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 06/11/2005 11:01:01 PM · #1
I took these last week at Isaac's school. Anyone think any of them are worth putting up as prints, with or without additional editing?

06/11/2005 11:48:48 PM · #2
I like number 3, but I would crop it closer, eliminating the leaf in the lower left.
 06/11/2005 11:50:03 PM · #3
I left comments on each pic. Nice work!
 06/12/2005 12:09:13 AM · #4
Originally posted by bryanbrazil:
I like number 3, but I would crop it closer, eliminating the leaf in the lower left.

Thanks -- maybe I'll make it a square crop then, I like those anyway.
 06/12/2005 12:19:42 AM · #5
Here is a quick thought - didn't play much with color only positioning

06/12/2005 12:28:25 AM · #6
Originally posted by ebertdj:
Here is a quick thought - didn't play much with color only positioning


That crop-layout works pretty well. Do they need work on the color? I'm good with tone ranges but my colors are often "off" a bit -- a consequence of having a red-green color defect.
 06/12/2005 02:10:48 AM · #7
Thanks everyone for some very pointed and helpful comments (especially the one pointing out where my mask still needed more editing!).

Note that these were all uncropped for evaluation purposes; I am usually a notorious cropper, and agree with the suggestions which were made regarding these.

I have some others which were taken against a gray (concrete) background I haven't started to edit yet ... I'll try to put those up along with these revisions tomorrow.

Expect to see them as 4x5 and 8x10 with a "tasteful" border -- the little ones are "very cheap."
 06/12/2005 08:44:16 PM · #8
How's this?

06/12/2005 08:47:49 PM · #9
Real nice General. Did you ever smell the butterfly bush flowers? Eww they are stinky to me, but butterflies sure like them. I had one in Oregon that was just huge.
06/12/2005 08:48:59 PM · #10
Originally posted by GeneralE:
How's this?



All I can say is... "Beautifull"
 06/12/2005 08:49:26 PM · #11
Originally posted by justine:
Real nice General. Did you ever smell the butterfly bush flowers? Eww they are stinky to me, but butterflies sure like them. I had one in Oregon that was just huge.

Thanks -- I kept my nose out of there this time. This bush is at Isaac's school and is about 8 feet tall.
 06/12/2005 09:20:37 PM · #12
Originally posted by GeneralE:
How's this?



Nice photos...I like butterflys, so detailed. Can you tell me how to extend that border on the bottom like that so you can put details there etc. I have Photoshop CS 2
 06/12/2005 10:23:31 PM · #13
Originally posted by megryan:
Nice photos...I like butterflys, so detailed. Can you tell me how to extend that border on the bottom like that so you can put details there etc. I have Photoshop CS 2

Thanks -- I just used the Canvas size command, first enlarging it all around, and a second time positioning the selector in the top-center block so it only adds along the bottom.
 06/12/2005 10:31:51 PM · #14
Great shots all of them... left comments...
06/13/2005 02:20:09 AM · #15
Originally posted by tolovemoon:
Great shots all of them... left comments...

Thanks! Here's another set up for printing ...

06/13/2005 01:07:52 PM · #16
And the same image after messing with the bokeh ...

06/13/2005 01:14:36 PM · #17
With this last one, I don't care for the background as it's distracting from the butterfly and flower. In my opinion I would destaturate the background. It would bring out the objects of the picture more.
 06/13/2005 01:18:19 PM · #18
Originally posted by crazycrystal1977:
With this last one, I don't care for the background as it's distracting from the butterfly and flower. In my opinion I would destaturate the background. It would bring out the objects of the picture more.

I actually tried that too -- it didn't seem to work as well -- but maybe I'll give it another go.

I just like playing around with the colors like this, and I thought the effect rather mimics the patterning of a butterfly's wings -- I know it's not to everyone's taste. Maybe I'll try desaturating this "distorted" version ...

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