Well done! Paul On Oct 3, 2010, at 2:03 PM, Walter Gilbert wrote: > Thanks, Steven. > > I really need to immerse myself in Photoshop in order to do anything > approaching what P.J. did with that photo. It really is nice, isn't it? > > -- Walt > > > > On 10/3/2010 10:27 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote: >> 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. >>> >> >> > > > -- > 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.
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