Orton's Technique
This is a technique for processing a photo that I learned about here:
This photo was taken on November 12, 2006 using a Canon EOS 20D.
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someotherbob, james@clickrphotography.com, katenadine, Lupinanto, and 61 other people added this photo to their favorites.
matildaben (78 months ago | reply)
Interesting. I'll have to give it a try. You picked a good shot to use.
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Jasmic (78 months ago | reply)
Hmmm...not sure that I like it. It looks a bit over processed to me.
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Photomotion [deleted] (78 months ago | reply)
Good Morning, Steve! I've got some time and thought I visit some of my contacts today.
What I like with this treatment is how the sky is darkened and the lighted white walls of the buildings stand out against it. The viewer notices that it is processed thus not showing the actual place so it is ok to me that the photo looks a little unreal. What I do not like is that the treatment lets the image look blurred and I like it pin sharp most of the time, but that is very much a matter of personal preferences and also what is actually intended with a particular photo. But like I said, it is a great motive and your composition is very strong, well done again!
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juste_boreikaite (78 months ago | reply)
great photo
Steve.Korn (78 months ago | reply)
@matildaben - thanks.
@Jasmic - thanks for you comment. It does like quite over proccessed to me too. It's definitely a style that is intended to look unnatural. Here is a link with more info if you're interested:
www.naturephotographers.net/articles0106/dw01 06-1.html
@Photomotion - Thanks for your comment
@justeet - Thanks for your input. As for the crop, I like the one you suggested but think I prefer not centering the spire. As it is, it feels to me more like the viewer gets a sense of the lighthouse looking out over the expanse of water.
Darien Chin (78 months ago | reply)
An interesting rendition. I was just thinking about this place yesterday, and wondering when I might get back down there. Sunsets are so hit and miss in the winter, but there are somer really good ones. I'd love to be there when the sun breaks through. Sometimes I wish I could just drive in though, and skip the long walk. What way did you take in?
Steve.Korn (78 months ago | reply)
@knotty - actually, I asked some people around there and they said it was fine to drive down. That's what I did. Thanks for turning me on to this technique!
octiliniu [deleted] (78 months ago | reply)
wow !
I saw this explained in a photo magazine once, but the images they used to showcase the technique turned me off.
Now I HAVE to give it a try !
(or, as you put it: "Thanks for turning me on to this technique!" :) )
someotherbob (78 months ago | reply)
Very Nice! Do you recall the settings used? Did you mask off any particular areas?
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AmyEmilia (78 months ago | reply)
Dramatic use of Orton technique. I really like the "unreal" or "dreamy" effect that this technique can provide.
Good job!
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Steve.Korn (78 months ago | reply)
Thanks for the comments.
@Smotherbob - the original picture was edited quite a bit and already had a somewhat unreal quality. It's processing is discissed here:
Optimzing Your Setup Group.
For the Orton technique, I honestly just followed the steps from the link on the Orton page, gaussian blurring at about 25.
james@clickrphotography.com (78 months ago | reply)
sooo dreamy... love it
Darien Chin (78 months ago | reply)
Holy crap...you can drive down there!!?? Now I really want to head back. Everytime I've went there I've had to walk in, which is around 1.5 miles round trip I'm guessing. I usually alwasy walk the way out in the dark.
Steve.Korn (78 months ago | reply)
@Knotty - lol, you didn't see the parking spaces?
matildaben (78 months ago | reply)
Thanks for the pointer to this technique. I tried it out myself and am pretty happy with the result.
katenadine (78 months ago | reply)
Where is this? *I have to go there!*
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Ryan Brenizer (78 months ago | reply)
No crop. The processing is really interesting -- I wouldn't use it on very many images, but it's a cool deviation. What it does to the building is strikingly 3D.
Steve.Korn (78 months ago | reply)
@katenadine - this is the west point lighthouse at Discovery Park. If you go to the park and drive down to the beach, it is on the point.
matildaben (78 months ago | reply)
Kate, Steve, I'd definitely be up for a Discovery Park photostroll sometime. If it ever stops raining.
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Steve.Korn (78 months ago | reply)
That sounds like fun.
Lichtbold [deleted] (78 months ago | reply)
Looks so dreamy. Thanks for pointing me to the orton techique :-)
Lupinanto (78 months ago | reply)
fantastica:)
~ Luke Jones Photography (78 months ago | reply)
yeah, crop it as justeet said - will improve composition.
great photo - the blur works nicely.
good colours.
lake looks excellent - the blue is so vivid!
strawberryblues [deleted] (78 months ago | reply)
Thanks for postiing that technique, I'll have to try that. :)
kristineinindonesia (78 months ago | reply)
fabulous. so vivid.
srednierm/Marty (78 months ago | reply)
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Steve.Korn (78 months ago | reply)
Thanks for all your comments.
Tim Waite (78 months ago | reply)
Nicely done. I like the ominous sense you've achieved.
Darien Chin (78 months ago | reply)
I thought the parking spaces were only for the waste management plant personnel. Learn something new everyday.
matildaben (78 months ago | reply)
Thanks for turning me on to the Orton technique - the Greenlake photo I used it on made it all the way up to #3 in Explore (not like I care about that, well, kind of, just a little).
P.S. I vote for don't crop.
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Steve.Korn (78 months ago | reply)
@Matildaben - that's awesome, congrats, I mean who cares. Oh, whatever, I think it's cool! :)
dujarandille (78 months ago | reply)
Awesome image! The work on this was very worthy!
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ixus_mt [deleted] (78 months ago | reply)
Very cool effect!!
Well done!
hiibiiscus (78 months ago | reply)
I love this.. I've always like this effect, but I've never tried it!! nice work on this, it is lovely!
jah~ (77 months ago | reply)
Gonna have to try this. It's vaguely HDResque. Never mind the crop it's awesome...
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mjmourik (76 months ago | reply)
Wonderful photo, i like the Orton effect!
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theduckpond (74 months ago | reply)
I love it. Perfect!
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Graeme Smith (73 months ago | reply)
Really interesting effect, I like it!
cltan47 [deleted] (54 months ago | reply)
excellent shot
Nickgphoto (53 months ago | reply)
I love the feel of this photo. It's cool to capture the feeling of a place that evokes a lot of emotion, knowing it's someplace you can never really go to because it's an altered reality.
RBeaulne (47 months ago | reply)
Beautiful shot. I love this technique.
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