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On 5/18/2017 8:35 PM, Bill W wrote:
snip Good to hear. I usually go for accuracy, but decided to just go with what I felt looked nice to my eye. I go for impression, rarely for accuracy. https://www.dropbox.com/s/t2quthg7matfxs8/Boron%20Botanical1filtered.jpg?dl=0 -- PeterN |
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On 5/18/2017 10:20 PM, Savageduck wrote:
On 2017-05-19 01:37:28 +0000, PeterN said: On 5/18/2017 7:43 PM, Eric Stevens wrote: On Wed, 17 May 2017 21:56:22 -0700, Savageduck wrote: On 2017-05-18 04:49:46 +0000, Bill W said: On Thu, 18 May 2017 00:37:33 -0400, PeterN wrote: On 5/18/2017 12:07 AM, Bill W wrote: On Thu, 18 May 2017 15:55:30 +1200, Eric Stevens wrote: There is more to it than that. The colors look slightly off and the lightin is peculiar. I have had a quick go at one of your shots with Photoshop although this required dabbling in unfamiliar territory. See https://www.dropbox.com/s/s6dbcdd34m...3-EES.jpg?dl=0 Now the sky is purple... Hmm. Talk about ambiguity. Song, or LGBT? Nah, I'm a boring person. It's neither, just an objective comment. I wish I could do better... Here is the RAF if you care to try. https://www.dropbox.com/s/pj7bmsr7vabc9dt/_DSF4603.raf For some reason none of my (up todate) Adobe CC software can open that file. :-( I had no issue with that. What I do have an issue with is the blocking in the shadow areas. The BW conversion was done using NIK. https://www.dropbox.com/s/jm920a15esdee0p/Duck%20Yellowstone_DSF4603.jpg?dl=0 While the B&W conversion might have been done using NIK (I assume Silver Efex Pro2), what else did you do to create that Mess? Specialized Peter sharpening perhaps? Sharpening was 4.2. Your version has no black and is far too flat. My issue is that as soon as I went for a bit more black, I had blocking. I suspect that the DR is too much without using some form of tone mapping to avoid this. Anyway, I am really tired as I have been up since 4:00 AM. I was recently diagnosed with COPD and went through a battery of testing. I would have gone about a B&W conversion with a somewhat lighter hand, even with NIK Silver Efex Pro2. This rendition was done in LR CC + NIK Silver Efex Pro2: https://www.dropbox.com/s/t03g89o9psq61te/DSF4603-E2.jpg -- PeterN |
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On 2017-05-19 02:26:04 +0000, PeterN
said: On 5/18/2017 8:35 PM, Bill W wrote: snip Good to hear. I usually go for accuracy, but decided to just go with what I felt looked nice to my eye. I go for impression, rarely for accuracy. https://www.dropbox.com/s/t2quthg7matfxs8/Boron%20Botanical1filtered.jpg?dl=0 Your are, if nothing else, artistically predictable. ;-) -- Regards, Savageduck |
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X-T2 @ Yosemite Today SOOC
On May 18, 2017, PeterN wrote
(in article ): On 5/18/2017 10:20 PM, Savageduck wrote: On 2017-05-19 01:37:28 +0000, said: On 5/18/2017 7:43 PM, Eric Stevens wrote: On Wed, 17 May 2017 21:56:22 -0700, Savageduck wrote: On 2017-05-18 04:49:46 +0000, Bill said: On Thu, 18 May 2017 00:37:33 -0400, wrote: On 5/18/2017 12:07 AM, Bill W wrote: On Thu, 18 May 2017 15:55:30 +1200, Eric Stevens wrote: There is more to it than that. The colors look slightly off and the lightin is peculiar. I have had a quick go at one of your shots with Photoshop although this required dabbling in unfamiliar territory. See https://www.dropbox.com/s/s6dbcdd34m...3-EES.jpg?dl=0 Now the sky is purple... Hmm. Talk about ambiguity. Song, or LGBT? Nah, I'm a boring person. It's neither, just an objective comment. I wish I could do better... Here is the RAF if you care to try. https://www.dropbox.com/s/pj7bmsr7vabc9dt/_DSF4603.raf For some reason none of my (up todate) Adobe CC software can open that file. :-( I had no issue with that. What I do have an issue with is the blocking in the shadow areas. The BW conversion was done using NIK. https://www.dropbox.com/s/jm920a15es..._DSF4603.jpg?d l=0 While the B&W conversion might have been done using NIK (I assume Silver Efex Pro2), what else did you do to create that Mess? Specialized Peter sharpening perhaps? Sharpening was 4.2. Your version has no black and is far too flat. My issue is that as soon as I went for a bit more black, I had blocking. I suspect that the DR is too much without using some form of tone mapping to avoid this. Anyway, I am really tired as I have been up since 4:00 AM. I was recently diagnosed with COPD and went through a battery of testing. Sorry to hear that. Is that a general COPD, or something specific? What sort of prognosis for arresting progression with therapy? Were you ever, or are you a smoker? I would have gone about a B&W conversion with a somewhat lighter hand, even with NIK Silver Efex Pro2. This rendition was done in LR CC + NIK Silver Efex Pro2: https://www.dropbox.com/s/t03g89o9psq61te/DSF4603-E2.jpg -- Regards, Savageduck |
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On 5/18/2017 10:35 PM, Savageduck wrote:
On 2017-05-19 02:26:04 +0000, PeterN said: On 5/18/2017 8:35 PM, Bill W wrote: snip Good to hear. I usually go for accuracy, but decided to just go with what I felt looked nice to my eye. I go for impression, rarely for accuracy. https://www.dropbox.com/s/t2quthg7matfxs8/Boron%20Botanical1filtered.jpg?dl=0 Your are, if nothing else, artistically predictable. ;-) My impression of a Chihuly. https://www.dropbox.com/s/r8w53i3y3m9cv8m/Dale%20Chihuly1.jpg?dl=0 -- PeterN |
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On Thu, 18 May 2017 22:46:09 -0400, PeterN
wrote: On 5/18/2017 10:35 PM, Savageduck wrote: On 2017-05-19 02:26:04 +0000, PeterN said: On 5/18/2017 8:35 PM, Bill W wrote: snip Good to hear. I usually go for accuracy, but decided to just go with what I felt looked nice to my eye. I go for impression, rarely for accuracy. https://www.dropbox.com/s/t2quthg7matfxs8/Boron%20Botanical1filtered.jpg?dl=0 Your are, if nothing else, artistically predictable. ;-) My impression of a Chihuly. https://www.dropbox.com/s/r8w53i3y3m9cv8m/Dale%20Chihuly1.jpg?dl=0 That man belongs in art prison for fraud. |
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On Thu, 18 May 2017 08:22:54 -0400, PeterN
wrote: On 5/18/2017 12:49 AM, Bill W wrote: On Thu, 18 May 2017 00:37:33 -0400, PeterN wrote: On 5/18/2017 12:07 AM, Bill W wrote: On Thu, 18 May 2017 15:55:30 +1200, Eric Stevens wrote: There is more to it than that. The colors look slightly off and the lightin is peculiar. I have had a quick go at one of your shots with Photoshop although this required dabbling in unfamiliar territory. See https://www.dropbox.com/s/s6dbcdd34m...3-EES.jpg?dl=0 Now the sky is purple... Hmm. Talk about ambiguity. Song, or LGBT? Nah, I'm a boring person. It's neither, just an objective comment. I. wish I could do better... You can. The same way you get to Carnegie Hall. Practice, practice, practice. ;-) You're not the only one who misunderstood what I meant, so I'm going to have to blame myself. I meant better at clever responses to things like your "sky is purple" question. In fact, I wasn't even aware of an LGBT reference. I'm falling behind in cultural awareness... Seriously, the only one you need to please is yourself. We don't all like the same thing. When, not if, I produce something that others don't like, I try to sit back and see is it me, or the viewer Two examples: In this image I deliberately oversaturated the colors, and oversharpened for the effect. https://www.dropbox.com/s/qg51cxzw9xlp8io/Inedible.jpg?dl=0 A more realistic view of the wild turkey: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ao4wqtcalfsrlma/Thanksgiving%20escapee.jpg?dl=0 If you decide to enter competitions, have a thick skin. Here is one that i really like. It did very well at my local CC and in our parent organization, but it did not get a ribbon at NECCC, several years ago. when I picked up the print, one of the judges volunteered that they really liked the image, but if I had shown the eyes, it would have won some placement. To me the image was the chimps appearing to be studying. Had I lightened the eyes of the right hand chimp, it would not be the same image. i simply thanked the judge. https://www.dropbox.com/s/w752wmkxu6aqg5r/the%20cxonference.jpg?dl=0 |
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On 5/18/2017 10:41 PM, Savageduck wrote:
On May 18, 2017, PeterN wrote (in article ): On 5/18/2017 10:20 PM, Savageduck wrote: On 2017-05-19 01:37:28 +0000, said: On 5/18/2017 7:43 PM, Eric Stevens wrote: On Wed, 17 May 2017 21:56:22 -0700, Savageduck wrote: On 2017-05-18 04:49:46 +0000, Bill said: On Thu, 18 May 2017 00:37:33 -0400, wrote: On 5/18/2017 12:07 AM, Bill W wrote: On Thu, 18 May 2017 15:55:30 +1200, Eric Stevens wrote: There is more to it than that. The colors look slightly off and the lightin is peculiar. I have had a quick go at one of your shots with Photoshop although this required dabbling in unfamiliar territory. See https://www.dropbox.com/s/s6dbcdd34m...3-EES.jpg?dl=0 Now the sky is purple... Hmm. Talk about ambiguity. Song, or LGBT? Nah, I'm a boring person. It's neither, just an objective comment. I wish I could do better... Here is the RAF if you care to try. https://www.dropbox.com/s/pj7bmsr7vabc9dt/_DSF4603.raf For some reason none of my (up todate) Adobe CC software can open that file. :-( I had no issue with that. What I do have an issue with is the blocking in the shadow areas. The BW conversion was done using NIK. https://www.dropbox.com/s/jm920a15es..._DSF4603.jpg?d l=0 While the B&W conversion might have been done using NIK (I assume Silver Efex Pro2), what else did you do to create that Mess? Specialized Peter sharpening perhaps? Sharpening was 4.2. Your version has no black and is far too flat. My issue is that as soon as I went for a bit more black, I had blocking. I suspect that the DR is too much without using some form of tone mapping to avoid this. Anyway, I am really tired as I have been up since 4:00 AM. I was recently diagnosed with COPD and went through a battery of testing. Sorry to hear that. Just something I will learn to live with. Is that a general COPD, or something specific? We don't know yet. What sort of prognosis for arresting progression with therapy? From my understanding, it cannot be reversed, just symptomatic treatment to slow the progression. Were you ever, or are you a smoker? I have not touched tobacco in over thirty five years. I suspect it is from second hand smoke. I would have gone about a B&W conversion with a somewhat lighter hand, even with NIK Silver Efex Pro2. This rendition was done in LR CC + NIK Silver Efex Pro2: https://www.dropbox.com/s/t03g89o9psq61te/DSF4603-E2.jpg -- PeterN |
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On 2017-05-19 02:46:09 +0000, PeterN
said: On 5/18/2017 10:35 PM, Savageduck wrote: On 2017-05-19 02:26:04 +0000, PeterN said: On 5/18/2017 8:35 PM, Bill W wrote: snip Good to hear. I usually go for accuracy, but decided to just go with what I felt looked nice to my eye. I go for impression, rarely for accuracy. https://www.dropbox.com/s/t2quthg7matfxs8/Boron%20Botanical1filtered.jpg?dl=0 Your are, if nothing else, artistically predictable. ;-) My impression of a Chihuly. https://www.dropbox.com/s/r8w53i3y3m9cv8m/Dale%20Chihuly1.jpg?dl=0 Well, if you ever take up glass blowing you will have a good start. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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On 2017-05-19 02:49:19 +0000, Bill W said:
On Thu, 18 May 2017 22:46:09 -0400, PeterN wrote: On 5/18/2017 10:35 PM, Savageduck wrote: On 2017-05-19 02:26:04 +0000, PeterN said: On 5/18/2017 8:35 PM, Bill W wrote: snip Good to hear. I usually go for accuracy, but decided to just go with what I felt looked nice to my eye. I go for impression, rarely for accuracy. https://www.dropbox.com/s/t2quthg7matfxs8/Boron%20Botanical1filtered.jpg?dl=0 Your are, if nothing else, artistically predictable. ;-) My impression of a Chihuly. https://www.dropbox.com/s/r8w53i3y3m9cv8m/Dale%20Chihuly1.jpg?dl=0 That man belongs in art prison for fraud. I didn't know that he was still alive. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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