Hi Frank ... this is the original, pretty much straight from the camera except for a little trimmed from the left side.
http://home.earthlink.net/~pdml-pics/dsc07705.jpg I suppose the answers to your questions are qualified yes, yes, and yes. Unfortunately, my masking techniques are virtually non-existent, so while the result is fine for its purpose, I'd like to have been able to preserve some more fine detail in the fur ... but Eisman's book on masking is coming up and maybe it'll help a bit. I used a rather clumsy, heavy handed technique in doing this, but I'm just learning. Shel > [Original Message] > From: frank theriault > > Made this for a project for my niece. She and my Sis and a few others > > liked it. > > > > http://home.earthlink.net/~pdml-pics/buddybg.html > > Lovely, Shel! > > Looks like a design for a Big Ad Campaign for some cat product or > something. And, I mean that as a compliment. > > Tell me, is it a "true silhouette"? By that, I mean was it shot like > that, or is the silhouette a result of post-processing or > photoshopping? > > Either way, it makes no difference to me in terms of the quality of > the image - it is what it is, no matter how arrived at. I'm merely > curious.
