An Old Wheelchair?

[Mad Aussie]

A seat to rest upon really ...

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4151/5099298204_07ebdfe4e3_o.jpg

[Wicked Dark]

neat.
can you imagine the unhinged careening you could do in that thing??

[Iguanasan]

Very cool! It does look like it would be kind of unwieldy but I bet it was a lot better than the alternative of nothing!

[Bambi]

hmm I don't you want to roll the wheels- the seat would go with it. I love the textures in this shot.

[Marko]

yup nice use of selective sharpening, cool mood here.

[Iguanasan]

yup nice use of selective sharpening, cool mood here.

So, how can you tell it's selective sharpening vs good choice for DOF or can that be the same thing?

[Mad Aussie]

So, how can you tell it's selective sharpening vs good choice for DOF or can that be the same thing?
An experienced eye will pick out the clues Iggy. Look at the sharp seat back, perfectly in focus and almost touching the rough stone wall. The wall, however, is softnened, as is everything else around the subject. By carefully blending my sharpened subject into my softened and subdued coloured foreground and background elements I isolate the subject, remove distractions, and create a soft, old style feel to the whole shot.

[Mad Aussie]

Thanks all for those comments :)

[asnow]

Wow. I love this picture. Thanks for the explanation to Iggy on the post processing. When I get more proficient with photoshop, I will have to try that instead of simply using DOF.

[Mad Aussie]

Glad you like asnow :)

[Iguanasan]

An experienced eye will pick out the clues Iggy. Look at the sharp seat back, perfectly in focus and almost touching the rough stone wall. The wall, however, is softnened, as is everything else around the subject. By carefully blending my sharpened subject into my softened and subdued coloured foreground and background elements I isolate the subject, remove distractions, and create a soft, old style feel to the whole shot.

I think I understand now. Due to the angle, DOF would have some of the wall and some of the chair in focus and other parts not in focus. You couldn't really separate the chair from the wall with DOF only. In this case, selective sharpening does the trick. Cool!

[Donna]

I really like this , nice work!

[casil403]

Love the old feel of this image...nice. :)

[Mad Aussie]

Exactly Iggy.

Thank you Donna and Casil :)

[Peter]

I had some of those wheels at the end of my driveway in Ontario. Nice photo.

[Mad Aussie]

Thanks Peter :)

[Richard]

Nicely done MA. the selective sharpening process works well here.

[Hillbillygirl]

Very nice shot and processing of "The worlds first Segway". Too bad it would only work going downhill.:laughing:

[Mad Aussie]

:) Thanks Richard and HBG