Well put. -- Bruce
Monday, April 9, 2007, 4:36:40 AM, you wrote: BW> I think you're right that they do look muddy but I think your BW> treatment goes a little too far in the opposite direction. BW> Looking at 4084944, getting a golden glow on the reeds is on BW> the right track but seems overdone here. I think you also need to BW> try to retain darkness in the background foliage (maybe use a BW> layer mask to partially protect the background foliage from the BW> adjustments carried out on the reeds). BW> The images are well worth a bit of work. BW> Cheers BW> Brian BW> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ BW> Brian Walters BW> Western Sydney Australia BW> Quoting Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Hi, >> >> 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? >> >> Thanks, >> Bob >> >> -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
