To Lomo or Not to Lomo... That's the ?

[i_am_beam]

I tried the Photoshop Lomo tutorial on this site and really liked the effect. I've tried it on a few shots and liked this one the best. When I posted it on the "Share your shots" section, I didn't get many responses and the one I did get said something about not knowing what Lomo was.

For those of you who don't know (which I didn't until very recently) it's an old russian film camera that uses a particular kind of film that has very saturated colors and high contrast (if you would like to add/correct that explanation please do so).

Since I've found a way for my pictures to have that effect I've been doing it to everything. So I put it to you, is this effect not as cool as I think it is? Am I ruining perfectly good pictures by overprocessing them? Am I asking too many questions?

Basically, which do you like better, the original or the Lomo effect?

Lomo



Original

[Gulpa]

LOMO away, my friend. I like the effect in this shot.


Also, don't take it to heart if you don't get many responses in the share your shots section - there are a lot of threads opened daily so it's not that easy to stay in focus Try the critque section next time.

[Haj533]

I really like the lomo!

[wulf]

I find the processing too strong for my tastes. Is the original completely unprocessed?

Wulf

[lputman]

Originally Posted by wulf

I find the processing too strong for my tastes. Is the original completely unprocessed?

Wulf

I'm with Wulf on this one.

[i_am_beam]

Thanks for the input. It's REALLY helpful. The original was not processed except for I bumped up the exposure when I opened it as a Raw file. Here is the completely unprocessed image and a second try at the lomo. I realize that I might have overdid it the first go around. Let me know if you still think it's way overprocessed.

Thanks again.

Totally unprocessed original straight from camera:



Second shot at Lomo:

[skoggiel]

For this subject matter...I like the effect. It makes it look a little more....magical (for lack of a better word) than just a boring old John Deere! I love the angle you took the photo at too! Nice!

[srt]

I like your second attempt at the effect...it makes the chains stand out and is better than the original imo

[lputman]

Definitely the second one. Although I have seen many that would go with your first processing I am not particularly a big fan of when they look so heavily processed in Lomo.

[pfgroa]

I think it's a little too much...maybe half way?
The original has more details on the chains that I think is lost in the first.