Hi Northy. I'm your get-pushed partner for the week. I've followed your work for some time now and I'm a huge fan. I really wanted to issue you a challenge that would be different to your usual style, but still be recognisable as a "Northy" image. For that reason, I think a good challenge would be to create a duotone and/or tritone image(s). Extra points if you can avoid using black as one of the tones.
Let me know if this doesn't work for you or if you want clarification.
Good luck!
@dtigani ok - this is embarrassing... Despite a bunch if googling I remain perplexed about what monotone, duotone and tritone are! When I add toners in nik silver efex, is that still monotone? Or is it duotone? Or is it something else? And in LR I can add tones to the highlights or shadow or both... And I can add difft tones to each - but no idea what the result is called... And I once found instructions to do duotone in PSE and I think the result was like adding toners in nik silver efex, but I really don't know (all of which goes to show that I need to do this push if only to properly learn what it is I've been playing at ;p)
Any insight? If not - I am happy to google some more and maybe experiment w the different editing tools I have at my disposal to see if I can learn to at least see the distinctions even if I don't know what to call them...
And I will be checking your project out later in the day to set your challenge :)
@northy I am so sorry. I just realised it is A LOT harder to do this in PSE than PS where it is a simple menu item. Nik silver efex is probably the way to go.
Duotone is adding a colour to either the highlight or the shadow, leaving the other as white or black. I've just been playing with the effect in Nik SE2 and I think that adjusting the silver toning level is virtually the same as duotone whilst adjusting both the silver and paper toning is tritone.
hmmm... i've never played with that aspect of silver fx (altho' i'm about to try right now), but lightroom lets me add different colours to highlights and shadows (split tones)... so would that create a tritone? like i said, i mess with tones a lot while editing, but learning the theory behind what i am doing is likely a good exercise for me :)
@dtigani ok - i'm thinking that the LR tool is pretty much the same as the one in silver fx, and has the added benefit of being easier to experiment with because i can take snapshots of different version for comparison :)
@northy sounds like I need to study up on it a bit too :) The more I look into it, the more differing opinions I find. It seems that split-toning is very similar. Happy for you to use whichever method you like. I think in the end, what I was hoping to see is the following:
- An obvious use of colour, be it a hightlight or a shadow or both.
- That colour support your subject in some way (ie, convey an emotion)
Please let me know if you would like something else
@dtigani tx David... this is good actually... i keep meaning to have a play around with this - there's lots of subtlety and nuance to toning... so... i was just about to post a challenge to you, but now i'm thinking (since you do lots of black and white work and have nik silver fx), do ya wanna do the same challenge along with me? :)
Weird and wonderful. ;-)
To get a shadow of the tiger, you'd need an extra, focused lamp I think... Hard to control, but would have made an incredible shot...
The tiger looks scary, and you look curious!
Let me know if this doesn't work for you or if you want clarification.
Good luck!
Any insight? If not - I am happy to google some more and maybe experiment w the different editing tools I have at my disposal to see if I can learn to at least see the distinctions even if I don't know what to call them...
And I will be checking your project out later in the day to set your challenge :)
Duotone is adding a colour to either the highlight or the shadow, leaving the other as white or black. I've just been playing with the effect in Nik SE2 and I think that adjusting the silver toning level is virtually the same as duotone whilst adjusting both the silver and paper toning is tritone.
I've just uploaded an example of a (very rushed) tritone to exain my point. http://365project.org/dtigani/2nd-album/2013-10-11
I used a blue silver tone with a high strength and a yellow paper tone with a very low strength.
So I guess the challenge for you is to use Nik's toning function. Perhaps use these colours to convey an emotion to the viewer.
Happy to issue you a new challenge if you think it's not challenging enough. Let me know.
- An obvious use of colour, be it a hightlight or a shadow or both.
- That colour support your subject in some way (ie, convey an emotion)
Please let me know if you would like something else
To get a shadow of the tiger, you'd need an extra, focused lamp I think... Hard to control, but would have made an incredible shot...