John, That's very nice. The blur makes the light a bit softer. I have no problem with the 'dark space' at the top. It helps center the image in the frame. Now could you use a Singray filter like Tony... :-) Regards, Bob S.
On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 11:42 PM, Ken Waller <kwal...@peoplepc.com> wrote: > A nice capture, but I'd crop some from the top edge to remove as much of the > 'dark space' as possible. > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Sessoms" <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> > > Subject: PESO: Sweet Japanese Maple > > >> Went out to Raulston Arboretum in Raleigh mid-day today. Just wanted to >> get out and photograph SOMETHING! It's either that or cut the damn grass >> (which I'm going to have to do this afternoon anyway). >> >> I was struck by the color of the Japanese Maple. >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/4515958550/sizes/o/ >> >> Brought it home & played with it for just about 5 minutes to create a >> "Tony Sweet" image. >> >> Just a layer with a bit of Gaussian Blur at about 60% opacity over the >> image plus a saturation boost adjustment layer at about 25% opacity. >> >> Also tried to do it using motion blur layer, but that didn't seem to work >> so well. >> >> Anyway, say what you will, I think it turned out OK for just goofing >> around. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
