On Jul 23, 2:27*pm, RPS wrote:
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:04:08 -0400, RPS wrote:

Here is a photo I took of a horse who loved boating.

I would love to hear your comments.

http://tinyurl.com/B-W-Study

I really like all three of them, but the first one is a little darker
than I would like to see. *It seems very contrasty, but the effect is
ethereal in a sense. I think if you grayed up the black a touch it
might be better.

Over all, I like the third image as the best of the three - nice
balance and a fairly neutral gray scale - the detail is perfect and
you capture a sense of strength and grace of the animal. *It also
shows off the fine detail of the neck hair which is impressive - a
little more than the other two in particular with that figured
background.

I'd say one and three - the middle image is just so-so - seems like a
compromise.

Just for yucks, revist the original image and tinker with the
histogram a little - maybe reduce the background a touch with the
first two images. *

You know what would be really cool would be to do a graduated montage
from one to the third - I think a panoramic view with a little
tinkering would be impressive.

I agree with you. *The 3rd image is the one i sent in to get developed.
I sent it to a professional developer and I had them do a test run on a
8x10 to see how it would look. *The photo had so many layers in
Photoshop *The histogram was played with multiple times, to darken and
highlight different parts of the photo. * (I think it was about 12-15
different layers, playing with the histogram, curves, exposure and
contrast, all with masking effects). *The developers tell me it can
cause havoc with their ROS system. * They recommended using a test print
anytime you use layers and masks.

The real pros will pay $25 to go in and help set up the image before
they print it. *I think my $5 test run is a better option for me.

As far as your suggestion, it is a good one, and I might just tackle that..- Hide quoted text -

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Harry could have done all of that in a matter of minutes, just ask him.