Re: PESO: Cardinal on Approach
On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 12:52 AM, Walter Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, This is a shot I took way back at the end of May, shortly after I got my K-x. I've been tinkering with it off and on ever since and can't bring myself to abandon it, as it was the first in-flight bird I ever captured that I was somewhat proud of. The color of the background was absolutely horrid in the original photo, and it was pretty noisy by K-x standards. I messed with toning down the colors (it was an abhorrent mix of brown, green, rust, and yellow originally) until I finally decided it looked best with everything desaturated out, except for the red of the bird. I'm still trying to deal with some ugliness on the beak, but I'm slowly getting it out of there. http://www.flickr.com/photos/walt_gilbert/5045841583/ K-x, DAL 50-200mm, f/5.6, ISO 400, 1/1250 sec It was shot in jpeg format, so I'm somewhat limited in my options. And this is a resized (2400 pixels long-side) version after some minor cropping (I'm trying to stay as close to the original resolution as possible for now). Any tips on what I can do, aside from the cropping, to make it a more effective image? Comments, critiques, and/or relentless hectoring welcome. Good shot, but I'd prefer to have seen the wings out. Just doesn't look right to me - as if he's just hanging in mid-air rather than moving in a direction (presumably forward). And again with the desaturation thing. I'll comment no more on that. ;-) I do recognize the difficulties in catching such moments at the perfect time, so I'll still say very good shot. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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.
Re: PESO: Cardinal on Approach
Thanks again, Frank. The doesn't look right thing is actually what I like about the shot, and why I keep returning to it. The overall qualities of the original image are extremely ugly, but I can't help wanting it to turn out well. I have to admit it's a sentimental attachment. -- Walt On 10/4/2010 3:21 PM, frank theriault wrote: On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 12:52 AM, Walter Gilbertldott...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, This is a shot I took way back at the end of May, shortly after I got my K-x. I've been tinkering with it off and on ever since and can't bring myself to abandon it, as it was the first in-flight bird I ever captured that I was somewhat proud of. The color of the background was absolutely horrid in the original photo, and it was pretty noisy by K-x standards. I messed with toning down the colors (it was an abhorrent mix of brown, green, rust, and yellow originally) until I finally decided it looked best with everything desaturated out, except for the red of the bird. I'm still trying to deal with some ugliness on the beak, but I'm slowly getting it out of there. http://www.flickr.com/photos/walt_gilbert/5045841583/ K-x, DAL 50-200mm, f/5.6, ISO 400, 1/1250 sec It was shot in jpeg format, so I'm somewhat limited in my options. And this is a resized (2400 pixels long-side) version after some minor cropping (I'm trying to stay as close to the original resolution as possible for now). Any tips on what I can do, aside from the cropping, to make it a more effective image? Comments, critiques, and/or relentless hectoring welcome. Good shot, but I'd prefer to have seen the wings out. Just doesn't look right to me - as if he's just hanging in mid-air rather than moving in a direction (presumably forward). And again with the desaturation thing. I'll comment no more on that. ;-) I do recognize the difficulties in catching such moments at the perfect time, so I'll still say very good shot. cheers, frank -- 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.
Re: PESO: Cardinal on Approach
Many thanks, Paul! On 10/3/2010 1:56 PM, paul stenquist wrote: Well done! Paul On Oct 3, 2010, at 2:03 PM, Walter Gilbert wrote: Thanks, Steven. I really need to immerse myself in Photoshop in order to do anything approaching what P.J. did with that photo. It really is nice, isn't it? -- Walt On 10/3/2010 10:27 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote: I admit that I am partial tot his kind of effect if it it is done well. Both of these are good efforts, but the car is wonderful. On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 2:19 AM, P. J. Allingwebstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Just to be annoying here's one of my efforts, I used a number of layers. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20chartreusecouperevisited%26revised.html On 10/3/2010 2:10 AM, Walter Gilbert wrote: Thanks, P.J. You're absolutely right. I noticed the halo around the bird about ten minutes after I'd uploaded it. Only, I didn't use any layers. I simply desaturated the colors in the original. I'll see if I can get rid of some of that. -- Walt On 10/3/2010 12:54 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: Imitation hand coloring of BW can be effective, but you have to be careful to avoid halos around your colored layer. Just think of it as a case of Less is More, unless you intended for it to look the way it does, in which case to quote Emily Litela . /Nevermind/. On 10/3/2010 12:52 AM, Walter Gilbert wrote: Hi all, This is a shot I took way back at the end of May, shortly after I got my K-x. I've been tinkering with it off and on ever since and can't bring myself to abandon it, as it was the first in-flight bird I ever captured that I was somewhat proud of. The color of the background was absolutely horrid in the original photo, and it was pretty noisy by K-x standards. I messed with toning down the colors (it was an abhorrent mix of brown, green, rust, and yellow originally) until I finally decided it looked best with everything desaturated out, except for the red of the bird. I'm still trying to deal with some ugliness on the beak, but I'm slowly getting it out of there. http://www.flickr.com/photos/walt_gilbert/5045841583/ K-x, DAL 50-200mm, f/5.6, ISO 400, 1/1250 sec It was shot in jpeg format, so I'm somewhat limited in my options. And this is a resized (2400 pixels long-side) version after some minor cropping (I'm trying to stay as close to the original resolution as possible for now). Any tips on what I can do, aside from the cropping, to make it a more effective image? Comments, critiques, and/or relentless hectoring welcome. Best, Walt -- His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed moral bankruptcy. -Woody Allen -- 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. -- 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.
Re: PESO: Cardinal on Approach
Thanks, P.J. You're absolutely right. I noticed the halo around the bird about ten minutes after I'd uploaded it. Only, I didn't use any layers. I simply desaturated the colors in the original. I'll see if I can get rid of some of that. -- Walt On 10/3/2010 12:54 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: Imitation hand coloring of BW can be effective, but you have to be careful to avoid halos around your colored layer. Just think of it as a case of Less is More, unless you intended for it to look the way it does, in which case to quote Emily Litela . /Nevermind/. On 10/3/2010 12:52 AM, Walter Gilbert wrote: Hi all, This is a shot I took way back at the end of May, shortly after I got my K-x. I've been tinkering with it off and on ever since and can't bring myself to abandon it, as it was the first in-flight bird I ever captured that I was somewhat proud of. The color of the background was absolutely horrid in the original photo, and it was pretty noisy by K-x standards. I messed with toning down the colors (it was an abhorrent mix of brown, green, rust, and yellow originally) until I finally decided it looked best with everything desaturated out, except for the red of the bird. I'm still trying to deal with some ugliness on the beak, but I'm slowly getting it out of there. http://www.flickr.com/photos/walt_gilbert/5045841583/ K-x, DAL 50-200mm, f/5.6, ISO 400, 1/1250 sec It was shot in jpeg format, so I'm somewhat limited in my options. And this is a resized (2400 pixels long-side) version after some minor cropping (I'm trying to stay as close to the original resolution as possible for now). Any tips on what I can do, aside from the cropping, to make it a more effective image? Comments, critiques, and/or relentless hectoring welcome. Best, Walt -- 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.
Re: PESO: Cardinal on Approach
Just to be annoying here's one of my efforts, I used a number of layers. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20chartreusecouperevisited%26revised.html On 10/3/2010 2:10 AM, Walter Gilbert wrote: Thanks, P.J. You're absolutely right. I noticed the halo around the bird about ten minutes after I'd uploaded it. Only, I didn't use any layers. I simply desaturated the colors in the original. I'll see if I can get rid of some of that. -- Walt On 10/3/2010 12:54 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: Imitation hand coloring of BW can be effective, but you have to be careful to avoid halos around your colored layer. Just think of it as a case of Less is More, unless you intended for it to look the way it does, in which case to quote Emily Litela . /Nevermind/. On 10/3/2010 12:52 AM, Walter Gilbert wrote: Hi all, This is a shot I took way back at the end of May, shortly after I got my K-x. I've been tinkering with it off and on ever since and can't bring myself to abandon it, as it was the first in-flight bird I ever captured that I was somewhat proud of. The color of the background was absolutely horrid in the original photo, and it was pretty noisy by K-x standards. I messed with toning down the colors (it was an abhorrent mix of brown, green, rust, and yellow originally) until I finally decided it looked best with everything desaturated out, except for the red of the bird. I'm still trying to deal with some ugliness on the beak, but I'm slowly getting it out of there. http://www.flickr.com/photos/walt_gilbert/5045841583/ K-x, DAL 50-200mm, f/5.6, ISO 400, 1/1250 sec It was shot in jpeg format, so I'm somewhat limited in my options. And this is a resized (2400 pixels long-side) version after some minor cropping (I'm trying to stay as close to the original resolution as possible for now). Any tips on what I can do, aside from the cropping, to make it a more effective image? Comments, critiques, and/or relentless hectoring welcome. Best, Walt -- His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed moral bankruptcy. -Woody Allen -- 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.
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Wow! Very nice work! I have zero practical experience with layers. I've been essentially flying blind ever since I got Photoshop. One of these days, I'm going to spend some hours watching tutorials. On 10/3/2010 1:19 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: Just to be annoying here's one of my efforts, I used a number of layers. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20chartreusecouperevisited%26revised.html On 10/3/2010 2:10 AM, Walter Gilbert wrote: Thanks, P.J. You're absolutely right. I noticed the halo around the bird about ten minutes after I'd uploaded it. Only, I didn't use any layers. I simply desaturated the colors in the original. I'll see if I can get rid of some of that. -- Walt On 10/3/2010 12:54 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: Imitation hand coloring of BW can be effective, but you have to be careful to avoid halos around your colored layer. Just think of it as a case of Less is More, unless you intended for it to look the way it does, in which case to quote Emily Litela . /Nevermind/. On 10/3/2010 12:52 AM, Walter Gilbert wrote: Hi all, This is a shot I took way back at the end of May, shortly after I got my K-x. I've been tinkering with it off and on ever since and can't bring myself to abandon it, as it was the first in-flight bird I ever captured that I was somewhat proud of. The color of the background was absolutely horrid in the original photo, and it was pretty noisy by K-x standards. I messed with toning down the colors (it was an abhorrent mix of brown, green, rust, and yellow originally) until I finally decided it looked best with everything desaturated out, except for the red of the bird. I'm still trying to deal with some ugliness on the beak, but I'm slowly getting it out of there. http://www.flickr.com/photos/walt_gilbert/5045841583/ K-x, DAL 50-200mm, f/5.6, ISO 400, 1/1250 sec It was shot in jpeg format, so I'm somewhat limited in my options. And this is a resized (2400 pixels long-side) version after some minor cropping (I'm trying to stay as close to the original resolution as possible for now). Any tips on what I can do, aside from the cropping, to make it a more effective image? Comments, critiques, and/or relentless hectoring welcome. Best, Walt -- 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.
Re: PESO: Cardinal on Approach
Other than being a tad dark on my laptop, good first try. Dave On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 12:52 AM, Walter Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, This is a shot I took way back at the end of May, shortly after I got my K-x. I've been tinkering with it off and on ever since and can't bring myself to abandon it, as it was the first in-flight bird I ever captured that I was somewhat proud of. The color of the background was absolutely horrid in the original photo, and it was pretty noisy by K-x standards. I messed with toning down the colors (it was an abhorrent mix of brown, green, rust, and yellow originally) until I finally decided it looked best with everything desaturated out, except for the red of the bird. I'm still trying to deal with some ugliness on the beak, but I'm slowly getting it out of there. http://www.flickr.com/photos/walt_gilbert/5045841583/ K-x, DAL 50-200mm, f/5.6, ISO 400, 1/1250 sec It was shot in jpeg format, so I'm somewhat limited in my options. And this is a resized (2400 pixels long-side) version after some minor cropping (I'm trying to stay as close to the original resolution as possible for now). Any tips on what I can do, aside from the cropping, to make it a more effective image? Comments, critiques, and/or relentless hectoring welcome. Best, Walt -- 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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- 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.
Re: PESO: Cardinal on Approach
I admit that I am partial tot his kind of effect if it it is done well. Both of these are good efforts, but the car is wonderful. On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 2:19 AM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Just to be annoying here's one of my efforts, I used a number of layers. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20chartreusecouperevisited%26revised.html On 10/3/2010 2:10 AM, Walter Gilbert wrote: Thanks, P.J. You're absolutely right. I noticed the halo around the bird about ten minutes after I'd uploaded it. Only, I didn't use any layers. I simply desaturated the colors in the original. I'll see if I can get rid of some of that. -- Walt On 10/3/2010 12:54 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: Imitation hand coloring of BW can be effective, but you have to be careful to avoid halos around your colored layer. Just think of it as a case of Less is More, unless you intended for it to look the way it does, in which case to quote Emily Litela . /Nevermind/. On 10/3/2010 12:52 AM, Walter Gilbert wrote: Hi all, This is a shot I took way back at the end of May, shortly after I got my K-x. I've been tinkering with it off and on ever since and can't bring myself to abandon it, as it was the first in-flight bird I ever captured that I was somewhat proud of. The color of the background was absolutely horrid in the original photo, and it was pretty noisy by K-x standards. I messed with toning down the colors (it was an abhorrent mix of brown, green, rust, and yellow originally) until I finally decided it looked best with everything desaturated out, except for the red of the bird. I'm still trying to deal with some ugliness on the beak, but I'm slowly getting it out of there. http://www.flickr.com/photos/walt_gilbert/5045841583/ K-x, DAL 50-200mm, f/5.6, ISO 400, 1/1250 sec It was shot in jpeg format, so I'm somewhat limited in my options. And this is a resized (2400 pixels long-side) version after some minor cropping (I'm trying to stay as close to the original resolution as possible for now). Any tips on what I can do, aside from the cropping, to make it a more effective image? Comments, critiques, and/or relentless hectoring welcome. Best, Walt -- His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed moral bankruptcy. -Woody Allen -- 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. -- Steve Desjardins -- 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.
Re: PESO: Cardinal on Approach
Thanks, Steven. I really need to immerse myself in Photoshop in order to do anything approaching what P.J. did with that photo. It really is nice, isn't it? -- Walt On 10/3/2010 10:27 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote: I admit that I am partial tot his kind of effect if it it is done well. Both of these are good efforts, but the car is wonderful. On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 2:19 AM, P. J. Allingwebstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Just to be annoying here's one of my efforts, I used a number of layers. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20chartreusecouperevisited%26revised.html On 10/3/2010 2:10 AM, Walter Gilbert wrote: Thanks, P.J. You're absolutely right. I noticed the halo around the bird about ten minutes after I'd uploaded it. Only, I didn't use any layers. I simply desaturated the colors in the original. I'll see if I can get rid of some of that. -- Walt On 10/3/2010 12:54 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: Imitation hand coloring of BW can be effective, but you have to be careful to avoid halos around your colored layer. Just think of it as a case of Less is More, unless you intended for it to look the way it does, in which case to quote Emily Litela . /Nevermind/. On 10/3/2010 12:52 AM, Walter Gilbert wrote: Hi all, This is a shot I took way back at the end of May, shortly after I got my K-x. I've been tinkering with it off and on ever since and can't bring myself to abandon it, as it was the first in-flight bird I ever captured that I was somewhat proud of. The color of the background was absolutely horrid in the original photo, and it was pretty noisy by K-x standards. I messed with toning down the colors (it was an abhorrent mix of brown, green, rust, and yellow originally) until I finally decided it looked best with everything desaturated out, except for the red of the bird. I'm still trying to deal with some ugliness on the beak, but I'm slowly getting it out of there. http://www.flickr.com/photos/walt_gilbert/5045841583/ K-x, DAL 50-200mm, f/5.6, ISO 400, 1/1250 sec It was shot in jpeg format, so I'm somewhat limited in my options. And this is a resized (2400 pixels long-side) version after some minor cropping (I'm trying to stay as close to the original resolution as possible for now). Any tips on what I can do, aside from the cropping, to make it a more effective image? Comments, critiques, and/or relentless hectoring welcome. Best, Walt -- His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed moral bankruptcy. -Woody Allen -- 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.
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Thanks, David. The shot is a near-perfect expression of myself as a photographer in that it's very much a work in progress, and in its early stages. The most valuable lesson I've learned from this image is that, for all its wonders, Photoshop can't turn a crappy photographer into a good one. :-) Best, Walt On 10/3/2010 6:27 AM, David J Brooks wrote: Other than being a tad dark on my laptop, good first try. Dave On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 12:52 AM, Walter Gilbertldott...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, This is a shot I took way back at the end of May, shortly after I got my K-x. I've been tinkering with it off and on ever since and can't bring myself to abandon it, as it was the first in-flight bird I ever captured that I was somewhat proud of. The color of the background was absolutely horrid in the original photo, and it was pretty noisy by K-x standards. I messed with toning down the colors (it was an abhorrent mix of brown, green, rust, and yellow originally) until I finally decided it looked best with everything desaturated out, except for the red of the bird. I'm still trying to deal with some ugliness on the beak, but I'm slowly getting it out of there. http://www.flickr.com/photos/walt_gilbert/5045841583/ K-x, DAL 50-200mm, f/5.6, ISO 400, 1/1250 sec It was shot in jpeg format, so I'm somewhat limited in my options. And this is a resized (2400 pixels long-side) version after some minor cropping (I'm trying to stay as close to the original resolution as possible for now). Any tips on what I can do, aside from the cropping, to make it a more effective image? Comments, critiques, and/or relentless hectoring welcome. Best, Walt -- 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.
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Don't sell yourself short, we're all crappy photographers, some are just better editors. Right now I've just deleted about 100 shots of a doorknob I was shooting to test out a couple of lenses. Some were even good photos of a doorknob, but... On 10/3/2010 2:07 PM, Walter Gilbert wrote: Thanks, David. The shot is a near-perfect expression of myself as a photographer in that it's very much a work in progress, and in its early stages. The most valuable lesson I've learned from this image is that, for all its wonders, Photoshop can't turn a crappy photographer into a good one. :-) Best, Walt On 10/3/2010 6:27 AM, David J Brooks wrote: Other than being a tad dark on my laptop, good first try. Dave On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 12:52 AM, Walter Gilbertldott...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, This is a shot I took way back at the end of May, shortly after I got my K-x. I've been tinkering with it off and on ever since and can't bring myself to abandon it, as it was the first in-flight bird I ever captured that I was somewhat proud of. The color of the background was absolutely horrid in the original photo, and it was pretty noisy by K-x standards. I messed with toning down the colors (it was an abhorrent mix of brown, green, rust, and yellow originally) until I finally decided it looked best with everything desaturated out, except for the red of the bird. I'm still trying to deal with some ugliness on the beak, but I'm slowly getting it out of there. http://www.flickr.com/photos/walt_gilbert/5045841583/ K-x, DAL 50-200mm, f/5.6, ISO 400, 1/1250 sec It was shot in jpeg format, so I'm somewhat limited in my options. And this is a resized (2400 pixels long-side) version after some minor cropping (I'm trying to stay as close to the original resolution as possible for now). Any tips on what I can do, aside from the cropping, to make it a more effective image? Comments, critiques, and/or relentless hectoring welcome. Best, Walt -- 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. -- His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed moral bankruptcy. -Woody Allen -- 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.
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Thanks for the encouragement, P.J. I'll try to keep that in mind the next time I find myself deleting 100 pictures of a smashed aluminum can, not taken to test out a lens, but because I'd somehow convinced myself it'd make an interesting shot. ;^) On 10/3/2010 1:30 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: Don't sell yourself short, we're all crappy photographers, some are just better editors. Right now I've just deleted about 100 shots of a doorknob I was shooting to test out a couple of lenses. Some were even good photos of a doorknob, but... On 10/3/2010 2:07 PM, Walter Gilbert wrote: Thanks, David. The shot is a near-perfect expression of myself as a photographer in that it's very much a work in progress, and in its early stages. The most valuable lesson I've learned from this image is that, for all its wonders, Photoshop can't turn a crappy photographer into a good one. :-) Best, Walt On 10/3/2010 6:27 AM, David J Brooks wrote: Other than being a tad dark on my laptop, good first try. Dave On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 12:52 AM, Walter Gilbertldott...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, This is a shot I took way back at the end of May, shortly after I got my K-x. I've been tinkering with it off and on ever since and can't bring myself to abandon it, as it was the first in-flight bird I ever captured that I was somewhat proud of. The color of the background was absolutely horrid in the original photo, and it was pretty noisy by K-x standards. I messed with toning down the colors (it was an abhorrent mix of brown, green, rust, and yellow originally) until I finally decided it looked best with everything desaturated out, except for the red of the bird. I'm still trying to deal with some ugliness on the beak, but I'm slowly getting it out of there. http://www.flickr.com/photos/walt_gilbert/5045841583/ K-x, DAL 50-200mm, f/5.6, ISO 400, 1/1250 sec It was shot in jpeg format, so I'm somewhat limited in my options. And this is a resized (2400 pixels long-side) version after some minor cropping (I'm trying to stay as close to the original resolution as possible for now). Any tips on what I can do, aside from the cropping, to make it a more effective image? Comments, critiques, and/or relentless hectoring welcome. Best, Walt -- 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.
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Well done! Paul On Oct 3, 2010, at 2:03 PM, Walter Gilbert wrote: Thanks, Steven. I really need to immerse myself in Photoshop in order to do anything approaching what P.J. did with that photo. It really is nice, isn't it? -- Walt On 10/3/2010 10:27 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote: I admit that I am partial tot his kind of effect if it it is done well. Both of these are good efforts, but the car is wonderful. On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 2:19 AM, P. J. Allingwebstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Just to be annoying here's one of my efforts, I used a number of layers. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20chartreusecouperevisited%26revised.html On 10/3/2010 2:10 AM, Walter Gilbert wrote: Thanks, P.J. You're absolutely right. I noticed the halo around the bird about ten minutes after I'd uploaded it. Only, I didn't use any layers. I simply desaturated the colors in the original. I'll see if I can get rid of some of that. -- Walt On 10/3/2010 12:54 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: Imitation hand coloring of BW can be effective, but you have to be careful to avoid halos around your colored layer. Just think of it as a case of Less is More, unless you intended for it to look the way it does, in which case to quote Emily Litela . /Nevermind/. On 10/3/2010 12:52 AM, Walter Gilbert wrote: Hi all, This is a shot I took way back at the end of May, shortly after I got my K-x. I've been tinkering with it off and on ever since and can't bring myself to abandon it, as it was the first in-flight bird I ever captured that I was somewhat proud of. The color of the background was absolutely horrid in the original photo, and it was pretty noisy by K-x standards. I messed with toning down the colors (it was an abhorrent mix of brown, green, rust, and yellow originally) until I finally decided it looked best with everything desaturated out, except for the red of the bird. I'm still trying to deal with some ugliness on the beak, but I'm slowly getting it out of there. http://www.flickr.com/photos/walt_gilbert/5045841583/ K-x, DAL 50-200mm, f/5.6, ISO 400, 1/1250 sec It was shot in jpeg format, so I'm somewhat limited in my options. And this is a resized (2400 pixels long-side) version after some minor cropping (I'm trying to stay as close to the original resolution as possible for now). Any tips on what I can do, aside from the cropping, to make it a more effective image? Comments, critiques, and/or relentless hectoring welcome. Best, Walt -- His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed moral bankruptcy. -Woody Allen -- 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. -- 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.
PESO: Cardinal on Approach
Hi all, This is a shot I took way back at the end of May, shortly after I got my K-x. I've been tinkering with it off and on ever since and can't bring myself to abandon it, as it was the first in-flight bird I ever captured that I was somewhat proud of. The color of the background was absolutely horrid in the original photo, and it was pretty noisy by K-x standards. I messed with toning down the colors (it was an abhorrent mix of brown, green, rust, and yellow originally) until I finally decided it looked best with everything desaturated out, except for the red of the bird. I'm still trying to deal with some ugliness on the beak, but I'm slowly getting it out of there. http://www.flickr.com/photos/walt_gilbert/5045841583/ K-x, DAL 50-200mm, f/5.6, ISO 400, 1/1250 sec It was shot in jpeg format, so I'm somewhat limited in my options. And this is a resized (2400 pixels long-side) version after some minor cropping (I'm trying to stay as close to the original resolution as possible for now). Any tips on what I can do, aside from the cropping, to make it a more effective image? Comments, critiques, and/or relentless hectoring welcome. Best, Walt -- 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.
Re: PESO: Cardinal on Approach
Imitation hand coloring of BW can be effective, but you have to be careful to avoid halos around your colored layer. Just think of it as a case of Less is More, unless you intended for it to look the way it does, in which case to quote Emily Litela . /Nevermind/. On 10/3/2010 12:52 AM, Walter Gilbert wrote: Hi all, This is a shot I took way back at the end of May, shortly after I got my K-x. I've been tinkering with it off and on ever since and can't bring myself to abandon it, as it was the first in-flight bird I ever captured that I was somewhat proud of. The color of the background was absolutely horrid in the original photo, and it was pretty noisy by K-x standards. I messed with toning down the colors (it was an abhorrent mix of brown, green, rust, and yellow originally) until I finally decided it looked best with everything desaturated out, except for the red of the bird. I'm still trying to deal with some ugliness on the beak, but I'm slowly getting it out of there. http://www.flickr.com/photos/walt_gilbert/5045841583/ K-x, DAL 50-200mm, f/5.6, ISO 400, 1/1250 sec It was shot in jpeg format, so I'm somewhat limited in my options. And this is a resized (2400 pixels long-side) version after some minor cropping (I'm trying to stay as close to the original resolution as possible for now). Any tips on what I can do, aside from the cropping, to make it a more effective image? Comments, critiques, and/or relentless hectoring welcome. Best, Walt -- His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed moral bankruptcy. -Woody Allen -- 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.
