In a message dated 1/13/2008 1:13:54 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 4) I've also done a BW conversion, just for kicks.
color http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6834549 BW http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6834554 Big Cheers, Christine ========== This is very much a color pic, so a B&W takes away too much. Definitely should be in color. I think the desaturation helped make it look more real, but I also think you desaturated too much. Now, if you keep playing with it, it gets into the matter of minute adjustments. I just suggest if you shoot RAW, that you have saturation on the convertor set low. If you shoot JPG set the saturation low too, you can always add more saturation later. http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/redone.jpg I desaturated by -18 (which may have been a tad too much, I'd probably bump it back up a notch or two, say +2 or +3), but mainly I selected and lightened the sky separately. The sky being so blue-blue is what most made it look like a postcard. Some of the toy model look of the original is very desirable, because some of it is simply because you were high up and far away. Anyway, it is a good composition, Christine, and adjust or not adjust it the way you like. It really is a matter of personal preference. Sometimes one can get too greatly influenced by the list :-) -- always please yourself first and foremost. HTH, Marnie aka Doe :-) --------------------------------------------- Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
