In a message dated 7/15/2006 3:04:30 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Removed the lower right bale that Marnie pointed out as being distracting. With Paul's encouragement, I removed the bale and, now, I wish someone had spoken up sooner. (all I need is courage) I think it's "better".
Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=130 ======= Yes, it does. Part of it was perspective, but don't know if I could explain that. Hmmm, maybe just to say the one you removed sort of interfered with the long distance perspective. Picture didn't "lay back" with it going almost off frame. Not sure how I feel about this, being in subject line, and all that. :-) Guess I will feel flattered. But it was Paul's suggestion to enlarge the canvas and clone in a new edge. Although you didn't do that that is a good way to do it too. I keep forgetting that is the way to go so I didn't think of it. Paul is definitely the PS wiz around here. I've always manipulated photos. Right from the beginning, even when I didn't know what I was doing very much. Although unfamiliar with PS, I had known how to use PaintShop Pro very well from before. http://pug.komkon.org/03jul/bigbarn.html This was a scan from a slide. I was still pretty much a rank novice. In my third photography class my teacher thought it was one of the best shots brought to class. It started good, but had some problems. I was using slide film but I was printing my own pictures. There were some distracting elements in the dark area of the barn shadow, so I toned them down (exterior barn lights as I recall). There was a building to the right that I mainly cropped off, but part of the roof remained. It was a tin roof or something, so it was shiny. I blued it down so it wouldn't be so shiny and distracting. And it was crooked. I couldn't totally fix that, but I rotated it a tad. The teacher, who at the time was completely old school and didn't know digital (now he includes digital photography in his class), loved it. He loved the time of day, the subject, and the way the fence "popped." And to date it still remains one of my favorite shots. I saw no reason a good photo should be ruined by a few distracting elements. Also, although I tried, I never could reach that barn at the right time of year and day again. I like it better, Jack. Good going. Although as I've gotten better I've had to manipulate them less or not at all. But still, sometimes... a little is all it takes. Marnie -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
