Godfrey, They are, of course, Photoshop tool references. I tried to respect your ideas and give validity while explaining why I rendered it as I did. You sound a bit indignant and your tone demeaning. Surprises me.
Jack --- Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jack, > > I have no idea what you're referring to with the mention of > '"enhancement" and it's sub menus'. And, of course, it's your > photograph: as long as it pleases you, that's enough. > > However, you asked for comments and critique. To my eye, on my > monitor, the line of the fence on the grasses is degraded because the > > tonal separations there are too close together. This is a shame > because that fence line would lend a wonderful feel to the photo were > > it rendered a little more clearly. I wouldn't want to change the > overall balance of the photo, it's nice as it is; a gentle adjustment > > curve to separate those tones (and a mask to prevent the adjustment > from affecting anything else) so that they would one to see the > composition well in a print or on screen is all that's necessary. > > I don't know what tools you're using to do your image processing, but > > if there are "submenus" to effect such adjustments it seems awfully > crude. > > Godfrey > > On Jul 19, 2006, at 6:24 PM, Jack Davis wrote: > > > In the past I've messed with "enhancement" and it's sub menus and > > have, > > always, come back to this rendering. > > Oddly, perhaps, I don't want to make out color tones or see MORE > > detail > > in the fence or meadow grasses. > > When I reached a point where I could comfortably feel the weight of > > > the > > fence line, I stopped. That, together with the stance of the > bull(?), > > were my total concern. > > The sky was a soft wispy gift. > > > >> I like the concept, but would do a bit of work on the rendering. > The > >> > >> foreground is just in that middle area between being too dark to > >> matter and needing a bit of work to pull up some tonal separation. > >> > >>> Instantly loved the stance, grabbed up the camera (LX w/A 70~210 > >>> \f/4) > >>> and got this shot before it moved. > >>> > >>> http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=143 > >> > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
