January 19, 2008

high contrast fun

I really wanted to try out an action my friend made, but knew I needed something that would look good with lots of contrast. I have this little fridge magnet of the Statue of Liberty and with all the grooves, thought it would be the perfect candidate. Obviously the first pic is the "fixed" one with the action (Oreo cookie) and texture (Leah's texure.) The second shot is the SOOC and note how I need to clean my sensor (spots on bottom left)-yipe!

Macro 100mm, ISO 400, AP 3.2, 1/80

26 comments:

Mandy said...

That is great! It really makes all of the grooves pop out!

Toni said...

Love that action. She did a great job on it. Toni

Margaret said...

That is so cool-looking, Heather. Love the conversion.

Liz said...

Awesome action, I love what it did to the background. It didn't overdo it on the photo either, it looks like you shot it that way.

April Michelle said...

nice job - like the action. i cannot wait to try them - you all are making me want to - but i promised to learn pse 6 first then add actions in...i don't know how much longer i can wait

Sharon said...

Very nice!!

Val said...

very cool effect!

Danielle said...

The action works really well with that picture. I like how it gets into the grooves.

Anonymous said...

Love that! Great job.
Cari

pat said...

Oh man, this is so neat!!

For Over 29 Years... said...

Really nice. You picked the perfect thing to try this action out on. I love how all the groves and folds are so delicate.

Jennifer said...

That is really cool!!

Yvonne said...

Love the background on the action and still have the figure sharp!!

Anonymous said...

You picked the perfect picture for the action nice job

Ashley said...

Oh, I love the action. What a cool effect!

Becky said...

I really like the action here, Heather. Cool shot.

Amy said...

I like it! I really need to learn to use PS, you all do such neat things.

Kristen said...

how cool is that! I love both shots equally.

Jodi said...

love how much that texture adds. and I know what you mean about the sensor - it's on my list too!

Sara said...

I like how the action popped the texture, kwim?
I like this magnet!

Tori said...

Looks great! I love the texture you added to it.

Melissa said...

I think this is the perfect conversion! Love it!

Michelle said...

love that action on this. it looks so metallic!

pakosta said...

those are so very cooL!
tara

Suzy said...

I love your photos Heather! This has really made me want a Macro lens even more now!

April said...

i love the texture in it. and the contrast looks awesome on this..great picture!