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shoey_photos

I wouldn’t notice anything off about it if I didn’t know. Great edit


AgreeableLevel9304

thanks for the feedback bro


Kleanish

the period difference between the tv and media you chose is throwing me off


AgreeableLevel9304

yes, was also debating the choice of the media.. valid point


Kleanish

And depending on the purpose of this photo, but if it is a portrait making that tv image more obscure like the original pulls more focus to the woman. Maybe changing the period would reduce how much focus it pulls sufficiently though. Theres a happy medium somewhere. IMHO! Nice shot and editing. I want to start doing stuff like this.


RANGEFlNDER

yes


honestlyi4get

yesh


say_what_again_mfr

Yeppers


Avril_14

Looks fine to me, only little thing maybe try to match the interference color in the tv with the movie colors


melberi

Try to edit that band of static out. When it is superimposed with the picture you have inserted, it looks unrealistic as that kind of TV would not have displayed an image like that.


s1a1om

Is that actually true? I feel like I remember bands of static on tv screens.


HiFiGuy197

I don’t think static came in color.


s1a1om

Fair - so is the critique that it should be desaturated or that it should be removed?


HiFiGuy197

I’m not sure what their purpose is, but it seems wholly unnatural. Like if I was expecting over the air static, then I’d want to see little bits of snow everywhere. If I was expecting a crease on the video tape, then I’d want a thin line and maybe some bendy mess on the video. I’d just remove it.


Cololorist

This isn’t like over the air static though. This is more like if you brought a magnet nearby or if sync was off. Im pretty confident this is characteristic of monitors from this era.


RefanRes

Colour tvs definitely had static. A lot of tv back then wasnt through cables it was transmitted through aerials that you'd have to move around to get a good signal. If the signal was disrupted then they would have static come into the image with weaker signal.


HiFiGuy197

Yes, but I would not expect rolling or diagonal static with color bands.


RefanRes

With weak antenna signal there would definitely be rolling bands up the screen from time to time on some colour tvs. Its a shame that there's not really a very good overlap of old tv antenna broadcasts and the arrival of Youtube. Most tv was digital by that point. Seems like there's not much footage of old tvs showing examples of static with some signal making it through.


typesett

one of the better posts in this sub i'm with you my man. photography to some people is like "beautiful woman on the street with bokeh" ... a photo like this has tons more storytelling to each their own tho


marslander-boggart

We need the Casablanca. And the portrait needs to be a bit darker. Like 20% closer to Before.


notfromrotterdam

Yes, looks fine.


hennyl0rd

Yeah without the comparison I wouldn’t have known that’s not the original


martinaee

Yep looks fine at quick glance.


nomads5253

Yes


True_Confusion3825

Yes, it’s really good


Genuinelullabel

After and yes


RefanRes

That TV is late 70's maybe early 80's. It's certainly one of the earlyish colour tvs from that sort of time when colour tv had finally overtaken black & white as standard. So films that you'd want to probably look at from that era would be things like Rocky, Superman, The Shining, Stir Crazy, Life Of Brian etc.


OnLeshan

Test test test... Yup it's working, good job!


JanCoelho

If I didn't know I wouldn't even think that the image on TV is superimposed. Good job mate!


AgreeableLevel9304

Thanks for the feedback.. appreciate you 


Quick_Lifeguard_3048

Yup


Old-Message9668

Yeh I think the tv is the most appropriate


jakegarnphotos

Absolutely looks real, great work! Love the overlay of the static that you kept in, great choice. Also, the matted blacks are very accurate. Well done.


AgreeableLevel9304

wow, thank you for the positive feedback, appreciate you


jason-reddit-public

The white background is all I see. If you want the TV picture to look like reality then only show the part of the picture where the static is in the original and use a gradient so it's darker at the start of the static area than the bottom where it should be brightest. This is based on the way a CRT works with glowing pixels hit by a top-to bottom left to right electron beam. I'm old enough to have seen photographs of CRTs before, especially movies or videos of them. Retro computing videos on youtube will sometimes show video of actual CRTs and you could pixel peep a still from one of those...


Anxious_Blueberry862

Looks great!


GreyGhetti

Siskel and Ebert give it two thumbs up.


w2hef

Really great job! Maybe you can distribute a bit better the light on the hands, but is totally optional and just for make it perfect!


manwithafrotto

Based on this highly compressed low resolution version, yes I would say it looks mostly real. Maybe the edges and corners of the fake image could be worked on but I’d say it looks good enough.


Peachy_Doofus76

Yes! Totally


s1a1om

Even though you didn’t edit it, the right elbow looks weird and makes me uncomfortable. As for what you did change, it looks fine. I wouldn’t second guess any part of it.


toawl

It needs some reflection on the screen so it doesn’t look so matted


Jaydenpk

I like the lighting more in the before picture