Terry Walters, EPSA
About the Image(s)
Canon R, iso 100, 50mm lens, F8, 1/100 sec, studio flash.
This was taken in another old abandoned warehouse that is about to be refurbished, so it was dirty and had loads of old items to be used as props. These were some old dirty and scratched mirrors standing by the windows so we looked at what we could do with them, using a single studio light to provide fill in light. I can’t say I was happy with the initial results but may have made something useable. First I cropped out a lot of the extraneous windows but wanted to keep all the mirror. I used Topaz Adjust to improve the image, then another high pass filter to sharpen even more. The windows to the left were blurred, and then a brightness/contrast layer (masked) used to darken the sky in the mirrors and behind the model. Finally turned B&W as I didn’t like the colour version. I have considered tinting to make it look older but haven’t made up my mind yet.
This round’s discussion is now closed!
7 comments posted
Only suggestion I would have is have a look at the vertical lines (edge of the mirror on the left and the line in the glass sheet on the right). Perhaps a little tilt to the left before the crop?   Posted: 10/02/2020 00:23:58
BW processing is good, liked it.   Posted: 10/03/2020 22:10:46
I think this edit works fairly well, but agree with Brenda it seems a bit low contrast. As this reminds me of an old film noir cinematic scene, I think it might benefit from the use of dramatic light and shadows to make it more alluring   Posted: 10/06/2020 13:19:35