The 300 Look for Images

[BigD]

As in the Movie, 300. I took a couple of images, reduced saturation, then increased contrast. I am getting it close. Anyone else tried this?

[genex]

Hey Doug why don't you post a few examples?

[jasons805]

I guess that is a cool look sorta. Not tried it might find a pic or 2 and see what i can do with it in photoshop and with filters. I do have an exposure filter that sorta can give that look but have to check again.

[BigD]

Hey Doug why don't you post a few examples?

I will tomorrow. Maybe we can all figure it out.

[Tre]

Figure what out?

Are you trying to make fools out of this forum's members?? :mad:

[John Stutz]

Don't get me started on this one...

The movie was originally titled 301 -- I worked out 3 months for a role in this movie, got the part, and spent many enduring weeks acting my heart out. But after the final edit, they cut out all my parts and decided to rename the movie. I'm still fuming mad.

[BigD]

Figure what out?

Are you trying to make fools out of this forum's members?? :mad:


LOL. I already am one. :)

[BigD]

OK. I will post some I have played around with. The first is actually my daughter, Alexis. I will post 3 sets total, the original and the edited one. Except Alexis, hers are different shots

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f148/dwjantz/DSC_2951.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f148/dwjantz/DSC_2953.jpg

[BigD]

I think the saturation and contrast controls will get it eventually.


http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f148/dwjantz/Copyof3-25-2007094.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f148/dwjantz/3-25-2007094.jpg

[BigD]

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f148/dwjantz/Copyof3-24-2007057.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f148/dwjantz/3-24-2007057.jpg

[mikewill]

Don't get me started on this one...

The movie was originally titled 301 -- I worked out 3 months for a role in this movie, got the part, and spent many enduring weeks acting my heart out. But after the final edit, they cut out all my parts and decided to rename the movie. I'm still fuming mad.

John you've got it all wrong it's not an insult. You see with you being the 300 and 1, you would have been able to turn the tide and defeat xerces and his army.
It's actually a compliment that they couldn't handle you.

[James]

Well John is not being completely truthful here. I know some insiders who said that John was pretty difficult to work with.

[genex]

Ha, luv it!

[James]

And then there was the constant battles with the director

[James]

They tried to shift you to some other roles, but that didnt work either.

[James]

Ultimately the trade magazines said it was 'creative differences' for the split.

[Zennie]

Ultimately the trade magazines said it was 'creative differences' for the split.

Too funny!

[jasons805]

A pic I saved of Isabelle. My try at it.
http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/8776/300tryqy8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Tre]

LOL @ James!

[John Stutz]

I'm utterly impressed and in tears with laughter!!! :-)

With sincerest, highest, utmost compliments to you James!!!

[Eddie]

OK. I will post some I have played around with. The first is actually my daughter, Alexis. I will post 3 sets total, the original and the edited one. Except Alexis, hers are different shots


I'm not sure its really wise to be putting up photos of your daughter.

Could start something that you and her may not be able to handle.

[jasons805]

Eddie What is going on in your mind? It's just a pic of his kid not anything else.

[John Stutz]

Btw, my personal theory is that Lena (who played the Queen) caused all this because she couldn't handle it when I split with her about two-thirds of the way through shooting. We had an ongoing hot-and-heavy thing for several months, but when she became a bit posessive, I had to call it quits because I couldn't focus on the role. I saw her spending a lot of time with the director afterwards and I'm positive she got me axed.

[Eddie]

What's going on in my mind is what some nutcase could do with that "pic of a kid" as you put it.

And possibly taking a shot of her head and sticking somewhere it doesn't belong.

And if you think that kind of stuff doesn't happen then you are sadly mistaken my nieve friend.

[John Stutz]

What's going on in my mind is what some nutcase could do with that "pic of a kid" as you put it.

And possibly taking a shot of her head and sticking somewhere it doesn't belong.

And if you think that kind of stuff doesn't happen then you are sadly mistaken my nieve friend.Are you suggesting someone might crop out her face and photoshop it onto another photo? How absurd! That's practically all but impossible, and if anyone's ever said they saw something of the sort, it's most assuredly urban legend. Besides, that sort of trickery takes the work of a mastermind, and most people that good simply don't have the time to fool around with those types of pranks.

[BigD]

What's going on in my mind is what some nutcase could do with that "pic of a kid" as you put it.

And possibly taking a shot of her head and sticking somewhere it doesn't belong.

And if you think that kind of stuff doesn't happen then you are sadly mistaken my nieve friend.


Yeah, well. Her pics are on my site as well. I MIGHT get hit by a car tomorrow, but I am still going to drive.

Anyway, have the rest of you tried this for this look? I am going to keep working with it and see what I can get. Kinda cool.

[James]

OK John . . believe whatever you want to man.

I simply tried to lend some thoughtful advice.

You tell em eddie. Some guys like John just cant accept the fact that there are loosers out there with nothing better to do with their time but to sit around and screw with photoshop all day. :stupid:

[Eddie]

I'm not crazy James . . I know this kind of stuff really does happen . .:rolleyes:

Just like spam and idenity thef on the net happens.

But like I said, if you guys want to take heed to my advice then great.

If not then that's fine too, I'm not gonna get all bent out of shape about it.;)

[Tre]

Eddie, I understand your point, but Doug can comfortably post shots of his daughter without fearing for her safety.

There's a lot of evil out in the world, but despite what our President wants you to believe, the boogeyman is not waiting around every corner.

[BigD]

Yes, the media causes a lot of unnecessary fear. Sure, things happen. But not in the abundance the public is led to believe.

[jasons805]

that was funny lol:cheers: edit had no idea this was on 2 pages till now was refering to the last post on page one.

[jasons805]

Anyway, have the rest of you tried this for this look? I am going to keep working with it and see what I can get. Kinda cool.

Was mine even close? I got no feed back. I think it was but then again that is just me.

[John Stutz]

Was mine even close? I got no feed back. I think it was but then again that is just me.Maybe, sorta. But it's hard to tell because it's an indoor shot with a nice flash shadow and a couch against a white wall. And the shorts are too saturated. Your saturation needs to come way down. Got any outdoor shots? It might be easier to create a better look.

The more interesting question is why one would want to create a 300 looking shot on any random shot. It's the outdoor grandeur of 300 (even though it was shot in studio) that makes that look desirable.

[BigD]

Maybe, sorta. But it's hard to tell because it's an indoor shot with a nice flash shadow and a couch against a white wall. And the shorts are too saturated. Your saturation needs to come way down. Got any outdoor shots? It might be easier to create a better look.

The more interesting question is why one would want to create a 300 looking shot on any random shot. It's the outdoor grandeur of 300 (even though it was shot in studio) that makes that look desirable.

It is outdoor. But ya gotta practice on something. :) Anyone else got ideas or want to try it??

[John Stutz]

It is outdoor. But ya gotta practice on something. :) Anyone else got ideas or want to try it??Ummmm, I'm pretty sure I was commenting on Jason's photo when I asked if he had any outdoor photos.

[BigD]

Ummmm, I'm pretty sure I was commenting on Jason's photo when I asked if he had any outdoor photos.


I was just agreeing with you when I said it (the movie) was outdoors. My post wasn't very clear. :)

[jasons805]

Another try. 3 pics i blended together before had nothing to do with this. I tried and still think i am going blind.
http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/148/untitled1asdfacmg7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/8104/untitled1asdfasz6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[BigD]

Going blind?? LOL

I am still not seeing the look I am after. Gene will probably take a shot at this when he has time and I have been working on some other ones today and haven't had time to play with the settings more, but I will.

[jasons805]

south park is doing a 300 ep now with lezbo's

[country]

The "look" is very close to a what is frequently referred to as a "dragonized" photo.

I gave it about 20 minutes and came up with this.

country

[serpico1961]

who is this?

[femalemusclefan]

who is this?

Isabelle Turrell. :)

[BigD]

The "look" is very close to a what is frequently referred to as a "dragonized" photo.

I gave it about 20 minutes and came up with this.

country

This is interesting. Have you worked on outside shots with it?

[bobt]

I have been going thru some of this very interesting thread and wondered if anyone can answere some questions for me. I cropped out most of the picture of the woman above and isolated all but her hand and doubled the size of the image.

What causes the watery ripples around her image and is there anyway to get rid of them. Is it caused by to much expansion and compression of the image or is it someting else? It's always bothered me and I suppose you to.
http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/9829/untitledxxxot2.jpg

[jasons805]

i think at least in the pic closeup it is filters that cause that

[fivegrand]

I have been going thru some of this very interesting thread and wondered if anyone can answere some questions for me. I cropped out most of the picture of the woman above and isolated all but her hand and doubled the size of the image.

What causes the watery ripples around her image and is there anyway to get rid of them. Is it caused by to much expansion and compression of the image or is it someting else? It's always bothered me and I suppose you to.
http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/9829/untitledxxxot2.jpg


The distortion is called "jpeg artifacting" and is caused by trying to upsize a low resolution downsized image. To oversimplify, your imaging app is "filling in the blanks" with data that it doesn't have (because of the resolution), but is guessing about.

[fivegrand]

Doug, is this kinda what you're looking for?

http://www.fivegrandcreative.com/photostorage/meredith/ma_8308en.jpg

[jasons805]

I never "upsized" I just used to many filters and some have that reaction. Also to much editing of the pic blending of the background so on.. But ya enlarging a smaller pic will do that too. You can see he used the filtered pic and it is more noticable.

[BigD]

Doug, is this kinda what you're looking for?

http://www.fivegrandcreative.com/photostorage/meredith/ma_8308en.jpg




I think it is getting there. She looks almost natural. I will play around with some stuff this week and get some more. Here are some from the movie.

[jasons805]

Another try again to me it looks sorta close to the 300 pics
http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/7923/31bxe4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/5997/31abgc4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[John Stutz]

Another try again to me it looks sorta close to the 300 picsI'm going to go out on a limb and say -- not even remotely close.

Besides whatever manipulation technique is applied to a photo (in this case reducing saturation and increasing contrast) much of the 300 look comes as a result of the content of the image. Namely, grand outdoor landscapes possessing colors that will respond to these techniques.

[BigD]

I'm going to go out on a limb and say -- not even remotely close.

Besides whatever manipulation technique is applied to a photo (in this case reducing saturation and increasing contrast) much of the 300 look comes as a result of the content of the image. Namely, grand outdoor landscapes possessing colors that will respond to these techniques.


True. I guess I am looking more for the skin tone. But my shots are outside.

[John Stutz]

True. I guess I am looking more for the skin tone. But my shots are outside.Once again, BigD, I wasn't commenting on your shot. Please observe the boldface name of the person I am responding to at the start of the passage that contains their quote.

[BigD]

Once again, BigD, I wasn't commenting on your shot. Please observe the boldface name of the person I am responding to at the start of the passage that contains their quote.



I KNOW. I was just responding to what YOU wrote. John, are you having a complex? :) I was commenting on the 2nd half of your comment on the content of the image and being outside. I was NOT meaning you meant MY image wasn't even close.

[jasons805]

I just like posting pics. I copied alot of stuff from my brothers hd and some of these I have not seen. It was fun to mess around with them.
http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/1467/b3158inafghanistanxxxsn8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/9035/dsc00860copyqa0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[bobt]

wonderful pictures Jasons805. Those men and women have a great amount of courage!!
Was wondering if anyone has fooled around with these downloadable programs like "jpegenhancer" and "cleanerzoomer" and what kind of success you have had with them?

[genex]

How about these?

[genex]

I wish this guy could have traded helmets with the previous guy:

[claus]

Hi Gene,
that would have been a nice combination!
Another 300 look ...

Regards, Claus

[BigD]

I wish this guy could have traded helmets with the previous guy:




LMAO!!! Leave it to Gene.

[Tre]

I didn't do these but they look kinda 300ish

Holy...I shot those. Well, the 2nd and 3rd one anyway...can't quite recall the first.

That 3rd one is hot.

[andygates]

Apart from the composition, contrast and saturation, the colour palette is very carefully restricted in 300 - as it was in the comic book.

Starting with this shot of Emmanuela Pintus on some rocks:

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h95/andygates/sketches/emmanuelapintus05.jpg

First attempt: I took a second layer and posterized it, which creates a colour-simple transformation. Blended that in at about 35% opacity, merged, and then drove up the contrast by about 15%:

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h95/andygates/sketches/300pintus.jpg

This second one is much closer to the 300 look, I think. I've desaturated and colorized a layer for the rocks to make them a close neighbour of the model's skin tone, and applied that with relatively high opacity so the color "wash" overlays the vegetation as well. The model herself is cut out of that layer by hand so she projects through the colorization. The layers are merged, then contrast is slammed up by about 35% with a slight increase in brightness to lift the deepy darks that otherwise dominate.

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h95/andygates/sketches/300pintus2.jpg