Red Hair, a photo from Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv

Photographer's Note

A third photo of the Tel Aviv Cameri Theater series.
See also Where’s the food? and a Short Break

I took it from the 4th floor. These couples were looking at the far concrete wall, which can be seen from all the floors. The names of all the plays performed by the Cameri Theater are written on this wall in black paint.
The woman’s red hair attracted my eyes, so I wanted to emphasize this red relatively to the gray concrete background.

Technique: Distortion correction (or spoiling, for your judgement!), color de-saturation (except the red hair) and massive use of blur and despeckle tools.

See alsom my theme The Cameri Theater, Tel Aviv

nbournas, quillo ha contrassegnato questa nota come utile

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Aegean (2571) 2003-11-06 4:56

That's a great shot...I love the way you did highlighted the red hair and kept the rest of the photo unsaturated...Very well done!

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olli (2091) 2003-11-06 5:28

I think this one could be the best one of your three Theater shots. There are many great elements in this image and I really like how you´ve highlighted the red hair. But I´m not sure about the other PS work you have done. At least I would like to see the original version...

orme (7219) 2003-11-06 7:05

An interesting composition, especially when compared to the original which you have posted. The distortion technique is very effective.

henrye (3500) 2003-11-06 7:23

I agree with Olli. Not sure if I like the distortion in the bottom left of the picture. However, it is a wonderful idea and I would like to see some other version of it perhaps.

cdewet (0) 2003-11-06 9:24

Strong position of the figures, it looks like they are standing next to a large gondola of old Viking boat. The grainyness adds to the admosphere.

joseelias (0) 2003-11-06 12:58

I like your experiment and the red hair works really nice on the grey environment. Also like the distortion.

The question is the pixelized image.

PLD_images (7149) 2003-11-07 7:07

Wow Yitzhak. I really like what you have done here. It was a good idea to post the original as a WS, it gives us a clear idea of what you did with PS. I enjoy the results a lot. Nicely done.

touristdidi (8583) 2003-11-07 8:49

trendy, arty!

dsidwell (9783) 2003-11-07 17:44

First, I love the effect of the sweeping lines and distortion of line and shape. I also really like the red hair and general selective desaturation. It would probably not be difficult to remove many of the extra pixels from around the couple. Do you see the white noise around the man and woman, especially on his back and on her skirt? This is such an interesting and engaging photo, it would be worthwhile getting in there and cleaning it up.

clodreno (0) 2003-11-10 3:24

Very nice result... I love it. How do you do the color de-saturation, execpt for one part??

nbournas (3229) 2004-05-26 11:09

Excellent post processing skills displayed here. Nice work Yitzhak. Thanks for sharing the details of the process.

arifhuque (491) 2005-03-18 9:34

A good artistic effort.... but making the hair red does not compensate for the detremental effect on the rest of the picture. What software did you use?

quillo (11858) 2006-06-05 18:28

Hi Yitzhak:

This photo has a pictorial quality that the long ago prettiest one. The image is very pleasant by the smooth tones and an original frame, is amused to b/w with a color touch.

Congratulations friend.

A greeting.

Paco