At 11:53 AM 10/9/2005, Boris Liberman wrote:
Hello.
> Yes, I would like to see the other half of that image.
Count me in as well.
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Boris
Okay, by popular demand, here is the original image:
http://webpages.charter.net/glenweb/gallery/Red_Cape_Original.jpg
I took 3 or 4 images of my friend Amber in her red cape. This was actually
the worst image of the set by far. I started playing with it in Photoshop
Elements, to see if I could somehow "rescue" the image. The result of that
effort was what I posted earlier:
small:
http://webpages.charter.net/glenweb/gallery/Red_Cape_s.jpg
Large:
http://webpages.charter.net/glenweb/gallery/Red_Cape_L.jpg
As most people are aware, the image was split vertically and mirrored. I
also removed the utility poles and street lights from the image. Likewise,
the electrical wires were also removed. I evened out the lighting. The
foreground was originally much brighter than the background, but in the
final version, the lighting is much more even. You will also notice that in
the original image, I forgot to remove that darn lens hood from the 18-55mm
kit lens, before using the pop-up flash unit! There is a nasty, dark shadow
at the bottom of the original image because of that. I had to "zoom in" and
crop that out of the final image. You will also notice that I touched up
some yellow spots in the grass, and I even extended the grass to be closer
to the roses. In the original, there is a border of brown mulch that
surrounds all the roses. I just didn't think it looked photogenic enough,
so I removed it.
I know the original image looks terrible, but I think I turned it into
something interesting. If you want to see one of the other images from that
evening, click here:
http://webpages.charter.net/glenweb/gallery/Red_Cape_4s.jpg
You will notice that thanks to the *istDS preview feature, I quickly took
off that darn lens shade and removed that nasty shadow from the pop-up
flash. ;)
take care,
Glen
