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No Ordinary Duotone

2005 – 2024

No Ordinary Monkey was an amazing party that took place in the basement restaurant of a FiDi office building at 50 Broadway. Many mornings I left and got out onto the street just as the sun was coming up. Not quite anything goes, but you could get away with a lot.

The only thing I added to the image was the duotone separation then printing of the 2 layers, Mint and Sky Blue. The shaddow-ish, rhythmic effects all happened in camera, leveraging a slightly longer shutter speed to collect the scene lit from behind with a strobe.

The image above is the first I've printed. Below are some of the iterations I went through, some of which will be printed in the coming weeks.

No Ordinary Duotone: The shot that started it all

Original

2005.09.16

As seen that night, the shot starting it all.

No Ordinary Duotone: File that produced the print up top

PSD for Print Up Top

The PSD file used to produce the print up top.

Photoshop > Image > Mode > Duotone is your friend.

No Ordinary Duotone: Bright Red v Yellow

Bright Red v Yellow – Solarized

By pushing the duotone options in Photoshop I managed to achieve this faux solarization effect.

Screenshot of Duotone Options in Photoshop
No Ordinary Duotone: Sky Blue v Mint

Sky Blue v Mint – Solarized

No Ordinary Duotone: Yellow v Bright Red

Yellow v Bright Red

No Ordinary Duotone: Teal v Mint - Solarized

Teal v Mint – Solarized