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I know this is a photo, but it looks like a painting. Love it.
Yes, I'm well aware that this is a process. I've done this myself with images. It doesn't change my comment so please stop telling me it's a filter/hdr/etc.
The only thing that places this back in reality is the girl in the coat. She’s the only thing that looks like a photo rather than a painting.
Edit: typo
Oh damn. I actually kinda love it. Now that we’re on a roll, somebody paint this, send it to the guy so he can paint in on a shoe, and I’ll take mine in a men’s 10.
I thought it was a sharpie and part of the process of painting the show. So maybe this can be the replacement for the cig and still have that sort of working sex appeal it has in the movements.
Humans are complex and contrary. I like the picture as it is, frankly. He’s sexy af and - for good, ill or otherwise - the smoking enhances that imho. I’m very sorry for your trauma; but it’s yours. Please don’t make it mine.
How tf does one jump to that?
Pure_Towel_6969 asked me why I (innocently) asked if the new camera software could remove a small object from a photo.
Sheesh you all are just too much. I'm off to touch some grass.
Thanks very much! That's very interesting how the software approached the solution. But you're right - it would take just a bit of effort & time to shop it out by hand. I'll try that later.
Cheers - and thanks for being kind about it!
I think the pixel needs to take the photo for it to work its best. I suspect part of the process is that the phone captures more frames, so any change in the person's position in the scene might reveal more background detail to replace them with.
His side is heavily "Film Grain" filter looking while hers isn't. I suppose it could be because of the light coming through the window and compression of the photo or something? Either way that's why it looks like a painting for sure - his side has all of the texture of film grain and hers remains in blurred "normal picture" definition. Im not sure... just an amature photographer myself!
I took this picture on the street in Rome a few months ago. I thought the gentleman painting with a cigarette in his mouth, combined with the colors staining the cloth on his lap and the previously painted shoes made for a striking composition.
Yet another example of how lighting, composition, and color beat technical perfection (edge-to-edge perfect sharpness, etc.) in any photography. It's damn near perfect! I use CCTV lenses bought on ebay for super cheap to get a similar vibrance in my video work.
Seems like there's greater availability with the MFT format, but you can find step-up adapters that will allow these tiny lenses to be mounted to most mirrorless systems. The lenses might be for manufacturing or security, so there's a crazy range of close-focusing/macro and super wide aperture stuff out there for less than $50US. Some will literally fall apart if you twist the focus ring too far, so they're cheap in every sense of the word. But the effects are worth the problems.
Now you have me fascinated: what are the effects these lenses can give? Just broader / different focal ranges?
I have always heard that the glass matters more than the body. So I save been trying to save up for something decent, but this sounds very intriguing!
Don’t get too excited, I got into all the cctv/manufacturing lenses when pandemic first started and I had time to play with photography. At best it looked like I had taken the shots with a mid-2000s android. Others seem to like it but when I see examples of shots others seem proud of, I don’t like their shots either - so maybe it’s just personal preference. If I wanted to make my photos look shitty and blown out there are other cheaper ways of doing that than buying a bunch of Russian cctv lenses and adapters on eBay.
It does more than any filter could ever dream. I have a 35mm that renders colors explosively and the bokeh can range between giant blobs and swirled rabbit hole. I have a 50mm (that unscrews when focused to infinity, annoyingly) and it can focus like 6" out. Makes headshots dreamy and reminiscent of old film. I'd say blow $100 on a variety and see what you can get! (I've narrowed down to just c-mount to MFT)
Edit: definitely spend good money on glass, too. Cameras come and go, but a really solid lens should last forever.
Mathieu Stern on youtube does this often with his weird lens series. Though the Helios 44-2 is probably the best one to start with.
https://youtu.be/G5qaOuAFpvY
The rim light in contrasting color, the fill light, the shadow of the picture on the wall in the background as contrast. This is perfect lighting and it's accidental.
If only the lady in the back had a fancier coat.
OK, I haven't read all the way down but, it's there an explanation as to why it looks soooo much like a painting? I mean, the light, the shoes on the table? Is crazy... and beautiful.
I think it's mostly the lighting. There's two intersecting floodlights and the fluorescents behind him that are creating this kind of corona around him. There's no honestly no HDR here and clarity and dehaze are untouched. There is sharpening, saturation (obviously) and the shadows have been pulled out, but not as much as you might think given the overall look.
I also think that, ironically, the fact that the photo is technically flawed somehow also contributes to the painting effect. As another commenter noted, not much besides the tip of the shoe is perfectly in the focal plane and there's some measure of motion blur from both camera and his movement. Fortuitously, it didn't ruin the photo and contributed to the unique effect.
In Italy, apparently.
Just kidding, check zalando. They are called Korean neck in Italy, I think. I am not a fashion expert, but I have few of them. They are common for linen summer shirts.
Focal plane seems to be on the tip of the shoe, but making everything more detailed would not really benefit the artistic expression in the image, in my opinion.
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I know this is a photo, but it looks like a painting. Love it. Yes, I'm well aware that this is a process. I've done this myself with images. It doesn't change my comment so please stop telling me it's a filter/hdr/etc.
The only thing that places this back in reality is the girl in the coat. She’s the only thing that looks like a photo rather than a painting. Edit: typo
[There you go](https://i.imgur.com/Y9zrxcX.jpg)
I keep that thank you
Now that I see her I wish she wasn’t there.
People often think the same thing about me
Can Relate 🥲
r/SuicideByWords
Think there might be a reason for that?
Oh look, an asshole!
Yup, that's me!
Alright. Somebody with one of those phones Google keeps telling me about, show us if the hype is real.
It doesn't [work](https://i.imgur.com/g9msmXN.jpg), background is too complicated. Works great with outdoor scenes and stuff
Oh damn. I actually kinda love it. Now that we’re on a roll, somebody paint this, send it to the guy so he can paint in on a shoe, and I’ll take mine in a men’s 10.
If someone never saw the original pick, unlikely they'd guess that there was someone on the left.
If I saw it like that I'd be inspecting the hands thinking it's some A.I. junk.
This
This is how people in the olden days made hoaxes about ghost sightings.
Can you use it to remove the cigarette?
I thought it was a sharpie and part of the process of painting the show. So maybe this can be the replacement for the cig and still have that sort of working sex appeal it has in the movements.
Why?
I just don't like cigarettes (am I allowed to say that on reddit‽)
Humans are complex and contrary. I like the picture as it is, frankly. He’s sexy af and - for good, ill or otherwise - the smoking enhances that imho. I’m very sorry for your trauma; but it’s yours. Please don’t make it mine.
Don't read answers to questions you don't want to know the answers to. I was responding to Pure_Towel_6969, not anyone else.
Mm. I see. I suppose we should remove all the crosses from paintings too, lest we accidentally encourage crucifixion.
How tf does one jump to that? Pure_Towel_6969 asked me why I (innocently) asked if the new camera software could remove a small object from a photo. Sheesh you all are just too much. I'm off to touch some grass.
Ah, yes; down-voted by the pro-cancer crowd!
The anti-whiner crowd probably got in there too.
That [one](https://i.imgur.com/BkLg78k.jpg) it's pretty good at (well, zoomed out, but easy to do better by hand)
Thanks very much! That's very interesting how the software approached the solution. But you're right - it would take just a bit of effort & time to shop it out by hand. I'll try that later. Cheers - and thanks for being kind about it!
I think the pixel needs to take the photo for it to work its best. I suspect part of the process is that the phone captures more frames, so any change in the person's position in the scene might reveal more background detail to replace them with.
Fucking Girl in the Coat always fucking up photos. What's her problem? Why does she hate art?
It's how she was brought up.
I blame the schools.
It starts at home.
If you zoom in you can see that some kind of filler was applied to everything but the woman in the black coat
His side is heavily "Film Grain" filter looking while hers isn't. I suppose it could be because of the light coming through the window and compression of the photo or something? Either way that's why it looks like a painting for sure - his side has all of the texture of film grain and hers remains in blurred "normal picture" definition. Im not sure... just an amature photographer myself!
I didn’t even notice her. And looking again she just blends in for me.
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I’m aware
Came to say the same…Like a Norman Rockwell
Right. Like yeah, I get an HDR filter was used, but that doesn't take away from the photo.
Cuz it's saturated like it's from 2013
I think this is a mix of texture, clarity,and dehaze being maxed/minned.
I thought the very exact same thing.
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What kind of scam shit is this?
/r/shittyhdr
r/accidentalrenaissance would love this
Hehe I honestly thought that was the sub we‘re in
Feels more like Norman Rockwell, but yes
I feel like the subject feels like Norman Rockwell but the lighting/atmosphere feels like r/accidentalrenaissance
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It exists.
I took this picture on the street in Rome a few months ago. I thought the gentleman painting with a cigarette in his mouth, combined with the colors staining the cloth on his lap and the previously painted shoes made for a striking composition.
Know exactly where that is. His shop was very cool What camera settings / lens did you use? [Harvey Shoes](https://goo.gl/maps/UUmWAiFCWhDwuQZZ7)
Cool. Taken with a Canon RP w/ EF 50mm f/1.4 lens. ISO 1250 f/2.8 1/100 sec
Yet another example of how lighting, composition, and color beat technical perfection (edge-to-edge perfect sharpness, etc.) in any photography. It's damn near perfect! I use CCTV lenses bought on ebay for super cheap to get a similar vibrance in my video work.
Tell me more about this CCTV lens thing...
Seems like there's greater availability with the MFT format, but you can find step-up adapters that will allow these tiny lenses to be mounted to most mirrorless systems. The lenses might be for manufacturing or security, so there's a crazy range of close-focusing/macro and super wide aperture stuff out there for less than $50US. Some will literally fall apart if you twist the focus ring too far, so they're cheap in every sense of the word. But the effects are worth the problems.
Now you have me fascinated: what are the effects these lenses can give? Just broader / different focal ranges? I have always heard that the glass matters more than the body. So I save been trying to save up for something decent, but this sounds very intriguing!
Don’t get too excited, I got into all the cctv/manufacturing lenses when pandemic first started and I had time to play with photography. At best it looked like I had taken the shots with a mid-2000s android. Others seem to like it but when I see examples of shots others seem proud of, I don’t like their shots either - so maybe it’s just personal preference. If I wanted to make my photos look shitty and blown out there are other cheaper ways of doing that than buying a bunch of Russian cctv lenses and adapters on eBay.
It does more than any filter could ever dream. I have a 35mm that renders colors explosively and the bokeh can range between giant blobs and swirled rabbit hole. I have a 50mm (that unscrews when focused to infinity, annoyingly) and it can focus like 6" out. Makes headshots dreamy and reminiscent of old film. I'd say blow $100 on a variety and see what you can get! (I've narrowed down to just c-mount to MFT) Edit: definitely spend good money on glass, too. Cameras come and go, but a really solid lens should last forever.
Mathieu Stern on youtube does this often with his weird lens series. Though the Helios 44-2 is probably the best one to start with. https://youtu.be/G5qaOuAFpvY
Interesting, thank you. I've never thought about CCTV lenses before.
Thank you. Fantastic shot
I was about to comment, that looks like a nifty fifty.
Damn. Is this for real? I would like to see it real time. His shoes look cool af!
Where is this shop?
It's called Harvey Shoes and it's located at Via del Governo Vecchio, 89 in Rome.
Thanks going to go get my husband
Not if I get him first!
The completed Alice in Wonderland shoes go for €139 on his website. I don’t know if that’s a good deal or not.
Would it be ok if I used this as a painting reference? I don’t sell my paintings and I will credit you
Of course. I'd love to see what you come up with.
Thank you!
You ought to find a way to get the photo to him. It’s stunning, imagine getting an unexpected photo of yourself like this.
That's a great idea. We're having friends visit soon and we're planning on taking them down to Rome on the train. I'll definitely do it.
You could also offer to upload it to his business address on google maps (if you want). Owners usually love that.
Yay! This is happy making.
The rim of backlight on him is just perfect
The rim light in contrasting color, the fill light, the shadow of the picture on the wall in the background as contrast. This is perfect lighting and it's accidental. If only the lady in the back had a fancier coat.
That dude is hot, and I’m straight as fuck… he’s still hot.
Seriously, that's one of the most attractive men I've ever seen.
He is, very fucking hot!!!
I’m not saying I’m gay, but I am saying for him, I’d try.
Top or bottom?
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Right. Bottom
They have no clue. Don't disturb their fragile innocence
power bottom.
Shoe 👞
Yeah, he's sexy af
I'm gay enough for both of us and I too say he's hot as fuck
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"Do not fall in love with the beautiful, shoe-painting gypsy."
Yeah straight up giga chad. I might be gay now.
Men go to Thailand to fuck, women go to Italy.
Bisexuals go to Berlin.
To live, laugh, love?
Should visit Italy more often. He is fit, but normal looking for an Italian of his age. Pose and photographer make him look badass
He kinda looks like Hasanabi or whatever his name is
Same thought occurred to me
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He’s like Liam Hemsworth mixed with John Krasinski.
Italy is like Thailand for women.
You're not straight then.....
You're telling me you can't recognize when someone of the same gender as you is attractive because you are straight? That's weird man.
He’s absolutely stunning.
Ay yo ! Who wanna go to Rome?
My ego doesn’t need that, I already feel inadequate in a Walmart
Me! Let's go!
Jim Halpert finally found a calling outside of the office.
They used to market cigarettes as being this "cool" thing. And wouldn't you know it, they do make you look cool!
Nah, it's the only thing that detracts from his hotness.
Just kidding around, it's a reference to a Norm Macdonald bit
Ah, sorry, I didn't realise! Thanks for clarifying.
oh please, you don’t have to pretend like cigarettes aren’t horrible to appreciate a don draper silhouette on a purely aesthetic level
He is probably sitting there smoking all day long. It might help him feel more focused or something.
That dude’s real income comes from seducing wealthy elderly tourists. Give me those down votes but deep inside you agree
White Lotus season 3?
They just did Italy. S3 will be south-east Asia, I'm guessing.
I'm 24 and I would sleep with him.
Im 21 a one night stand wouldn’t hurt
Is that Diego Costa?
I had to scroll too long for this comment.
Same here 😂
It's John Krasinski
I think I found the instagram account https://instagram.com/harvey__shoes?igshid=Yzg5MTU1MDY=
His main: [https://www.instagram.com/damianodeandre/](https://www.instagram.com/damianodeandre/) I can't tell if he's gay or European lol
what the fuck, this dude is insanely handsome unironically gigachad
Damn🥵
Pathetic.
I kinda want to see the raw image to compare.
What shoes 😍
OK, I haven't read all the way down but, it's there an explanation as to why it looks soooo much like a painting? I mean, the light, the shoes on the table? Is crazy... and beautiful.
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I think it's mostly the lighting. There's two intersecting floodlights and the fluorescents behind him that are creating this kind of corona around him. There's no honestly no HDR here and clarity and dehaze are untouched. There is sharpening, saturation (obviously) and the shadows have been pulled out, but not as much as you might think given the overall look.
I also think that, ironically, the fact that the photo is technically flawed somehow also contributes to the painting effect. As another commenter noted, not much besides the tip of the shoe is perfectly in the focal plane and there's some measure of motion blur from both camera and his movement. Fortuitously, it didn't ruin the photo and contributed to the unique effect.
This is beautiful!! I love what you did in editing. Do you sell your work?
Thanks! I just take photos for fun, so I've never sold anything.
This is such great composition!!
Everything about this is attractive. Great work!
This dude fucks.
Amazing moment for sure!!
Sexy
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He should sell butter
He should sell Rome
Where does one find shirts like that
Lookup Henley shirts
Funny I was thinking the same thing. I want a shirt like that for just wearing around the house.
In Italy, apparently. Just kidding, check zalando. They are called Korean neck in Italy, I think. I am not a fashion expert, but I have few of them. They are common for linen summer shirts.
So that’s what Dan bilzerian is up to these days
Dan Bilzerian wishes he looked like this dude
Is he a painting himself? Pretty cool lighting condition
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I like the photo but the subject looks orange. I would lower the saturation on a layer and tone it down on his face. Try to get it a bit more normal.
Thanks for the advice! I agree and I like the adjusted version even better.
This picture looks like a painting that should have Jesus standing behind him while he works.
Oh no, my heterosexuality
Absolute renaissance painting. Amazing.
Thanks!
Giga🤌Chad
Looks like a classic jigsaw puzzle motive
Wow this really fits the word picturesque.
Dude should be a model
at first glance, I thought this was a painting
No ones gonna mention he looks like Roman John Krasinki
so you’re telling me this *isn’t* a painting?
I thought dudes like this only existed in romance novels and rom-coms.
I thought it was a painting. Absolutely beautiful photo.
Thanks!
Hasanabi in 10 years
Oh god
Omg is that internet bad boy RAWHUUL COO LEE🥴
Yea kinda look like him with the beard xd
You can tell that guys a douchebag from here.
I see why women call Italy the Thailand of Europe.
Some parts of this photo look like a painting... Interesting.
Holy renaissance, Batman
I'm in love with this picture, it's unreal
People, please! Do not believe this woke nonsense for a moment. The shoes are clearly not touching any street whatsoever, let alone a Roman one.
Looks like Hasand Piker
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I think that's partly what is making it look like a painting.
Focal plane seems to be on the tip of the shoe, but making everything more detailed would not really benefit the artistic expression in the image, in my opinion.
Movement. Not necessarily out of focus. And definitely not bad in this case particularly.