----- Original Message ----- From: "alex wetmore" Subject: Re: PAW. I actually shot a picture that wasn't of my house......
> > http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/paw/IMGP3270.jpg > > > > Probably doesn't have much going for it. > > Shot with the istD and 31mm lens > > It looks like you applied a lot of USM to it. There is a lot of > aliasing on the diagonal lines of the train. The picture is not cropped at all. I massaged the RAW file in the Photoshop converter a bit until I got the colour close to right, then opened it in Photoshop. I made a minor tweak to the blue in levels, resized it and applied an unsharp mask of 100% at 1 pixel. I suppose I should see if a bit less USM would help. I think I tend to oversharpen images for the web. > > My eye is constantly drawn towards the upper left (maybe because of > the diagonal of the trains, also the car in the upper left is unique). > I think I like the composition better when the leftmost two cars are > cut out (and I trimmed the bottom a bit too to keep the same aspect > ratio). > > It is a very relaxing photo. > > alex > p.s. I don't remember if people get annoyed at critiques during PAWs. > I hope not. I'm always disappointed when I post one (rarely) and > no one really has anything (specifically advice) to say about it. > I think that critical analysis (from myself and others) is really > the only way to grow as a photographer. > > Thanks for looking, and for commenting. William Robb
