On Sat, 02 Apr 2011 19:58 -0400, "P. J. Alling" <[email protected]> wrote: > For some reason this scene just amused me, but just because I was amused > doesn't make it good. So for your viewing pleasure, and I use that > phrase loosely, I prepared the image three different ways, > > 1. More or less straight, a bit of processing to open up the dynamic > range and increase contrast, with just a bit of sharpening. > > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20outdoorstilllifewithconcreteturtle.html >
This is the version I prefer. You could possibly boost the contrast a tad to make the vase and turtle 'pop' a bit but not as much as the 'Kodachrome 25' version. Actually, you could add the kodachrome version to No.1, reduce the opacity by about 50% and selectively apply a mask to just the vase and turtle. If you want to, that is.... The B&W seems a bit flat in tone. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > 2. Starting from there I did a B&W rendering with B&W Plus using the > Green filter. (since the turtle was green I think maybe I should have > gone with yellow...) > > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20outdoorstilllifewithconcreteturtleb&w.html > > 3 finally I decided to see what the free K25 action thought it would > look like if I'd shot it with Kodachrome 25. > > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20outdoorstilllifewithconcreteturtlek25.html > > Hum, it seems to think that I would have blown the highlights, and even > the greens are a bit garish. Does this look like a Kodachrome rendering > to you? Well I guess you get what you pay for. > > Equipment: Pentax K20D w/vmc Series 1 Vivitar 70-210mm f2.8~4.0 (third > version) > > As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. > > -- > Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! > > --Marvin the Martian. > -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Send your email first class -- 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.
