Many thanks, Paul!
On 10/3/2010 1:56 PM, paul stenquist wrote:
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
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