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25-05-2010, 05:33 PM
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| | | It's certainly a technique!
Thought I'd put this on here as well as the 'Art' section. Something a bit different. It's from the Jackson Hide at Leighton Moss RSPB.
The technique is called a 'joiner' and copies a technique made famous by David Hockney - only mine are done digitally. This one has around 50 separately taken images - if I remember rightly. I do an awful lot of them - they're good to keep your hand in with Photoshop and keep the mind cogs well oiled! Creating actions and droplets is very useful with so many images. 
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25-05-2010, 07:14 PM
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| | | Re: It's certainly a technique!
Interesting. I admire the effort needed to do this,but I find these type of images a bit disturbing, the only problem is I don't know why! 
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25-05-2010, 07:34 PM
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| | | Re: It's certainly a technique!
I really like that - quite different.
Graham - I know why you find it disturbing. It's because it's like looking through a compound insect eye!! Have you seen the film The Fly? You're turning!
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25-05-2010, 08:16 PM
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| | | Re: It's certainly a technique!
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Originally Posted by acherontia  Thought I'd put this on here as well as the 'Art' section. Something a bit different. It's from the Jackson Hide at Leighton Moss RSPB.
The technique is called a 'joiner' and copies a technique made famous by David Hockney - only mine are done digitally. This one has around 50 separately taken images - if I remember rightly. I do an awful lot of them - they're good to keep your hand in with Photoshop and keep the mind cogs well oiled! Creating actions and droplets is very useful with so many images.
Acher |
I love those Hockneyesque images.
Here's something you might also like. Julian Beever's pavement drawings
They are all 2D chalk drawings on pavements. Pretty impressive.
Some examples here.   
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25-05-2010, 08:48 PM
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| | | Re: It's certainly a technique!
I really like those pavement drawings! I've seen them before but couldn't remember who it was so I really appreciate the link - Ta!
Now I know why I'm obsessed with doing joiners - I'm turning mutant fly! I thought I felt something bristly on my back the other day.....  
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25-05-2010, 08:51 PM
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| | | Re: It's certainly a technique!
Yesterday on the Beeb's program on the Chelsea Flower show there was a photographer taking images for something similar - I think it's to be shown tomorrow. Fascinating - do you just have to take lots of shots of a particular location and then create an 'impression' of the whole? |
26-05-2010, 10:23 AM
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| | | Re: It's certainly a technique!
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Originally Posted by loripo Yesterday on the Beeb's program on the Chelsea Flower show there was a photographer taking images for something similar - I think it's to be shown tomorrow. Fascinating - do you just have to take lots of shots of a particular location and then create an 'impression' of the whole? | I 'just' (LOL) take up to 150 odd separate shots. I did 360 once but Photoshop wouldn't even open them let alone process! You have to have a good memory for where you've been. I usually shoot the sky last as that is manually focussed, for obvious reasons.
I shoot RAW and look at each exposure in Bridge and clean up/make adjustments - this is handy as some can be done en masse. Then, in this case, I save straight to jpg as this compresses them. (I usually do tiff or psd after RAW. )
Then - an action and droplet to resize them dimensionally to something that the software can handle and won't result in a giant file - dependent upon how many there are to combine. I usually roughly work this out by the desired pixel ratio of the eventual image.
Next step is to use an interactive process to position them on the opaque canvas. This can take quite a while - PS doesn't make a good job of doing a jigsaws so needs help.
After this - looking at the layers and deleting some unnecessary images. Then I use drop shadow or similar to highlight the individual edges as if they were actual photographs stuck on. Next - another layer to fill in the enlarged canvas with an effect you want - I mostly use the gradient tool and play about with the shade/colour selection. Then, lastly, flatten (or possibly merge) and tweak and resize the resulting picture for purpose.
Seemples! (not very)
Extremely time consuming but I love doing it! Cheers for the interest all!
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26-05-2010, 12:18 PM
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| | | Re: It's certainly a technique!
I really like these unusual takes on image making.
One that I particularly like is very similar, but consists of placing thousands of unrelated separate images adjacent to each other, to create an overall "photo mosaic" of some recognisable subject - a famous person's face for example. (Many brilliant examples can be found by browsing the net).
I am also a fan of the pavement drawings of Julian Beever, and several others like him. The ability of these artists to "see" the necessary perspective changes needed to create the 3D illusion is quite staggering.
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26-05-2010, 04:54 PM
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| | | Re: It's certainly a technique!
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Originally Posted by Doggle Avaddit I love those Hockneyesque images.
Here's something you might also like. Julian Beever's pavement drawings
They are all 2D chalk drawings on pavements. Pretty impressive.
Some examples here. | not just impressive, absolutely brilliant, what a talent and what a great artist !
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26-05-2010, 06:16 PM
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Yep, that first one (Newt) is really something very special indeed. | | | |
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