New to lomo

[Torpus]

Before


Tv: .5sec
Av: F4.5
ISO: 200
100mm
Canon 350D
manual focus/no flash at dusk

After


edited using the lomo guide here on dps but I think I over did it a little bit

comments/critiques/questions welcome

[(CMC)]

Oh, wow. The first one was nice enough; the second is art.

[poinsiana]

That's very nice. I really like the way the flower has turned out in the second picture. Good work.

[pdaley221]

The only thing that bothers me is the box shaped shadow around the picture. Other than that, it is an amazing picture!

[dblaveino]

I absolutely love lomography!... and this one is no exception! The vignetting might be a little much, but i feel like it accomplishes what you set out trying to do...

[pbdweeeebie]

...a nice effect and a transformed picture!

Overdo at will, the results are often surprisingly fab!

Nice work and thanks for sharing.

[Torpus]

thanks to all,

I really like the soft colors you can get between sunset and nighttime but it's gotten too cold to go outside and shoot at dusk.

I've since figured out a better way to select the outer part of the image to get a more unified vignette but I cannot reproduce the rest of the post processing accurately so I've left that picture how it is

[Torpus]

Here is an example of the new vignetting that I like

Before:


After:

[pbdweeeebie]

Here is a tip to create a simple and even vignette that I learnt here on the DPS forum:

1. duplicate the image
2. select the duplicate layer.
3. select all [or ctrl+A]
4. select>modify>contract then set the number of pixels 10-20 [I used 10 on your image] >ok
5. select>feather - set the number of pixels [I often use 200 but 30 was about right for the image you posted]
6. press delete
7. change the blending mode of the duplicate layer to multiply
8. done

To increase the vignette - duplicate the multiply layer [as many times as you require] and then merge these down to a single multiply layer. Adjust opacity of the multiply layer to reduce the effect.

[Torpus]

thanks for the info i'll check that out, my harddrive decided to crash after like 3 years and I just got another harddrive set up so I haven't been able to do much post processing lately