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Making reflective metal look matt in finish
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Hi. My guess would be to tone down the highlight contrast (and possibly the midtone contrast too). The difficulty here is though is that you have captured this under quite bright conditions leaving streaks of blown highlights on the tubes. To get a better chance of achieving this I reckon you could shoot this again in not so bright conditions. Also, I'm not sure whether you have used a polarizer here but if you didn't then using one would certainly help reduce glare. Hope this helps.
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Technically, the resolution of this image is too low for many applications, and all those faint squares are an anti-theft device designed to protect the copyright holder.
When I looked up that image, it is indeed a stock photo available for licensing from Fotolia (where you apparently got it as a low resolution preview), as well from quite a few other stock agencies. Beautiful versions of that photo (without any artifacts) are, in fact, already being used on several websites, e.g.,:
http://regulatedconsultants.com/ and
http://gigaom.com/2012/08/03/how-att-can-create-a-fat-nationwide-4g-pipe-to-match-verizons/
My strong suggestion is that you either legally obtain a license to use this photo (ie, pay for it), or find another photo. I will not help anyone defeat copyright protection, nor post a modified version of an image (ie, as per your request) without the express permission of the copyright holder.
Sorry,
Tom M
When I looked up that image, it is indeed a stock photo available for licensing from Fotolia (where you apparently got it as a low resolution preview), as well from quite a few other stock agencies. Beautiful versions of that photo (without any artifacts) are, in fact, already being used on several websites, e.g.,:
http://regulatedconsultants.com/ and
http://gigaom.com/2012/08/03/how-att-can-create-a-fat-nationwide-4g-pipe-to-match-verizons/
My strong suggestion is that you either legally obtain a license to use this photo (ie, pay for it), or find another photo. I will not help anyone defeat copyright protection, nor post a modified version of an image (ie, as per your request) without the express permission of the copyright holder.
Sorry,
Tom M
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Tom Mann
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The term "royalty free" can be misleading. It does NOT mean that you can use the image without any payment. It means that you only have to pay once.
There are many good explanations of this on the net. One of the most concise is Wikipedia's:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royalty-free
"...In photography and the illustration industry, it refers to a copyright license where the user has the right to use the picture without many restrictions based on one-time payment to the licensor. ..."
BTW, over the last 5 years, most of the stock and microstock agencies have greatly streamlined the process of licensing an image. It usually can be done quickly on-line and is hardly a hassle. The rates are usually very modest (ie, bad news to photographers like me).
Tom
There are many good explanations of this on the net. One of the most concise is Wikipedia's:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royalty-free
"...In photography and the illustration industry, it refers to a copyright license where the user has the right to use the picture without many restrictions based on one-time payment to the licensor. ..."
BTW, over the last 5 years, most of the stock and microstock agencies have greatly streamlined the process of licensing an image. It usually can be done quickly on-line and is hardly a hassle. The rates are usually very modest (ie, bad news to photographers like me).
Tom
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PS - The rates depend dramatically on the usage. Something going into an 1 inch square advertisement for a company in the local high school yearbook will be charged drastically less than if it's going to be used for a network TV ad for the entire season. The stock agencies have charts and on-line forms that ask you about the usage and then estimate a price. They are very easy to use.
Tom
Tom
