Mark Cassino wrote: >I really enjoyed the images - wry and interesting >compositions. Manhattan Cafe is my favorite. > thanks, Mark (and all of you who like them ) I'm answering this one as Mark wrote at more length on some I'm in the middle of a tourney in NY , quite exhausted -- 4 games tomorrow - litle sleep, house guest is now doing dishes for me :)
we are about to fold but I thought I would just jump on line so you all wouldn't think I was ignoring you My guest is a Red Sox fans and the baseball is on... nostalgic for me He is staying over until Monday - so I wont get much done I don't even want to say how I'm doing in the tourney - don't feel like I'm playing my best except for one game which I won because I found a 10 letter word through a three letter on the board and felt I had gotten my mojo back (TIE was on the board, I Played ENORMITIES - which won't me a game I had thought was unwinnable.... whatever else happens , that made my day. back to guest, baseball and soon, some sleep later ann > >WRT to the posterizing - I don't really care for it. >In some cases the effect seems to be subtle, but I >would expect larger images, especially prints, would >display it much more pronounced. > >If you want snap - have you tried getting aggressive >with the curves and levels tools? Or working in duo >to tri-tones (which in essence gives you three sets of >curves to work with.) You might want to try creating >an adjustment layer in photoshop, pushing the contrast >hard (too hard) and then experimenting with blending >options with the original. > >Just some thoughts - the photos are great anyhow! And >a great body of work here as well. > >- MCC > >--- ann sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>http://annsan.smugmug.com/gallery/2538600 >> >>36 thumbs here.... the first 12 most of you know -- >>they are in my book >>ad first calendar, >>the second set are 12 more from the book -- the >>third tier of 12 are >>files I posterized in >>photoshop of the second 12.... I can't decide if >>they work.... >>do you like em better than the non posterized ones? >> >> >>Each image here would be as it would appear on a >>calendar page -- black >>background is part of it.... >> >>I fell into this because I started working on the >>cover and couldn't get >>it to be snappy enough.... >> >>My house guest arrives tomorrow afternoon and the >>tounrey starts >>tomorrow night so I won't be >>around here much... >> >>Obviously I'm not wildly enthused about my >>conversions or I'd not ask -- >>some I like a lot, I think, >>but would people just as soon look at the original >>"real" photos or like >>the conversions better? bearing in >>mind I'm putting them on cafepress to peddle... >> >>thanks for any impressions, yay or nay - >> >>ann >> >> >>-- >>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. >> >> >> > > >-------------------------- >Mark Cassino Photography >Kalamamazoo, MI >www.markcassino.com > >Photo Books: >www.lulu.com/cassino >-------------------------- > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ >Catch up on fall's hot new shows on Yahoo! TV. Watch previews, get listings, >and more! >http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/3658 > > > -- 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.
