Believe I prefer the original. Jack
--- On Sun, 2/1/09, Brian Walters <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Brian Walters <[email protected]> > Subject: PESO - Pistons and Gears Take 2 > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, February 1, 2009, 3:08 AM > Luiz, Frank, Ken Anthony, Godfrey, Jack, Dave, Christian - > thanks for > the comments on "Pistons and Gears". > > Ken noted that there were actually no pistons present in > the image - I > guess that demonstrates my level of knowledge of mechanical > engineering, > or lack thereof..... > > Some specific responses: > > Jack noted: "I do feel I want to see more of the > lower right". So do I, > now you mention it. Not sure why I framed it like that but > I'll have > another try when I return to the site in a few weeks. > > Anthony and Godfrey felt that the colour intensity was a > bit bright. > > Confession time! I was treating this as an abstract and > did nudge the > brightness more that I would normally do using a Photoshop > action called > "Paint with Light". It basically adds a Colour > Burn" layer and a > "Colour Dodge" layer to the image and you can > adjust the depth and > intensity of the colour by painting on the layers with low > opacity black > and white, respectively. I find it a nice action to have > handy but it > can be easily overdone! > > Anyway, here's the image without the 'Paint with > Light" layers. > > http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/IMGP8998peso1.jpg > > and here's the original PESO: > > http://www.blognow.com.au/PESO/118084/Pistons_and_Gears.html > > > > Cheers > > Brian > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney Australia > http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ > > -- > > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - mmm... Fastmail... > > > -- > 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. -- 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.

