How to take vintage looking photos?

How to take those saturated looking photos?

  • You know those surreal looking photos? is there a name for the style or any tips on how to take them would be rather appreciated! thanks http://www.flickr.com/photos/surrealize/4615537488/in/photostream example

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    Well, the two answers so far have it partially right...you need to use a photo editor, but they apparently only know part of the story. Those photos are HDR photos with several of the settings set very high. HDR requires you to take 3 or more bracketed exposures of the same scene. The images (best to shoot in RAW) are then combined in software like PhotoShop, or Photomatrix the blend the different tones, giving you a huge increase in dynamic range. When you turn a bunch of the settings up, you get the over saturated "burned" effect you are looking for.

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What you need is to use photoshop. Its expensive, and the cheapest is about $300+ if you are a college student or teacher and you must provide proof such as a bill or statement. Otherwise it can be more than $700 Before I got photoshop, I used free onlinesites such as fotoflexer.com or picnik.com Your going to have to upload the photo and increase the saturation. There are many interstings things you can do with the image such as the colors, balances and hues. Have fun!!!

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You need an image editing program. The very best is Adobe Photoshop CS5, but it is very expensive. A more sensible choice might be Photoshop Elements (current version is 9) which is Photoshop's smaller cousin - can't do all the same things, but it is much cheaper and perfectly adequate for most people. Another editing program you can get is the Gimp (free and legal). It isn't pretty, has a big learning curve, but is a great program. http://www.gimp.org/ Or you can go to these free websites, but that option is nowhere near as good as having the program on your computer: http://www.picnik.com or http://www.picture2life.com/ or http://fotoflexer.com/ or http://www.sumopaint.com/ or http://aviary.com/ The last two are your best bet for more complicated tasks. If you are one of the people who seem to have an issue about downloading a program, keep in mind that if you use a website, you have to first upload each and every photo, work it, then download each one again. MUCH more up and downloading in the long run, and when your internet is down, you have nothing. If you only want to edit a few photos, websites are ok, but if you have more, then resident programs are much better.

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