The Notebook is a curation of curiosities and notes on life, design, creativity and space invaders. Recently I've undertaken the 52 Weeks of Progress project, which can be followed here or through my Twitter. Found anything interesting? Get in touch at shane@mahen.net

Hey, it's another photo #11

February 13, 2010, 12:10 pm

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And it's another photo...again. This one just jumped out at me in my album so I quickly opened it up in Photoshop, applied the tool - known as "Curves" to all non-followers, and actually did the opposite of what I usually do. I hope to post the tutorial on how I made this photo soon, it will probably help a lot of people. So the mystery shall be revealed soon - but till then, enjoy the photo my good people. And also lookout for the Goods #0004 coming up. Find the larger version here


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Hey, it's another photo #10

February 13, 2010, 8:40 am

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Well, I have to think about releasing this one, and had actually got it ready a while back. But I this was another generally epic photo from Photography Heaven. I made several layers of the same image and broke the 1st and 2nd layers into three parts - the foreground, middle and background - I then desaturated the first layer, and then used Curves, and Blending Options to make the copied layers "overlay" over the first layer. You can find the larger version here


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The Goods #0003

February 12, 2010, 9:56 pm

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This will be one of Mahen.net's weekly features. It will include a collection of my photos from the last week in their wallpaper form. So I hope you guys enjoy this week's Goods.

Portugal Docks


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Hey, it's another photo #9

February 10, 2010, 6:28 pm

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Sorry about the delay guys, but I have been preoccupied with the backstage aspects of the site, like the new notebook page, where all the past posts are displayed. Basically PHP stuff.
So this photo was from the glorious Swiss, I believe I took it near Jungfraujoch - tallest mountain in Europe at about 4 and a half Kilometres - from one of the viewing decks. I really do suggest going there, it is simply fantastic but back to the photo. I used my favourite Photoshop tool - Curves, and played around with the Color Balance. I actually made two layers, and desaturated the first layer and then played around on the second layer. So enjoy...and find the larger version here


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Ah Germany

February 10, 2010, 6:22 pm

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The Place of cars, sausages and...


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That's what I thought too...


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Hey it's another photo #8

February 8, 2010, 7:07 pm

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Hey guys, this is a picture from my trip to the Swiss. Seems to be my best place for pics with the amount of comments I'm getting on it. Anyway, this was another major edit where I played around with the colours using good old Curves, found at Image > Adjustments > Curves. I tinkered with the Color Balance as well, which is also found under Adjustments. I actually removed the original sky and implemented a nice one which I found from some place else. So hope you are fascinated and enjoy the photo


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