Dave Savage suggested this. I ended up close to his recommendation. It's a lot closer to what I was looking for, still not perfect though. Maybe a few more tweaks or maybe a major layer job...
http://www.mindspring.com/~distilfink/PESO%20--%20cattails3.html As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. David Savage wrote: > I think somewhere between the 2 would look best. > > If you're using PS maybe try this: > > Open the original, than overlay v2 over it. Adjust v2's blending mode > to hard light & reduce the layer opacity to around 35%. > > Cheers, > > Dave > > On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 10:17 PM, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> There were some thoughts that the contrast was too low on the original >> so I've played with it a bit. Now I think it's actually too high. I >> changed the color filtration on the conversion and played with curves a >> bit. I can't seem to reach a happy medium here. Either it contrast is >> too low or it snaps over to too high. Oh well maybe I'll get some >> decent feedback... >> >> http://www.mindspring.com/~distilfink/PESO%20--%20cattails2.html >> >> P. J. Alling wrote: >> > Nature is where you find it. >> > >> > http://www.mindspring.com/~distilfink/PESO%20--%20cattails.html >> > >> > Equipment: Pentax *ist-Ds/smc Pentax M 85mm f2.0 >> > > -- Vote for Cthulhu. Why settle for a lesser evil... -- Dr. Jerry Pournelle -- 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.

