I admit that I am partial tot his kind of effect if it it is done well. Both of these are good efforts, but the car is wonderful.
On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 2:19 AM, P. J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > Just to be annoying here's one of my efforts, I used a number of layers. > > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20chartreusecouperevisited%26revised.html > > On 10/3/2010 2:10 AM, Walter Gilbert wrote: >> >> Thanks, P.J. >> >> You're absolutely right. I noticed the halo around the bird about ten >> minutes after I'd uploaded it. Only, I didn't use any layers. I simply >> desaturated the colors in the original. I'll see if I can get rid of some >> of that. >> >> -- Walt >> >> On 10/3/2010 12:54 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: >>> >>> Imitation hand coloring of B&W can be effective, but you have to be >>> careful to avoid halos around your colored layer. Just think of it as a >>> case of Less is More, unless you intended for it to look the way it does, in >>> which case to quote Emily Litela . /Nevermind/. >>> >>> On 10/3/2010 12:52 AM, Walter Gilbert wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> This is a shot I took way back at the end of May, shortly after I got my >>>> K-x. I've been tinkering with it off and on ever since and can't bring >>>> myself to abandon it, as it was the first in-flight bird I ever captured >>>> that I was somewhat proud of. The color of the background was absolutely >>>> horrid in the original photo, and it was pretty noisy by K-x standards. I >>>> messed with toning down the colors (it was an abhorrent mix of brown, >>>> green, >>>> rust, and yellow originally) until I finally decided it looked best with >>>> everything desaturated out, except for the red of the bird. I'm still >>>> trying to deal with some ugliness on the beak, but I'm slowly getting it >>>> out >>>> of there. >>>> >>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/walt_gilbert/5045841583/ >>>> K-x, DAL 50-200mm, f/5.6, ISO 400, 1/1250 sec >>>> >>>> It was shot in jpeg format, so I'm somewhat limited in my options. And >>>> this is a resized (2400 pixels long-side) version after some minor cropping >>>> (I'm trying to stay as close to the original resolution as possible for >>>> now). Any tips on what I can do, aside from the cropping, to make it a >>>> more >>>> effective image? >>>> >>>> Comments, critiques, and/or relentless hectoring welcome. >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> >>>> Walt >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > > > -- > "His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed > moral bankruptcy." > -Woody Allen > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
