I looked again at greater magnification, and you may well be right about the halo. While looking at the pic I used the lens blur filter on the sign and the tower, and got a result that seemed to be a big improvement.
Shel > [Original Message] > From: Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 6/11/2005 1:40:18 PM > Subject: RE: PESO: Cold & Forlorn > > Shel, > If I'm looking at what you refer to as a "halo", my > take is that it's the sunlight just touching the > gull's upper right side. > I like the bright background which allows the gull to > cozy-up to the viewer. > I still am distracted by the sign. > Am enjoying reviewing it. > > Jack > > --- Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Dave .... the pic looks over sharpened. The > > white halo around the gull > > doesn't help things at all. Overall, I like the > > shot, although if you > > could have gotten that sign out of the pic somehow - > > maybe by being in a > > different position - the image might have been > > improved somewhat. It > > doesn't particularly bother me other than it seems > > too close to the gull > > .... but then, I've not had my second cuppa joe yet > > this morning <vbg> > > > > Shel > > > > > > > [Original Message] > > > From: David Savage > > > > > While I was there I caught this: > > > > > > http://tinyurl.com/958lp > > > > > > The poor fella was having a hard time staying on > > that bollard, the > > > wind kept trying to blow him off :-) > > > > > > Comments and criticisms welcome. > > > > > > Dave > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com
