Peek
by CNovack

Comment by BAMartin:
This is absolutely stunning!

The Lorax - And Truffula Trees Are What Everyone Needs
by CNovack

Comment by Tygerr:
Interesting editing.

The Lorax - And Truffula Trees Are What Everyone Needs
by CNovack

Comment by rosiehall:
great idea and composition. The shot is showing as having a lot of grit in it may be a bit too much enhancemment = 6

The Lorax - And Truffula Trees Are What Everyone Needs
by CNovack

Comment by HeiSch:
very nice arrangement. I particulary like the high contract giving the photo a very dramatic appearance

The Lorax - And Truffula Trees Are What Everyone Needs
by CNovack

Comment by onejumpjohnny:
nice color, well conceived, good foreground lighting, good interpretation

The Lorax - And Truffula Trees Are What Everyone Needs
by CNovack

Comment by liberty:
Wow, you worked hard on this for set up, I think; but any way great picture. 9

The Lorax - And Truffula Trees Are What Everyone Needs
by CNovack

Comment by scarbrd:
Everyone neeeds a Thneed! nice set up and execution!

The Lorax - And Truffula Trees Are What Everyone Needs
by CNovack

Comment by pipsqueak:
What an adorable idea!

The Apple Peddler's Hard Day
by CNovack

Comment by Greetmir:
Just a GORGEOUSLY lit and PP'ed image. Congratulations. You and Svetlana make me drool to have your eyes. I am sure you know she is a Vermeer fanatic too.

Lighting details PLEASE if you dare to give away the process of such magical techniques.

I gave it a 10 btw.

Message edited by author 2007-04-28 14:06:06.

With Wings Dragons Do Fly
by CNovack

Comment by CNovack:

Originally posted by KarenNfld: Can you explain how you got the 1 pixel grey border almost all the way around? I can't figure that out.

Huh, I had not noticed that Karen. Now that you mention it, it is rather odd. I would attribute it to the large original file being resized down in one stop to 640X480.

I went back to the two photos that I captured that are 7 seconds apart and virtually identical. The first one, I resized from the original file size of 3264 x 2448 down to 640x480 and did not get that 1 pixel border. The second shot that is virtually identical I resized and got that 1 pixel border. I did the test resize several times and got varying results that are driving me crazy. My photo was validated during the voting but I am now writing to the SC on this 1 pixel artifact border issue.

Edit: Doh! When trying to replicate a problem one should:

Don't overthink.

Make sure you get a good night's sleep.

Make sure you are following ALL the steps you did in EACH & EVERY test :the missing factor that was not applied to all tests was the one time sharpening.

RESULT: Resizing down from 3264 x 2448 to 640x480 then sharpen will result in that 1 pixel wide artifact border.


Message edited by author 2007-04-23 12:07:46.