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I thought this image could have been much more... certainly didn't quite turn as impacting as I had pictured in my mind.



Anyone care to fix-me-up-before-you-go-go?

shuttertalk Wrote:I thought this image could have been much more... certainly didn't quite turn as impacting as I had pictured in my mind.

In your mind, I'll bet it glowed ...



1. Rotated (left-to-right flow seems more natural) and cropped square
2. Adjusted levels (original is a little underexposed.)
3. Used my velvia action set to high-contrast, level 70
4. Added layer set to "multiply" and adjusted opacity and gamma to taste
5. Used my soft focus action with an edge mask
6. Framed

About 1 minute's worth of work

Wow! I love it! I could frame that on my wall!!

Haha. This is what I mean about photoshop. A couple minutes of mild editing and your shot looks fabulous!

Very nice version of the picture, slejhamer. Here is my try

Wow Slej, that really makes the subject of the photo stand out as well as giving the result I think ST was after...

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The only thing I would have done different, is that I am not quite 100% on the black frame. I would think that a different colour .. perhaps a neutral brown.. or a little more red than brown might have worked???

I'm not a colour theorist, the black certainly gives an edge to the picture...
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Hi Irma... your version looks like the sort of work Don Schaeffer does!

Irma - I like that effect. Almost like aged plaster.

GD: I almost always use black or white frames now for web posting ... laziness, I suppose, as I used to experiment more. But pics we frame at home never get black frames! Wouldn't go with the decor.

hehe... that's ok then Slej
I remember when I was framing up my telescope picture, 3 places I went to suggested black frames... and you just look at em and say.. "y'know.. the photograph is BLUE!"... so the next place I went to immediately framed it in blue and pink (to highlight the rail).. and it looks great... I guess the difference between my point and reality is that the frame was on the image rather than the real frame.