No, no, Bob.! They need the soft glow. Especially 4084944. Sorry, the compromise is 'dead'.
Jack --- Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Mike, and everyone else who commented. I have made an > in-between version: > > http://www.web-options.com/Easter/content/_4084944_large.html > > -- > Bob > > > > > > > I don't usually muck about much with photos, just > > presenting them more > > > or less as they come straight from the camera. However, here are > a > > > couple of photos from a reedbed close to my house: > > > > > > http://www.web-options.com/Reedbed/ > > > > > > I have altered the curves on both of these because the originals > are > > > very muddy: > > > http://www.web-options.com/_4084933.jpg > > > http://www.web-options.com/_4084944.jpg > > > > > > I'd be interested to hear peoples' opinions about these > alterations. > > > Do they look natural? I've done them by eye, but I don't > > trust my eyes > > > in this sort of thing, being colourblind. Do they look overdone? > > > > > > The more I look at them, the more I think the edited ones > > are overdone > > > and overdramatic. The unedited ones have a calm about them, > despite > > > the muddiness, which I quite like, but I feel as though > > they could do > > > with something a bit more. > > > > > > Opinions, please? > > > > They remind me of prints made in the 1970s, using Russian optics. > > Flary, slightly faded to that orange haze that they eventually > > degenerate into. Ideal for a Cadbury's Flake advert. You > > might call it > > impressionistic. 8-) I do like it. > > > > The room I'm viewing them in is far too bright. I might > > change my mind > > this evening. > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Bored stiff? Loosen up... Download and play hundreds of games for free on Yahoo! Games. http://games.yahoo.com/games/front -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

