NYC: Lunch Time Hangouts

BottomBracket wrote in post #3795745
Forno, I see the resemblance in Tom Waits' album cover. I think my photographs sit on the fence delineating photographs and photoart, that's where I am drifting into, for better or worse.

Thanks for looking all, much appreciated.

Always a pleasure

Very cool..Love it..they fit right in...1 is my favorite

Thanks for the comments all. When I was working on the photos, I was leaning towards the second one as my favorite. I am quite (pleasantly) surprised that #1 is the preferred one here Much of the credit for these photos should go to the artist who painted the mural. I imagine him sweating for weeks under the hot sun, painting a wall nearly a hundred feet long and more than 12 feet high. Lots of work, unles he's Tom Sawyer. Me? I just clicked my camera and that's it

Rick, welcome to the forum!

Wow, really really awesome shots. Care to share on the PP?

BottomBracket wrote in post #3812579
Thanks for the comments all. When I was working on the photos, I was leaning towards the second one as my favorite. I am quite (pleasantly) surprised that #1 is the preferred one here Much of the credit for these photos should go to the artist who painted the mural. I imagine him sweating for weeks under the hot sun, painting a wall nearly a hundred feet long and more than 12 feet high. Lots of work, unles he's Tom Sawyer. Me? I just clicked my camera and that's it

Rick, welcome to the forum!

I think these would be amazing as a set BB, since they both share the wall in common. It makes sense to me because I like both of them alot.

It just has to be said again! ....these are awesome!

BB, while i'd be willing to bet that you do this for the pure joy it brings you and not with any business intent planned, have you ever considered a gallery showing? Stunning as they are on my sad 17" monitor.... if done up 2'X3' hanging on a wall .... Wow.

While I know i won't be able to "do that voodoo that you do so well", thank you in advance for creating a tutorial.
Greg

Guess these two will be in your book

I'd buy Pio's book in a New York second!

KAC

kenyc wrote in post #3819724
I'd buy Pio's book in a New York second!

KAC

I first that.

Hey thanks for the kind comments all! I do have to get that tutorial going, every time I start though I get bogged down a bit. I do have a general workflow, but I increasingly find that somehow I tackle each photo in a different way. There is no magic simple solution to any one of them, specially since the outcome is highly dependent on judicious, localized application of D & B. Add to that my increasing interest in blending modes and it gets complicated fast. Anyway, I will stick to one photo and go through the steps of PP'ing it. Now if I can only organize my thoughts and get some screen captures going,, whew

Thanks again all, for viewing and the comments.

Waiting in anticipation for the tutorial..
Take care
Etienne

Keep these as a set as I said earlier BB. they would be amazing hanging on a wall next to each other or even matted separately in one frame.

Damn, Pio, you never cease to amaze me. No offense to anyone here, but I just don't seem to find the time to visit this section of the forum very often. The only reason I come here is to see if Pio has posted something new. Well, I surely wasn't disappointed.

I would swear the guys ARE painted into the mural in the first shot.

We've go to get together, pal. I've got a lot to learn.
me

These are fantastic. I have to keep telling myself you didn't take pictures of paintings.