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Last Saturday I photographed a birthday party with a 60’s Mad Men theme. The top photo is the original out of the camera with some lightroom raw edit. The bottom picture all done is PS cs6, mostly with adjustment layers and blend modes. For the backdrop we used old gray curtain which didn’t look good with the theme, I added the wallpaper texture with blend modes and basic selections.
What do you guys think, does this edit look like 1960’s or I could have done something different?
12:14 pm
October 9, 2012
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Thats an amazing shot…vitfoto
I like the composition and the pose given by the couple!!
They seem to be a very romantic couple!!
6:08 am
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March 23, 2013
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I too like the edits and I think the background goes well with the theme and picture…
1:57 pm
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December 2, 2012
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Personally I like the warm skin tones and muted plain background
presented by the first image. The creases in the curtain are distracting
but overall the colours are pleasing to me.
The second image has the aged look by the addition of sepia tones but
I think the background looks a bit “busy” and is competing in a way with
the models face net.
Dale.
9:11 am
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September 15, 2012
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Dale.. I totally agree.
I worked the first photo and removed the creases and darkened the background.
I think the second image takes you back way past the 60’s.
-- Mandrake --
9:42 am
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September 15, 2012
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I downloaded it and did some post processing in Lightroom 5 and Photoshop Elements 10.
-- Mandrake --
Well, did you see anywhere in my post that it was ok to download and post process my images? Please don’t ever do it again?
Post process your own images!
There is a copy right law, I sagest you do some research on it.
Vitfoto is right. It would be nice if you guys ask creator permission before post processing his/her images.
Please don’t get offended, Vitfoto. It is a learning forum, so they just trying to help. Photography is an art and different people might see it in a different way. I actually like your post-processiong a lot. I don’t think that background is distracting and it is much more interesting then just a curtain which looks kind of modern. Vignetting works well there too.
But I must agree with Mandrake, I don’t get feel of 60s from this image for some reason. When I think of 60s I think more mid-century modern. To me it feels more like 20s-30s for some reason. For 60s I expect colors to me more saturated (they were very colorful in 60s). Maybe try some different wallpapers.
5:55 am
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December 2, 2012
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Personally I don’t try and post process anyone else’s images.
Hell, I have enough trouble trying to make my own look ok lol!
Vitfoto, I know that images are extremely personal and laws do
apply to protect the owner, but, I also believe that Mandrake’s
intentions are to help others. I hope you can see that and realize
that as a group we’re far from perfect (speaking for myself of course)
but I think our main objective is to try and help others.
You have posted some incredible images and I think we all want to see
more from you.
Dale.
4:41 am
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March 23, 2013
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Okay… before this gets too far out of hand, maybe we could have a discussion of copyright and fair use in this forum. I looked up fair use and it states:
“the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.”
Since all of us post to this forum for “criticism, comment… teaching” is the downloading and reprocessing for the sole purpose of providing the criticism and comment (which the original author is posting and asking for) an infringement of copyright, or does it fall within fair use?
I’m not a lawyer, so I really don’t know the answer but I thought it may be worthy of discussion.
Michael
Dear Aleksandr,
I will not delete your account. We are happy to have you here and I think you are a wonderful photographer and photoshop master.
I am happy to have Mandrake on the forum as well. I think it is great that he is having opinion about everything.
We all are here to learn from each other and I think mscharff is right. If your image in used for “criticism, comment… teaching” it is not a big deal. It is not like Mandrake is selling and posting the images as his own. Sometimes it is easier to figure out what is wrong with an image or what would you do differently, after playing with it in Photoshop or Lightroom.
I hope you both can work it out!
Oksana
4:58 pm
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December 2, 2012
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vitfoto
Don’t leave the forum – you have posted some great images and it will
be our loss if you decide to leave.
Some people really do like to see how altering an image they have posted
can make the image more pleasing. You don’t share this feeling and that
is absolutely your right. I don’t expect any image you may post in future (and
I hope you do continue to post images for us to enjoy) will be manipulated
in any way.
My final comment – hope you stay with our group and continue to share your
views (both good and bad) on pics that we post.
Dale.
I guess I did over reacted a bit, eastern european blood.
Oksana, I would love to work it out with Mandrake.
I still think that editing other people photos is wrong even if you try to help.
The only way you can learn is to do something a thousand times, practice will make you good not someone doing it for you.
Aleksandr
vitfoto said
I guess I did over reacted a bit, eastern european blood.Oksana, I would love to work it out with Mandrake.
I still think that editing other people photos is wrong even if you try to help.
The only way you can learn is to do something a thousand times, practice will make you good not someone doing it for you.
Aleksandr
I am happy to hear that, Aleksandr!
I know what you mean by eastern european blood. I have some if that in me too, lol 
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