In a message dated 10/12/2009 6:11:27 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: I think the image as is might be "good enough" for a family publication.
It's still kind of washed out, like it was printed from a badly underexposed negative. For me, the problem is the lack of detail in the foreground, the side of the closest building, the washed out spots on the cornice of great grandpa's store, whatever that white area under the foliage at the end of the street is and where the roof of the Emporium just disappears into the sky. You might add a layer and set the blend mode to multiply to give it more density. You could do two or three layers using layer masks to add density to specific blown out areas. I'd do that before doing the B&W conversion. And instead of taking the foliage out from under the tree, maybe try adding foliage into the blown out area. ========= Interesting idea. I would like a bit more detail on the top of the Emporium and the side wall of the Grange. Not much, just a little. I'll try that and see what happens. Thanks, Marnie :-) --------------------------------------------- We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them. Albert Einstein -- 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.
