On 10/12/2011 10:32 AM, steve harley wrote:
on 2011-10-10 23:22 Walt Gilbert wrote
So, I cropped the hell out of it, sharpened the hell out of it, added
some
"film grain" to it, converted it to monochrome and made it into a
silhouette.
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/6233509410/
K100Ds, M 50/2, ISO 200, f/16, 1/500
I've toyed with tinting the background with somewhat interesting
results, but
to my eye, they detract from what I've done already. So, I figured
I'd ask if
anyone had any suggestions as to how I might improve it as an image.
it brings an instant grin, and the layout within the frame of the web
and blips is pleasing; to my taste, there is too much sharpening;
dropping that a bit might make the grain look more natural too, though
the grain does help; i like the natural gradient in the background --
perhaps if the grain disappeared in the lower right? if you were to
add color, i'd try red in upper left to orange-white in lower right
Thanks, Steve.
I think you're absolutely right about the over-sharpening. The halos
are pretty distracting, and it does make the grain look more like a
culture under a low-power microscope. I'll tinker with it and see what
I can do.
Thanks for the suggestions!
-- Walt
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