Two Urban Dreamscapes

[Richard]

http://rsinmadrid.smugmug.com/photos/341799356_LDhMS-L.jpg


http://rsinmadrid.smugmug.com/photos/341802018_ShGg4-L.jpg

Thanks for looking. C&C always appreciated.

[Darren Troy C]

Really ike #1. In #2, was the street wet? I would have loved to see the reflection! The blur/vignetting, to me, is distracting from the beauty of the reflection.....I don' tknow?? Maybe post another w/ same blur, but include the wall reflection on the sidewalk? Only my opinion, but like the shots, especially the 1st!

[schmoo]

Richard, pretty awesome stuff. :D A Pretty cool study of what makes things "dreamscapes." In the first it's the light, the second it's the focus.

These make me think. :thumb

[Richard]

Many thanks. :thumb

Idlewild: The sidewalk along the building was wet but the street wasn't. The lower right is all reflected.

Schmoo: These were taken 50 meters and about three minutes apart. Think about that. :wink

[dlplumer]

Love # 1 Richard :clap How did you do that?

[Awais Yaqub]

These are great !
:wink

[Richard]

Thanks for your comments, Dan and Awais.

Dan: It was a normal daylight shot, no filters used. I applied the Cutout filter to a copy of the background and made two copies, one in darken blend mode and the other in difference blend mode. Then I put a copy of the original on top of them with everything but the two figures masked out and set the blend mode to linear light. Finally, I made a composite of the whole thing and used the lighting effects filter (omni) to get the mood right.

[dlplumer]

Thanks for your comments, Dan and Awais.

Dan: It was a normal daylight shot, no filters used. I applied the Cutout filter to a copy of the background and made two copies, one in darken blend mode and the other in difference blend mode. Then I put a copy of the original on top of them with everything but the two figures masked out and set the blend mode to linear light. Finally, I made a composite of the whole thing and used the lighting effects filter (omni) to get the mood right.

Thanks. Well done :thumb

[Tango]

wild richard, wild!

:clap

[DaddyO]

Richard, pretty awesome stuff. :D A Pretty cool study of what makes things "dreamscapes." In the first it's the light, the second it's the focus.

These make me think. :thumb

:agree

2 very interesting & thoughtful pieces. Nice stuff. :thumb

[Richard]

Many thanks, Aaron and Michael. :thumb

[coscorrosa]

Very cool and original photos. I love the post-processing too.

[Richard]

Very cool and original photos. I love the post-processing too.

Thanks, Ron. Glad you liked them.