Puttin' on the Schvitz
Welcome to August in Baltimore!It's hot...it's humid...I'm talkin' serious schvizten here.
The other day, I stopped thinking about the weatherly misery just long enough to catch some boys just ahead of me, crossing a bricked patch of street adjacent to my Light Rail stop.
Out of the camera, the image had the boys almost, but not quite, in silhouette. Using the Levels layer in Photoshop Elements 4, I darkened the shadows further. Then I slid the midtone control quite a ways to the right (dark) side. This darkened the image overall and made the bricks more prominent, but it also surprised me by resulting in a sepia-like tone.
I had planned to add a gradient layer to convert the image to B&W, but at this point, I decided to leave well enough alone.
Meanwhile, we only had a temperature-humidity index of 100F today, down from a "feels like" 110F yesterday.
posted by Steve Rosenbach at 7:25 PM
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2 Comments:
Really a great image!! I like how the boy's face is in profile. Nice graphic look, sepia look works too.
Good eye and good timing!
This picture reminds me of paper silhouette art (not sure if that's the correct terminology).
i also like how the boy on the left along with the other objects have been blended together into interesting abstract shapes, AND the boy on the bike can be seen looking in that direction (which draws attention to that side).
I agree, the sepia tone really works well here (vs. pure b&w).
--WT
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