School Yard 02

Posted by Darren (Tokyo, Japan) on 27 December 2006 in Architecture.

Well decided to put another school yard shot up. This time you can see the children playing a game where they have to throw this huge ball around the circle.
I split this photo into 2 layer the desaturated the top layer. After desaturating the top layer I selected the ball using the pen tool. Once selecting all of the ball I used the eraser to show the red ball. At this point it looked ready to be flattened but the edge of the ball was a little to sharp so I used the desturation sponge to smooth out the edges of the ball then I flattened the image. Then to get rid of the distracting reflections in the glass windows of the building I ran the burn tool over them as this has no effect on the white walls and only darker tones (my tip I found by experimentation)
Finally a small adjustment to the perspective then finished. Total work time 30 minutes.
Daz
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Comments (10)

badala from Leiria, Portugal

Excellent work. Beautiful.

27 Dec 2006 11:13am

@badala: Thanks Mate

Maoya from Rolle, Switzerland

Great action in this one, very lively.
It's the trick of the week, so snappy and effective had to test it out on my bath bubble if you noticed ;)

27 Dec 2006 2:00pm

@Maoya: Thanks Maoya.
Yeah those kids were full of energy they kept running around all day. I guess it is the trick of the week. I thought your bubble was a marble, silly me.

Angry Buddha from United States

Great work on this. With everytihng else desaturated that enormous ball looks very cool.

27 Dec 2006 3:14pm

@Angry Buddha: Thanks mate. It is a pretty big ball so I needed to highlight it.

Duncan Galbraith from kyoto, Japan

;) sorted Darren! great capture and great processing. will reedit my post to include the PS treatment (keep forgetting! but I realise its an invaluable learning tool, will give your method above a go with a future post!)

27 Dec 2006 3:30pm

@Duncan Galbraith: Thanks mate. Adding the PS treatment does help us all. I look forward to seeing you secrets mate.

Stu from Kyoto, Japan

very crisp shot daz. like the B&W and the subject. very nice processing too mate.

27 Dec 2006 3:37pm

@Stu: Thanks Stu. The windows were a little greyish initially but with the burn tool I made them dark which I think helps with the crisp feeling.

Still from Valence, France

Fine post processing!

27 Dec 2006 4:39pm

@Still: Thanks Still. Getting there.

Damon Schreiber from Toronto, Canada

This one's kind of amazing! Love your tutorial and the result. After a few minutes of looking, I saw something more besides, and I wonder if you intended it: the Japanese flag, and as such it really captures the Japanese spirit of all working together. You could sell this as postcards or posters!

27 Dec 2006 5:28pm

@Damon Schreiber: Thanks Damon. Glad you like the tutorial even though it's coming from me.
Wow, I didn't really notice that mate, it does look like the Japanese flag doesn't it.