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 02/14/2012 07:35:45 AM · #1
pull back guys, pull back! you are killing some great images with it!

02/14/2012 07:39:06 AM · #2
examples? as it is a subjective subject
 02/14/2012 07:51:49 AM · #3
just a trend im noticing during voting so i dont want to post any examples, i made comments during the voting.

its like the hdr hole people get stuck in. you dont need to kill the image with topaz, let it stand on its own a little.

when i can tell you used topaz, you did it wrong.
 02/14/2012 08:31:32 AM · #4
I,m guilty of this and promise to pull back in future having seen the error of my ways.
I like Topaz but somedays wish I had never met it.
 02/14/2012 08:39:50 AM · #5
I'll get the popcorn going.
 02/14/2012 08:54:17 AM · #6
no need for popcorn, everyone knows i'm right :)
 02/14/2012 09:04:43 AM · #7
I̢۪m on a 12 Steps Program but had a slight relapse lately.



Can you tell I used Topaz?
 02/14/2012 09:23:49 AM · #8
no

but you intended to severely over-process that one.

here are some of my own before i realized i had a problem:





02/14/2012 09:54:01 AM · #9
Originally posted by mike_311:
here are some of my own before i realized i had a problem:

So what you are saying here is that you've seen the error of your ways and been saved. It's the devil's plugin... Repent!!!
 02/14/2012 10:21:49 AM · #10
Ok, here's the funny thing. I'm getting HDR related comments both positive and negative and I didn't use anything of that sort. I didn't even increase the saturation (only the contrast)in my edit. But your comment on my image did make me pause and look at it differently. I may have finished the edit in under 5 steps but I obviously overdid something for it to be jarring in some way.

And you're right about overuse of HDR/Topaz. It really does ruin an image sometimes.
 02/14/2012 10:31:45 AM · #11
I admit, I'm an addict. I love the topaz look. All of them! Some you'd never know, some quite obvious. Though, since my eye sight has been getting progressively worse, I've probably overdone a number of them lately. The good news for you guys is I saw the eye doctor yesterday, and I really am going blind, but they can fix it. I get my first eye surgery Feb. 28th. They won't schedule the second eye until the first is done though.
 02/14/2012 10:37:45 AM · #12
Originally posted by Kelli:
I admit, I'm an addict. I love the topaz look. All of them! Some you'd never know, some quite obvious. Though, since my eye sight has been getting progressively worse, I've probably overdone a number of them lately. The good news for you guys is I saw the eye doctor yesterday, and I really am going blind, but they can fix it. I get my first eye surgery Feb. 28th. They won't schedule the second eye until the first is done though.


ok you get a pass, and good luck with the surgery. i couldn't imagine losing my vision.
 02/14/2012 10:46:35 AM · #13
Originally posted by mike_311:
Originally posted by Kelli:
I admit, I'm an addict. I love the topaz look. All of them! Some you'd never know, some quite obvious. Though, since my eye sight has been getting progressively worse, I've probably overdone a number of them lately. The good news for you guys is I saw the eye doctor yesterday, and I really am going blind, but they can fix it. I get my first eye surgery Feb. 28th. They won't schedule the second eye until the first is done though.


ok you get a pass, and good luck with the surgery. i couldn't imagine losing my vision.


Sorry to hear about your vision loss, but at least its fixable. I have been getting progressively worst eyesight as well (from a medication that I was on for years, at least the doctors assume that's the cause).

On another note, makes you wonder about things...
In Oklahoma, in order to get my driver's license, I had to have the eye test, and my restriction was that I MUST wear my eyeglasses or contacts at all times when driving.
HOWEVER,
in West Virginia, I don't have to wear them when driving.

I understand things vary from state to state, but really? When I'm 15ft away from a road sign, it's completely blurry without my glasses. So that's not ok in Oklahoma, but is ok in West Virginia? I just don't get people sometimes.

I know I went off topic here, I do that sometimes (more often than not, lol)
Anyway... Good Luck with the surgery!
02/14/2012 10:54:36 AM · #14
Originally posted by mike_311:
Originally posted by Kelli:
I admit, I'm an addict. I love the topaz look. All of them! Some you'd never know, some quite obvious. Though, since my eye sight has been getting progressively worse, I've probably overdone a number of them lately. The good news for you guys is I saw the eye doctor yesterday, and I really am going blind, but they can fix it. I get my first eye surgery Feb. 28th. They won't schedule the second eye until the first is done though.


ok you get a pass, and good luck with the surgery. i couldn't imagine losing my vision.


Very scary feeling. I'm just happy it's fixable.
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