Amen Brother Cotty. I think it greatly enhanced your photo.
Walt, I thought the photo was eye-catching and worth exploring even if
it wasn't what you had hoped for.
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Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 09:03:00 -0500
From: "P. J. Alling"<[email protected]>
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Dos PESOS: Fire and Water
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There's no dishonor in after exposure manipulation, there was an
incredible amount of distraction in the background of this shot, so I
used a lot of selective blur in Photoshop and a lot of layers to create
a fairly smooth transition, (which probably wouldn't work at higher
resolutions. It was a lot of work, but I thought it was worth it for the
result. You're not doing photojournalism here so pretty much anything
goes. Modifying backgrounds is a time honored technique, made incredibly
easy using digital medium compared to the effort it would have taken
using analog film...
<http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20chartreusecouperevisited.html>
On 1/10/2013 1:10 AM, Walt wrote:
>Thank you, John.
>
>I did get another shot of that fire engine that wasn't as bad as I
>thought it'd be, but still has a lot of distracting background
>elements for my taste:
>
>http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/8366974508/#large
>
>I may go back when it's not so bright out and see if I can get a
>better whack at it. There's an old ('66-'70-ish), primer-grey Chevy
>Impala parked just on the other side of it, along with a couple of
>support beams from the old gas station awning, that keep me from
>getting a much better angle on it. I found out that a friend of mine
>is a good friend of the guy who owns it, so I'm going to see if I can
>maybe get the guy to move it to a more photogenic spot in exchange for
>a print.
>
>Thanks again!
>
>-- Walt
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