Thanks, again Marnie. No, I didn't use "lighten shadows". All I wanted to do was "darken highlights." You've surprised me by mentioned "harsh lightening" a couple times lately, so I wanted to go to the extreme to get your reaction. I had no designs on the shadows except to suggest to Christine that a shot taken later in the day might help. (house faces the east). Image going back to the "Trash Bin"
J --- On Wed, 4/22/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Fw: PESO: Walton House -OOPS.. Per Marnie > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, April 22, 2009, 8:02 AM > In a message dated 4/22/2009 5:54:35 A.M. Pacific Daylight > Time, > [email protected] writes: > > From: Jack Davis <[email protected]> > > Subject: PESO: Walton House - Per Christine. > > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > <[email protected]> > > Date: Wednesday, April 22, 2009, 5:36 AM > > Christine, > > > > Exhumed this image I response to your appreciated > comments. > > Subdued the lighting and am re-posting. > > Doing so actually enhanced the pink, but flattened > the > > scene overall. > > If you'd care to comment.(?) > > > > Jack > > > > > http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=412 > > =========== > Actually, we both mentioned it. I said the lightening was > a little too > harsh and Christine said she'd like less shadow. > (Basically I meatn it would > look better in softer light, too much light/dark, not that > it was blown.) > > It looks better overall, but it also doesn't work. > Because now it looks > funny. I am thinking you used lighten shadow on the dark > parts, but you > overdid it. Look at the bottom shadows behind the wire > fence -- they are now > splotchy. Look at the branches on the trees, they are now > almost haloed (by > darker areas). One can only lighten shadows so much. > Unfortunately. :-) > > Good idea, but I feel it needed softer light in the first > place to be a > little more grabbing. > > As is (was, originally), a decent pic but not quite up to > Jack standards. > Which, after all, are pretty darn high. > > HTH, Marnie aka Doe ;-) > > --------------------------------------------- > We can't solve problems by using the same kind of > thinking we used when we > created them. Albert Einstein > > **************Big savings on Dell XPS Laptops and Desktops! > > (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1220433404x1201394533/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fad.doubl > eclick.net%2Fclk%3B214133109%3B36002181%3Bk) > > -- > 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.
