[Gadget Daddy]

Hiya,

Traditional Red telephone boxes screams British IMO, pic taken today, desaturated , USM, selective colour and border added.

I know selective colour isnt to everyones taste on here but I hope you like what I have done

Anyhoo exif below pic

C&C always welcome

Pete

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[wobblebottom]

I like this.. very regimental too... Like the Selective colouring

well done

[senu]

Not one but 5!!.. Does anyone still use them...
It most certainly looks "British" : Couldnt say the same for British Airways Logo

Selective colouring is al right and it certainly works here.. it has been maligned due to inappropriate overuse
Exif is embedded .. the date and time would have been sufficient!!

[Liquid101]

Great shot - A real find.

I have to be honest - I've been driving around looking for one of these for the last week! now you've beaten me too it. Might still try

My new favourate.

[Gadget Daddy]

WOW thanks for the feedback guys im chuffed to bits that you like it, my train of thought competition wise has been elsewhere till the postbox shot, then it dropped like a penny, I knew where the PBs are so dashed down this afternoon (For people in the area they are next to the townhall and the empire)

Regards
Pete

PS Glad the selective colouring works as it took hours to do ...!

[pixelpixel]

Very nice, this is very British. Well done.

I really like the way each box has its own look, something missing and so on.

[underdog]

Excellent shot, I really like the selective colour I'm gonna try and figure out how you did it

Where did you find 5 red phone boxes in stockton?

[underdog]

Originally Posted by PeteB_2000

I knew where the PBs are so dashed down this afternoon (For people in the area they are next to the townhall and the empire)

You answered before I asked the question

[Simon_143]

Bang on theme and the photo looks great. Its hard to find one red phone box let alone 5 in a row

[jamesbryan17]

I love selective colour mate. Think it really shows off the technique in this shot. Well done!!

[tryingtimes]

I agree about the selective colouring. This is a shot where it works for me.
My eye is drawn to the fact that you're not absolutely centre and also the perspective lean towards the right.
But as everyone has said, 5 in a row is a real find.
I have one a country farm near me (god knows why), but the colours are really bleached on it, so it doesn't quite have the right 'british' look.

[Gadget Daddy]

Originally Posted by underdog

Excellent shot, I really like the selective colour I'm gonna try and figure out how you did it

Where did you find 5 red phone boxes in stockton?

they are actually in Middlesbrough next to the town hall

Pete

[Gadget Daddy]

it was done by duplicating the layer, desaturating the new layer, then using the eraser tool to "rub out" the b/w revealing the colour from the previous layer, took a long time to do with high magnification just to get it right, once done the layers are flattened and saved the image out as a jpg....!

HTH

Pete

[electrolyte]

Nice shot. The selectove colouring has worked well here. And it's certainly is British!

[stevegreen]

It's certainly a good find, I managed to find two in Birmingham, but to find five is great.

The selective colour gives a nice feel to the shot but I personally feel that the interiors of the boxes look a little false with the treatment applied, I think I would have left those in colour. Also, and this is my main criticism, is that the shot isn't level and slopes to the right, this isn't helped by the fact that it appears that the shot wasn't taken 'square on' to the centre box (either that or they are enevenly placed which you can't do anything about).

Overall, it's a very British scene so it fits the theme really well but for me it's let down by some technical elements.

[Gadget Daddy]

thanks again guys for the C&C, is there an easy technique to straighten horizons etc in CS2?


Pete

[stevegreen]

It's a fairly simple operation.

Select al of the image (CTRL A),select image from the top menu tabs, transform, rotate. Then simply grab a corner and rotate the image. You can add a grid by using CTRL ' When you have it straight just double click. You will probably have to crop it then to remove the white areas left by the rotation where it goes out of frame

[hutters]

Originally Posted by stevegreen

It's certainly a good find, I managed to find two in Birmingham, but to find five is great.

There's a row of 12 in Kingston-Upon-Thames

[Gadget Daddy]

Originally Posted by hutters

There's a row of 12 in Kingston-Upon-Thames

great photo....I wonder if anywhere has more than the boro in a row

[bodoman]

Yep , thats british alright, dont think having anymore in a row would make a better picture.
I never fail to be impressed by the varied takes on the theme in this comp

[Zone]

Britishness through and through, really like this one can't remember seeing one round my neck of the woods in a long time though

[Gadget Daddy]

thanks again for all the C&C each time I learn and understand little more for which I thank you all for, much better than trawling through a manual

Pete

[SweetGirl]

Fantastic shot Pete

My favourite so far.

I was going to do something very similar but havent had the chance to go to that particular town (busy and all that). Never mind got lots of other ideas in mind.

I particularly like the selective colouring.

Well done

[Gadget Daddy]

thanks Sweetgirl REALLY appreciate yours and the other comments I really find them encouraging especially when they are from other "shooters" whos work I really like

Pete

[playthefilm]

Definately a British theme here, I like it and I like the colouring/black and white a lot.

[bowenjones]

I haven't seen one of those telephone boxes for a long while around here. I think that most of them were sold off over the years which is a shame as they were a very iconic symbol of Britishness. Good shot and certainly on theme

[lmccauley]

Very nice and very on-topic.

[Liquid101]

Keep coming back to look at this one. It's still my favourate, and I still wish I'd beaten you to it

[Zombane]

I too keep coming back to this one. I just can't decide whether I like the selective colouring or not

[Gadget Daddy]

Originally Posted by Liquid101

Keep coming back to look at this one. It's still my favourate, and I still wish I'd beaten you to it

ohhhh do stop it otherwise I will be going to bed tonight with a big chuffy smile on like I have now typing this