Very nice, thanks. I see you touched up some of the blemishes, which I
debated doing or not. The crop is also very interesting, giving more
space to the right and not centering the face. Your crop looks alot
better to me. I appreciate your efforts. I learned something.
rg
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Adjusted version:
http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/soft.html
The Gonz Original:
http://www.g0nz.com/images/k2softaprox.jpg
The differences are subtle, apart from the crop, so, if you can, you might
want to look at the two side-by-side.
Shel
[Original Message]
From: Gonz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
You might consider getting an old lens, like an Auto Takumar, which can
be
purchased for a reasonable price, especially if the front element has
some
"cleaning marks."
They are surprisingly "sharp", however, compared to the effects of one
of the "soft" lenses like the Pentax 85 2.8 soft. I'm not sure what is
happening optically inside those lenses that create that effect, but I'm
sure an aproximation can be made in PS if you could break it down to
aproximate transformations of the original image.
Right now I'm looking for one of those - one recently went for $37.00
on an
auction site and was described as being in mint condition. I picked
one up
not too long ago for $6.00 plus shipping - it had a ding in the front
threads so a filter wouldn't attach properly.
Wow. Good deal.
Also, look at some Russian lenses. I've used one that I borrowed from
Juan
that gave reasonably soft results, and just bought an Industar for the
Leica, also for a measly $6.00 plus shipping.
I like the second photo quite a bit, so much so that I couldn't help
playing around with it a bit in PS. I did it for my own pleasure, but
if
you'd like to see it, just say the word.
I would like to see it, thanks for looking.
--
Someone handed me a picture and said, "This is a picture of me when I
was younger." Every picture of you is when you were younger. "...Here's
a picture of me when I'm older." Where'd you get that camera man?
- Mitch Hedberg
