CT
27-04-2005, 10:51
I wonder if any of you ever solarize your images? With film it's achieved by removing the lid of the developing tank about half way through development, exposing to a bright light held over the tank, replacing the lid and continuing to the full development time. What happens is that the bright light reverses some of the partly developed image, so you end up with an image which is part positive - part negative. It's sometimes referred to as the Sabbatier Effect, although that is something slightly different. I'm damned if I can remember the difference now. :?
You can get some pretty fantastic effects with this technique. The good news is we have a pretty good simulation of it in Photoshop etc with a simple one button solution called 'Solarize' (LOL) You can use it for colour or B&W images. Do yourself a big favour and have a play with this effect and some of your images. You can set the level or threshold of how much solarization you apply with a simple sliding scale, so ....experiment basically.
http://www.tomkinson.org/albums/Ced-Jan/solarized.jpg
You can get some great effects with trees and landscapes. I'm surprised we're not seeng some of this from some of our more trendy members - Petemc :wink: Lolyton (Where is he btw?) etc
In th film 'Deliverance' the scene where John Voight climbs up that rock face to get that geezer with his crossbow, the whole scene is solarized and it gives it a really gritty eerie appearance. Look out for it next time it's on TV.
Come on then it's like a graveyard this morning, lets see some examples. :D
You can get some pretty fantastic effects with this technique. The good news is we have a pretty good simulation of it in Photoshop etc with a simple one button solution called 'Solarize' (LOL) You can use it for colour or B&W images. Do yourself a big favour and have a play with this effect and some of your images. You can set the level or threshold of how much solarization you apply with a simple sliding scale, so ....experiment basically.
http://www.tomkinson.org/albums/Ced-Jan/solarized.jpg
You can get some great effects with trees and landscapes. I'm surprised we're not seeng some of this from some of our more trendy members - Petemc :wink: Lolyton (Where is he btw?) etc
In th film 'Deliverance' the scene where John Voight climbs up that rock face to get that geezer with his crossbow, the whole scene is solarized and it gives it a really gritty eerie appearance. Look out for it next time it's on TV.
Come on then it's like a graveyard this morning, lets see some examples. :D