'Contemplation'

© Mark R. Hill

'Contemplation'

Uploaded: November 20, 2003 02:42:11

Description

A B&W shot, taken in Adelaide Sth Australia, then 'split toned' digitally in Photoshop 7. Printed on Ilford Fine Art Watercolour paper.

Comments

Ronald Balthazor November 20, 2003

Very nicely done, Mark.
Is Adelaide that suburb of Melbourne? #75827

Theresa McCloskey November 20, 2003

wonderful - nice effects:-) #275040

Mark R. Hill November 20, 2003

Hi Ronald and Theresa . Just had a look at your galleries Ronald...youve got some very nice and varied work. A pleasure to view. Theresa I saw some of your work on the competition pages recently . Excellent.
Adelaide is the capital city of the state of South Australia. It's a small city by your standards. Melbourne is the Capital of the state of Victoria.It's a much larger city than Adelaide. About 500 miles apart. I live about an hour from Adelaide in a rural town on several acres with animals and kids! Thanks for your time to comment on my work, both of you. Regards, Mark Hill. #275045

Ronald Balthazor November 20, 2003

My apologies, Mark. I was just pulling your leg a bit. I lived in Melbourne for three years, but I loved the city of Adelaide.
Good shooting. #275054

Karen Engelbreth November 20, 2003

wonderful Mark! #275115

Stephen Zacker November 20, 2003

Really beautiful portrait Mark! #275266

November 20, 2003

Beautiful portrait Mark, it's so timeless like a beautiful painting! #275915

Denise Dodson November 21, 2003

Strikingly beautiful. #276861

Mark R. Hill November 22, 2003

Thankyou Denise, Barbara, Stephen and Karen for taking the time to comment on this one....truly appreciated.
Cheers #277253

November 22, 2003

Mark,
What exactly is split toned? I've never heard that expression before, could you explain?
Barbara #277330

Mark R. Hill November 22, 2003

Hi Barbara...split toning actually refers to a chemical process that is used at the development stage of a print using diferent chemicals to tone the shadow area and highlight areas of the print in diferent tones. In photoshop you can replicate this effect by going into colour balance and sellecting to colourize the highlight detail one hue and then separately adjust the mid tones of the image and also the shadow detail . As long as the effect is subtle, it can produce a similar look to the very tricky and smelly darkroom process. Hope this helps. I am not a photoshop guru, so perhaps you should check with someone more proficient than I to see if there is another way round this. Anyway thats how I did this one. Seeya Barbara.

PS Heres the original so you can see the subtle differences. #277676

Susana Matos December 20, 2003

No doubt, I missed great photos last month! Congratulations on this well deserved finalist, and keep on your wonderful work!!!
Cheers from Portugal, Su #301629

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