I want to know...
Feb. 7th, 2008 08:54 pmWhich baka decided to make MatsuJun's pic in the latest Duet photoshoot look like this???

(scan credit to
wingist6)
... Seriously.
The overall photoshoot was great, but what was up with that blue filter on Jun's pic?? I think it's pretty obvious that the colouring was done in "post production" because you can see a brown patch on the table and on the bricks in the original picture. Setting aside the bad choice to colour the photo blue, that editing in itself is subpar. Why leave patches of the original colour like that? It's just weird and makes no sense.
It doesn't make sense either if you say that maybe the photo was already taken with a colour filter on the camera and those patches were edited later. In fact, that's even stupider. Why add in two brown patches? hahah... so that argument is totally null and void.
Because I like the pic, but hate the colour, I fixed it myself. I had to. It was driving me crazy to see such a beautiful photo wasted that way.
(Hahah okay, I dunno. Maybe some of you might like the blue tone. For my part, I hated it. ^^ )

(scan credit to
... Seriously.
The overall photoshoot was great, but what was up with that blue filter on Jun's pic?? I think it's pretty obvious that the colouring was done in "post production" because you can see a brown patch on the table and on the bricks in the original picture. Setting aside the bad choice to colour the photo blue, that editing in itself is subpar. Why leave patches of the original colour like that? It's just weird and makes no sense.
It doesn't make sense either if you say that maybe the photo was already taken with a colour filter on the camera and those patches were edited later. In fact, that's even stupider. Why add in two brown patches? hahah... so that argument is totally null and void.
Because I like the pic, but hate the colour, I fixed it myself. I had to. It was driving me crazy to see such a beautiful photo wasted that way.
So nine Photoshop layers and about an hour later...

He's human again! :P
Isn't it sooooooo much better now?
♥

He's human again! :P
Isn't it sooooooo much better now?
♥
(Hahah okay, I dunno. Maybe some of you might like the blue tone. For my part, I hated it. ^^ )
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Date: 2008-02-07 01:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-02-07 01:43 pm (UTC)I don't know what the art director was thinking... >.<
Luckily I managed to "bring him back to life". hahah
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Date: 2008-02-07 04:06 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-02-07 05:15 pm (UTC)(I'm wondering if I should share the full size of the edited pic... hmmm)
BTW, nice Arashi avatar XD
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Date: 2008-02-07 04:52 pm (UTC)hahahhahahha
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Date: 2008-02-07 05:16 pm (UTC)yes I did :P
"yellow."
ahahaha
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Date: 2008-02-07 04:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-02-07 05:21 pm (UTC)(9 layers isn't a lot, actually... ^^ )
Send a notice to Duet? I wonder how that would read...
"Dear Editor-san,
Why did you let them do that to Matsumoto Jun's picture? That was silly. This (picture enclosed) would have been sooooo much better."
XDD
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Date: 2008-02-08 02:27 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-02-08 03:22 am (UTC)Thanks! hehe
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Date: 2008-02-17 05:28 am (UTC)btw, where did you get the orig pic for that icon (the one on the comment i replied to) u're using? Jun seems to literally glow here. Thanks! hope u don't mind me being too nosy. hehe.
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Date: 2008-02-17 06:09 am (UTC)I was thinking of sharing the full-sized version, actually... But haven't yet decided if I'll share it publicly or for my f-list ^^; Maybe I'll post it public eh? ^^
This icon where Jun is reading, you mean? I got it from kimiwapet2150's AAA photobook scans :)
Totally loved the pic because it seems to show Jun's more intellectual side, in a way. heheh
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Date: 2008-02-22 11:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-02-23 05:59 am (UTC)I'll be posting the HQ version soon I think - just need to check it over again to make sure it's perfect :D
Maybe I'll drop a comment in your LJ to let you know when I post it, yea? :)
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Date: 2008-02-23 11:39 am (UTC)perfectionist like Jun? <3
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Date: 2008-02-23 01:00 pm (UTC)Apparently, yes. "perfectionist like Jun" ^^
(Feels as though everyone's saying I'm like Jun nowadays... lol!)
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Date: 2008-02-23 02:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-02-23 04:27 pm (UTC)(Watching Utaban and other videos. hahah!)
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Date: 2008-02-23 09:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-02-24 09:46 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-02-24 03:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-02-24 05:04 pm (UTC)BTW, I've uploaded the HQ version of the pic. :D Check here (http://elenniel.livejournal.com/51048.html). heheh
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Date: 2008-02-24 07:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-02-28 05:45 pm (UTC)