A little sepia conversion

[lkorell]

How does this sepia look?

[roanjohn]

NICE!!!!

It really adds to the atmosphere of the pic..........

Ro1

[lkorell]

Thanks Ro1. I tried to like the color or b&w version, but the sepia gave it the look I was happiest with. Thanks for the comments.

Lou

[crusher420]

Yeah. I find when I am looking for something to add to the intangibles of a shot...my fingers always stray to the Sepia Filter in PS as well. I really like this shot. Good work.

[exposingmyself]

that's a great sepia conversion! beautiful shot as well. :)

[smittymike19]

great conversion, but i think would like it better without the vignetting effect, if you put that in there too. if its the natural shadows then so be it, but i think no or less vignetting would be better. can i come paly along? ive been playing for a while. looks liek fun to go sit in the park and play.

[lkorell]

The vignetting was a small application of Melencholytron (Flaming Pear) and guess what, not a park, it's his back yard! It's a beautiful place so we decided just to shoot there. This is one of many different shots for potential use on four of his upcoming CD releases. Some country, some blues.

I figured I'd play with a few shots and see what I could do, but the majority will be delivered as straight color shots with no manipulation. I will be turning them over to the graphic designer for him to work his magic and figure out what look to give them.

Lou

[mgbeach]

I think sepia works well here. Two things though; I wish there were more room for him to look into the frame and I think it needs a little more contrast. Try adding a duplicate layer on Overlay blend mode at about 70% opcity. Neat shot, keep up the good work!

[lkorell]

Thanks for the ideas. I'll play with it some more to see if I can bump up the contrast a bit. By more room, do you mean closer in? Or do you mean head turned? I have others where there may be more looking straight at me, but I wanted to get a more unobtrusive look. I'll check the other frames though for a different perspective.

[smittymike19]

just looked again, for a promotional shot its pretty cool. i would just like to see the left side of the picture less dark. otherwise the shot works, i like the dark on the right. its just his right arm is too dark, and for a guy playing a guitar, that is a huge focus point.

Tell him great backyard!

[mgbeach]

Thanks for the ideas. I'll play with it some more to see if I can bump up the contrast a bit. By more room, do you mean closer in? Or do you mean head turned? I have others where there may be more looking straight at me, but I wanted to get a more unobtrusive look. I'll check the other frames though for a different perspective.
I meant that there should be more space to his left since that is the direction in which he is looking.

[lkorell]

I'll check my crop on this shot to see if there's more on the left. One thing I'm not too certain about yet is when shots are chosen for the CD covers or inserts, how much room do they have to play with in terms of cropping and space? I used to not worry about such things when shooting square format film since the size could be directly fit to the shape of the CD jewel box, but in 35mm you have to frame shots differently for that purpose.

Lou