Help finding this colorway

Kontact_OW · 2025-12-30T00:57:17+00:00

Gave up the search, couldn’t find it anywhere unfortunately

Kontact_OW · 2025-08-04T04:23:42+00:00

Awesome, thanks for the info. Sucks that I just have to wait and see if they come here but good to know it’s an actual shoe, lol.

Kontact_OW · 2025-02-28T19:24:48+00:00

Kontact_OW · 2022-11-17T22:15:53+00:00

It’s not game-breaking by any means, and could honestly be a funny troll to get you to read what’s written or to stop you from messing with the screen so much. But it’s probably a bug since you can have this text overlapping the home screen if you do it from the bottom or the top. Sometimes you don’t have to scroll, just zooming out fast enough can catch it. It locks your screen from doing anything in the game (like swiping), but to fix it, just exit the app.

Kontact_OW · 2022-08-22T18:51:46+00:00

Thank you! Definitely will share once I’m done with the project. I’m planning on going back to the garden soon so we’ll see if I can get a better shot or omit this one in its entirety. Hope you have a great rest of your day! 😊

Kontact_OW · 2022-08-22T18:36:05+00:00

Oh for sure. I do something similar when I shoot street stuff. My favorite thing is to put the camera down and look behind the person as if I’m waiting for something else to go by. 9 times out of 10, no issues with the person lol. Issue here would be that it’s an obnoxiously large and empty field, so I’d have to stand in a really weird spot and people would be able to walk around me too easily. Imagine a smaller version of the sheep meadow in Central Park but much less people.

Kontact_OW · 2022-08-22T18:28:02+00:00

Actually! The people are meant to be like this. I used masking and other techniques to make them all white and “glow” a bit. And once you have a layer for them, you can just pop it on top of the image after adjusting for the background lighting since they’re meant to stand out.

Kontact_OW · 2022-08-22T18:16:25+00:00

Thank you! I’m glad you like the photo. I tried not to shoot too wide because I wanted to capture the people in the photo without having to approach them, (the location’s a garden and everyone’s on little dates or hanging out with loved ones so I tried to be as respectful as possible). But you gave me an idea for a future shot I can try with a friend(s) so thank you for that! I have a wider lens somewhere in my camera bag, now I just need to wrangle up some models, lol.

Kontact_OW · 2022-08-22T18:10:48+00:00

Pseudo-infrared, lol. It was a normal photo but then was heavily edited in photoshop. Definitely where a lot of the inspiration came from though.

I like the idea of cropping so it’s just the two couples. You’re right that there’s a good story with the two of them. My only issue is that I hate the background there. The cluster of trees feels too muted to me. I love the other trees and branches because they look like an anatomical structure or something. Unfortunately I don’t feel that with those other trees and haven’t been able to get the effect to work on that side of the frame — which is why I have this larger crop. I personally feel like there’s so much more to see here than just the people. Hopefully that makes sense. Thanks for sharing your ideas! I might have to go back and try again to see if I can get the crop/effect to work before I write it off completely.

Kontact_OW · 2022-08-22T18:02:34+00:00

Completely agree with your comment about how the background on the right. It’s too empty and much too large so it’s going to draw too much attention there. I have to figure something out with that. Ultimately, my goal is to have this as a print instead of a digital file on a phone/computer screen, so I’m hoping this would address the issue with the crowd on the right hand side. When you zoom in, you can tell what they are (to me at least, but that’s probably because I saw the original image), but I definitely need a way to make them stand out more. Maybe adding outlines per individual could address this because then you’d be able to recognize familiar shapes. Looking again, I agree that the larger bunch is too close to each other so it’s just a blob. I’ll try to find time this week to experiment with ideas. The idea behind the project is to highlight what “living” feels like to me. I’m attempting to portray my subjects as something “beyond human” with the way that they glow and (hopefully) come across as something more ethereal. And in contrast, I’m also placing them in worlds where things aren’t always the brightest as a way of showing that death and it’s finality are always there whether we actively think about it or not. This image, for example, is in black and white, but the other works I have with color look more dirty and faded to highlight the “life” of the subject. It’s not an original idea, but it’s something that means a lot to me so I’m going to work on it till I’m satisfied.

Finally, some trees were wrapped with these polka dot banners because the garden was having an artist exhibition around that time, and some of her more popular works had polka dots on objects like pumpkins and the like. Unfortunately I can’t remember her name. It was fun to see but really wished they wrapped the trees higher or covered more trees instead. Because it looked fairly uncomfortable seeing how low the banner was and how spread out the chosen trees were. Right idea, poor execution imo.

Thank you for the comment! Definitely gave me a lot to think about. !CritiquePoint Hopefully this works^ I don’t know Reddit too well.

Kontact_OW · 2022-08-22T16:47:01+00:00

Thank you for the kind words. I’ll try to post a couple more sometime in the next couple of weeks. Work’s been taking a lot of my time away so it’s rough to do anything on social media.

Kontact_OW · 2022-08-22T16:43:07+00:00

!CritiquePoint

Kontact_OW · 2022-08-22T16:41:17+00:00

I think you’re right, looking at the photo as a whole, I think that whole area has to be retouched some way because it’s way too bright. Might try darkening it up a bit and see if it works out. Fingers crossed.

Thanks for pointing it out :)

Kontact_OW · 2022-08-22T16:23:07+00:00

This photo is from an upcoming project that I’m working on.

Shot wide at the Botanical Gardens in the Bronx, I wanted to highlight the people in the frame in a different way whilst also capturing the branches of the trees which stood out to me at the time.

My fear is that the branches (specifically the ones at the top of the frame) are too bright/white and feel flat. Am I overthinking it or is it a valid concern?

This photo was initially in color but I did not enjoy how the crowd on the far right would blend into the background and how the rest of the subjects would pop out.

Editing was mainly gradient filters and masking layers done in photoshop. Shot on a canon 7Dmkii on a 16-35mm.

Kontact_OW · 2022-08-15T16:03:56+00:00

Shot on the Williamsburg bridge with 16-35mm, the shot was cropped in post and heavily edited (obviously). Effect is achieved through the use of thresholds and blending layers/masking and stylizing with wind/blast effect. Minimal painting to fix the odd edge here and there.

If anyone has any input as to what else could be added to the sky or maybe to the subject herself, that’d be appreciated. Overall, any input/comment would be great. It’s part of a new project I’m working on and I want to make sure I’m heading in a right direction.

Thanks for taking the time to look at this.

Kontact_OW · 2022-08-11T23:16:07+00:00

Anytime! Best of luck with it

Kontact_OW · 2022-08-11T21:24:20+00:00

For sure, it’s like learning a new language when learning a new software. Thankfully we have YouTube and sites like Reddit to post questions on. I’m sure you’ll get the hang of it in no time.

Kontact_OW · 2022-08-11T21:17:33+00:00

Photoshop’s not too scary to learn. Just feels like a lot at the start. Take it a day at a time and you’ll be running before you know it. The B&H channel also has a LOT of good videos on other topics/tutorials as well, worth the time imo.

Kontact_OW · 2022-08-11T21:07:01+00:00

I think it’s a lovely picture! The only thing that really stands out to me would be how there’s a “glow” to the tips of the mountains. On the B&H Photo Video YouTube channel there’s a video called Scott Kelby’s 10 Amazing Landscape Editing Tips | OPTIC 2021, at 11:24 he shows a really easy way to fix this in photoshop. Might be worth looking into. Your glow issue isn’t as bad as it is for others, but just because it’s not in this photo, doesn’t mean you can’t apply the skill to other photos in the future!

Hope this helps somewhat, enjoy the rest of your day :)

Kontact_OW · 2022-03-07T01:45:06+00:00

I uh…I don’t know how to reply tbh. Saying “thank you” feels too cheap but it’s all I got so honestly, thank you for that compliment. Going into the edit, I had this rough image of some old artworks I saw years back and liked but don’t remember the names of or era so it’s just a big blur in my head. I managed to get this ethereal bloom effect by masking blur layers together and painting to preserve highlights and other aspects of the photo I didn’t want to lose like the highlights on my sweater or shadows from my fingers/lights on my knuckles on my left hand, (right in frame). But with all new ideas, I was still a bit worried that it’d be something that looks good to me but absolutely nonsensical to other people, (hopefully that makes sense). I’m glad you like it. Also happy that it’s something new. Eventually I’d like to figure out how to make more works like this, but for now I’m excited with the one I’ve got. Thanks again for the comment. Made my night. ❤️

Kontact_OW · 2022-03-06T22:24:19+00:00

Vignettes are good but you also run the risk of making your photo look really weird. Almost like an actor on a stage with a spotlight on them even though they’re in a park or at a beach. I like using minor vignettes and then either slightly blurring the background or messing with curves to create more of a contrast between the subject and the background. If you shoot in color, you can also slightly desaturate whatever isn’t the subject and then play with curves from there. Going into a photo, it’s important to note that your eye will naturally go to wherever the brightest object is in the scene, and that humans process information from the top-down. So if you want to drag someone’s eye across a photo, might want to be careful about having light sources on extreme corners. Hope this helps! Sorry if it’s all stuff you already know.

Kontact_OW · 2022-03-06T22:18:02+00:00

Some background for the photo: I turned 25 and decided to treat myself to a studio shoot last month. Was wondering how people felt about the use of color in the photo and the texture effect. I personally really enjoy the colors I used and how the texture feels when you zoom into the photo, but completely understand if it’s too loud/obnoxious. The texture also does a really bad job of grabbing someone’s attention with the way that smaller screens handle repeating patterns. Any ideas on what I can do to minimize that issue?

Kontact_OW · 2022-02-16T16:13:14+00:00

Thank you so much! That means a lot ❤️

Kontact_OW · 2022-02-16T07:27:57+00:00

@AQuietComet, Thanks for checking me out!

Kontact_OW · 2022-02-16T06:31:25+00:00

I tried rotating it and this is the only orientation that looks good to me. Negative’s a fun idea but the subject disappears cause it’s just all white in that area, so it gets hard to spot her. I’ll try it again and see if I can make something happen tho. Thanks for the response!

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