Refresh your eye-gouging memory with the original photo here:
http://www.neovenator.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=888
I selected all the green (except the green petals/leaves/whatever
immediately around the flower) and threw some Lens Blur on it:
Bob W wrote:
The first is an improvement, but the picture is still rather sudden. I think
the brightness of the green overwhelms everything else.
You know, sometimes it's best to recognise when you're flogging a dead
horse. Part of your workflow should be deciding which photos are worth
I definitely prefer the first edit over the original but, as others have
mentioned, the green is a bit vivid.
Without spending too much more time on the image, it might be worth
trying to make the background more subtle.
I also like the second edit more than the original.
Cheers
Brian
Also..what Bob/Boris said. For me, the OOF stem makes it virtually
irretrievable.
Jack
--- On Fri, 12/5/08, Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: PESO: A Question of Bokeh - two edits
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Refresh your eye-gouging memory with the original photo here:
http://www.neovenator.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=888
I selected all the green (except the green petals/leaves/whatever
immediately around the flower) and threw some Lens Blur on it:
John,
The background on the revision is now quite acceptable.
Amazing what you can fix in photoshop!
Regards, Bob S.
On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 12:35 AM, John Celio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Refresh your eye-gouging memory with the original photo here:
The first fix looks more like what I'd expect a lens with good OOF
characteristics to produce. The second fix has some holga/lensbaby
characteristics, i.e. cheap plastic lens look. Either is preferable to
the original though I like the non bee point of view, simply because the
bee's POV
On Dec 5, 2008, at 0:35, John Celio wrote:
Refresh your eye-gouging memory with the original photo here:
http://www.neovenator.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=888
I selected all the green (except the green petals/leaves/whatever
immediately around the flower) and threw some Lens Blur on it:
Wat Bob said.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f
- Original Message -
From: Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: PESO: A Question of Bokeh - two edits
Refresh your eye-gouging memory with the original photo here:
http://www.neovenator.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=888
mix of the blur layer.
Regards, Anthony
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
John Celio
Sent: Friday, 5 December 2008 5:35 PM
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Subject: Re: PESO: A Question of Bokeh - two edits
Refresh your eye-gouging memory
You know, sometimes it's best to recognise when you're
flogging a dead horse.
I appreciate your advice, but I have actually sold this photo on items
from my CafePress store, so there are people out there who like it as it
is. I just wanted to find out what fellow photographers thought, rather
From: John Celio
Refresh your eye-gouging memory with the original photo here:
http://www.neovenator.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=888
I selected all the green (except the green petals/leaves/whatever
immediately around the flower) and threw some Lens Blur on it:
It's interesting that the response from a photography group like this
would be just about the opposite of the responses I got from
non-photographers.
that's to be expected. With all due respect to flower shots, pretty much
anybody with a modicum of photographic expertise could go out and
Refresh your eye-gouging memory with the original photo here:
http://www.neovenator.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=888
I selected all the green (except the green petals/leaves/whatever
immediately around the flower) and threw some Lens Blur on it:
In a message dated 12/4/2008 10:35:55 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Refresh your eye-gouging memory with the original photo here:
http://www.neovenator.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=888
I selected all the green (except the green petals/leaves/whatever
immediately
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