Christmas is coming!!!

Stinkie

Quite allright.

arail1

The space is rather large, and I'd prefer people to perceive it that way. Obviously I don't know whether that's a good idea. Did you like the image better when you perceived the space as relatively small?

Yes, I liked it better as a shallow, awkward space. The odd trapezoidal shapes flip back and forth from 2D to 3D when I see it as a shallow space, less so when it recedes further away from me. But that might just be the effect that occurs when you first hear a piece of music and from that time forward, other performances of it sound 'off'. I will never be comfortable with the new MOMA because it's not the old MOMA, etc..

Stinkie

@arail1 said:

The odd trapezoidal shapes flip back and forth from 2D to 3D when I see it as a shallow space, less so when it recedes further away from me.

That's indeed the sort of spatial ambiguity I'm after (most of the time). In order for it to work, I apparently need to put a sock in it. Noted!

brodie

stinkie, I originally thought it was a much smaller space as well. I think I also prefer that small space feel. It seems more claustraphobic that way and seems to reinforce the dismal feeling of the image imo.

-Brodie

Stinkie

jams sock deeper

brodie

What sort of photoshop work did you do hear? I'm assuming some noise, blur, and perhaps some slight color adjustments? Or is the blur strictly rendered DOF?

-Brodie

Stinkie

Desaturation, noise, gaussian blur and levels. In this order.

brodie

I was wondering if you desaturated. Do you render in color then? If so why? Do you find you end up with more control post-process or more realism perhaps?

-Brodie

Stinkie

Sorry, Brodie, I was thinking of another image I just did. This one I didn't desaturate, as I didn't use any colors. When I do use color, I usually do desaturate the image a bit. Nothing to do with control or realism: I just muck about until I feel the image looks good.