I do freely use filters when shooting b&W. Mostly red an occasional green and, once in awhile, polarizing. I fumbled around with this image and wound up dropping the contrast a tad and lightening the sky. It was just an exercise to entertain myself.
Your suggestions are appreciated! Jack --- jim kerslake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry Jack, I asked the last question badly - > I was just wondering whether you had used a coloured filter on the > actual > lens :-) > (I've just been experimenting a bit with red and yellow filters for > b&w film > shots, and still trying to work out how best to use them) > > > I'm lucky enough to have full Photoshop at work - > (UK educational licensing is quite cheap :-) > so I don't know too much about Elements. > > But it is certainly possible to select just parts of your image, then > apply > effects such as levels, contrast, sharpness etc to just that selected > sub-region. So you could perhaps apply very different treatments to > your > sky, the dark barn wall, and the foreground. > > Of course that then looks really weird and artificial along the > "joins" > between your manipulated regions. > So you can first "feather" (soften) the edges of your selection (by > say 25 > pixels), before you apply any effects as above. > > Beyond that, people get really nerdy by making several identical > copies of > the same starting image, applying different effects to each one, > stacking > them up in "Layers" on top of one another, and then controlling how > much of > each one shows through onto the one above. That's a textbook in > itself. > > As you might imagine, you can go on almost indefinitely - > and I certainly don't have the skill to do all that without going too > far > and ending up with an artificial looking result. > > But it's best to start simple and learn what each tool does slowly. > > This page has an interesting use of the "dodge" tool - which I have > never > tried before - so I might give that a go sometime :-) > http://depts.washington.edu/trio/train/howto/pieces/images/photoshop/elements2.shtml > > Cheers, > jim > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jack Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 6:26 PM > Subject: Re: Wild Oats II > > > > Jim, Thanks for you interest and suggestion. > > I'm Elements 4.0. Do I have colored filters? If so, how would they > be > > applied? > > I simply scan (Epson 3170) in PS. I mainly applied levels, as I > > remember. In reviewing it, I feel the sky could be somewhat > lighter. > > Halo is greatly reduced by so doing, of course, but It's difficult > to > > be certain after looking at it for awhile. > > I'm open to any suggestions you may care to offer. Please keep it > > "dumb", for my sake. :)) > > > > Thanks, > > > > Jack > > > > --- jim kerslake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Like the contrast and rather abstract lines / composition - > > > > > > I like the foreground detail of the larger version more - > > > but the edges of the barn now have a distracting pale halo effect > > > that looks > > > a bit "Photoshoppy", so I prefer it without that. > > > > > > > > > I'm guessing you are scanning b&w negs into graphics software? > > > > > > It's probably possible to avoid that halo but still get the same > > > foreground > > > effect > > > (a few days in a room with a Photoshop manual and plenty of > coffee: > > > adjustment layers, masks and airbrushes) > > > > > > but sometimes life is just too short - > > > I seldom bother with any of that myself, since the more I fiddle > > > about the > > > worse it seems to get :-) > > > > > > Any coloured filter used to increase contrast in the original > shot? > > > > > > cheers, > > > jim > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Jack Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 7:51 AM > > > Subject: PESO: Wild Oats II > > > > > > > > > > I couldn't resist trying another (and last) upload with a > larger > > > file. > > > > I realize it's contrasty, but as I explained before, it suits > my > > > taste > > > > for this image. 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