Too Cold Cafe

[Moni]

One of my first shots with my D300.
This is a cafe/bakery in the Distillery District in Toronto.
A little cold that day for eating outside.
http://monicarooney.smugmug.com/photos/237957195-L.jpg

Have a warm, safe, happy new year!

[bauerman]

Love the duotone nature of the treatment on the photo - it works really well for the subject matter to my eye. Nice light in this photo as well........well exposed.

The photo seems a bit slanted to me.......might just be the angle in which it was shot - but it has a slanted feel to it.

Thanks for posting this...........

[Moni]

Love the duotone nature of the treatment on the photo - it works really well for the subject matter to my eye. Nice light in this photo as well........well exposed.

The photo seems a bit slanted to me.......might just be the angle in which it was shot - but it has a slanted feel to it.

Thanks for posting this...........

I put it on an angle because it is actually the ground that is slanted.
I did some work on the slant, trying to take it out. Maybe I'll work on it again.
Thanks for looking!

[bauerman]

I put it on an angle because it is actually the ground that is slanted.
I did some work on the slant, trying to take it out. Maybe I'll work on it again.
Thanks for looking!

I don't want to imply that in an any way ruins the image either - just thought that I would mention it. If the ground is slanted - that makes sense.

What is your process to get that duotone color if you don't mind me asking?

[Moni]

I used the black and white converter in CS3.

I scrubbed the colours back and forth until I was happy and then used a yellowish tint at about 20-25% opacity.
I love using that converter - if you don't like the way two colours line up, click on one and move the mouse left for dark and right for light!

[bauerman]

I used the black and white converter in CS3.

I scrubbed the colours back and forth until I was happy and then used a yellowish tint at about 20-25% opacity.
I love using that converter - if you don't like the way two colours line up, click on one and move the mouse left for dark and right for light!


I knew that it was going to be software that I did not have! :dunno :D

I will have to play around with PS Elements and see if I can recreate that effect. Thanks for the information and for posting the really nice photo.

[D.Rodgers]

Welll done.
I really like the toning on this image,and the highlights on the sufaces adds to that.
I appreciate the angle of the shot,and understand the distortion it causes,but feel it should be a stronger angle or none at all.
Also would love to see more of the brick roadway in the shot.

[photocat]

I think it is a bit of an optical illusion. I would pull the right side down a little bit, so the doors and such are "eyeballed" straight...
Nice photograph!

[Moni]

Ok, I played with the crop tool...finally figured out how to use the perspective part!
http://monicarooney.smugmug.com/photos/239183551-L.jpg

Is this better?

Thanks for the comments!

[photocat]

Ok, I played with the crop tool...finally figured out how to use the perspective part!
http://monicarooney.smugmug.com/photos/239183551-L.jpg

Is this better?

Thanks for the comments!

yes, it looks more straight. You got it!

[schmoo]

Moni,

I like your edits! :thumb It's difficult to deal with a situation such as street or wall with windows when you're not standing perfectly square to them. I find the parallel lines really throw me off in PP.

Are you just overlaying the tint as a regular layer? I find the sepia done this way tends to look a lilttle flat. Have you ever tried luminosity toning? (http://dgrin.smugmug.com/gallery/1077316)

[Moni]

Moni,

I like your edits! :thumb It's difficult to deal with a situation such as street or wall with windows when you're not standing perfectly square to them. I find the parallel lines really throw me off in PP.

Are you just overlaying the tint as a regular layer? I find the sepia done this way tends to look a lilttle flat. Have you ever tried luminosity toning? (http://dgrin.smugmug.com/gallery/1077316)

Thanks for the tip!
Actually, I used the "tint" option in the b+w filter in CS3.

Here it is luminosity toned:
http://monicarooney.smugmug.com/photos/240894057-L.jpg

I also eased up on the sepia a whole lot.