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Dust to Dust by ~olauslinn:iconolauslinn:

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My family has a vast collection of ancient and decaying automobiles. This Hudson with Wyoming plates from the 50's is by far my favorite. There's something free and easy about the shapes of cars from this time period; it's somewhat hopeful and graceful, even in death.

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~bakkeby-photos Jun 30, 2007, 2:52:36 AM
Really good shot, but I wonder if it could need a bit more saturation.
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~olauslinn Jun 30, 2007, 1:25:28 PM
yeah, it actually started out very saturated. I took a lot of color out of the grass and forest and upped the saturation on the car a bit. I like the way it changed the feel of the shot, but I'm not entirely happy with the color of the sky. It had been way blown out (too white) so I toned it way down, but the grey color isn't great either. I think the shot may have been flawed too much to begin with; the only solution may be to re-shoot. :(

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~bakkeby-photos Jun 30, 2007, 1:56:03 PM
Hmm, actually it could be an interesting experiment to try to replace the sky though, do you still have the original image?
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~olauslinn Jun 30, 2007, 2:04:35 PM
yeah, i do, and i've got all the psd saves throughout the process too. By the end, I actually had too separate layers- one is the car and grass, the other is the sky and forest. That's how I was able to change the sky color so drastically without ruining the rest. I could maybe do a whole replacement, but then it's not really a photo anymore! Dilemma...

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Olaus Linn Studios- taco bell is open late but i'm open even later.
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~bakkeby-photos Jun 30, 2007, 2:18:07 PM
Ah, the dilemma, true true. Then again, you could send it to me, I'd look at it and then return you a picture of a beach and a flowerpot, and then say that I only changed the white balance slightly.
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~olauslinn Jun 30, 2007, 3:37:17 PM
hahahaha, welcome to the digital age, huh? Makes you start to wonder about, um, everything you see in magazines and newspapers, for sure.

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Olaus Linn Studios- taco bell is open late but i'm open even later.
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Mood: Optimism =colts4us Jul 2, 2007, 7:31:09 PM
Wonderful shot..!! Gotta Love those Hudsons..!! Very Nice..!! Must Fav..!!

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~Racebabe Jul 6, 2007, 5:28:09 PM
don't change a thing, the focal point is perfect as is...i don't see where it needs any more color at all. I like that you desaturated the grass and trees. The car pops more.
love it :)

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~olauslinn Jul 7, 2007, 10:06:38 AM
thank you very much for the kind words! I like the desaturation too.... I mostly just pulled green and yellow out of it and upped the red....

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Olaus Linn Studios- taco bell is open late but i'm open even later.
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Jun 8, 2007, 4:15:34 AM

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