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From: Savageduck on 14 Apr 2010 01:53 On 2010-04-13 22:20:03 -0700, tony cooper <tony_cooper213(a)earthlink.net> said: > http://www.pbase.com/shootin/f8__be_there > > > Savageduck- Three for three. The photographer did a good job, but the > thing that draws the eye is the painting and the painting looks very > amateurish. Love the dog. The third shot is amusing enough to be a > good catch. I thought you might be amused by "vessles" & "mussles" ;-) Monterey County Parks & Recreation were appropriately embarrassed when I told a ranger of the goof. He got the one misspelling, "vessles" but wasn't sure about the other until I pointed out another California Department of Fish & Game sign he was standing next to, which detailed the menace of the "Quagga mussel." It took them another two days to get it fixed. > > Slightly off-topic, but something that interests me. I use SmugMug as > my host, and have a black background just as these PBase pages do. > Since many photos have dark colors at the edges, I always use a white > border (Select All>Edit>Stroke) I think it makes the photo more > distinct on the page. > > I don't see others doing do this. Which works best? Border, no > border, or does it make any difference? I think some sort of border, or "digital matte" can present some images better. Thanks for the crit. -- Regards, Savageduck
From: tony cooper on 14 Apr 2010 07:18 On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 01:09:25 -0700, "John Sisker" <jsisker(a)sprynet.com> wrote: >Tony, > >I did see Martha's gristmill photo, but wasn't that impressed for some >reason. Thought the background was a little over exposed. Most shots had a >depressing, dreary look to them. Of course, with the flooding, that is what >this is all about. I liked the one with the guy fishing, but would have >liked to see more of the fisherman itself, maybe as another shot. I might have run the gristmill shot through "Shadows/Highlights" with a kick to the midtones in Photoshop. It's not over-exposure of the background, but that the sun's behind the building (see the shadow of the pine tree) so the face is in shadow. It's the composition, though, that I was thinking of in the comparison to your shot. -- Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
From: Charles E Hardwidge on 14 Apr 2010 07:28 "tony cooper" <tony_cooper213(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message news:tihas59h0cl8tafd866v327hj5k9sof05n(a)4ax.com... > I don't see others doing do this. Which works best? Border, no > border, or does it make any difference? You have to ask yourself what that design element achieves within the broader scheme. It's a judgement call but I don't think it works in this context nor is there an big enough justification for that particular photo. FU trimmed to alt.photography -- Charles E Hardwidge
From: tony cooper on 14 Apr 2010 07:57 On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:28:27 +0100, "Charles E Hardwidge" <boing(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >"tony cooper" <tony_cooper213(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message >news:tihas59h0cl8tafd866v327hj5k9sof05n(a)4ax.com... > >> I don't see others doing do this. Which works best? Border, no >> border, or does it make any difference? > >You have to ask yourself what that design element achieves within the >broader scheme. It's a judgement call but I don't think it works in this >context nor is there an big enough justification for that particular photo. What particular photo? I do it on all, and was asking about photos in general. >FU trimmed to alt.photography FU restored. -- Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
From: Tim Conway on 14 Apr 2010 08:30
"tony cooper" <tony_cooper213(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message news:tihas59h0cl8tafd866v327hj5k9sof05n(a)4ax.com... > http://www.pbase.com/shootin/f8__be_there > > Tim Conway - Frankly, I think the Coe's pulled off flood pictures > better. Tighter on the raft might have worked better. I could see > cropping off the entire right side from the white shed and enough of > the left to make a square format. The second shot doesn't say > "flood", but we know from the other pictures that it is "flood". > I like your idea of cropping at the white shed. These really were just grab shots of the running high Susquehanna River in PA. > Slightly off-topic, but something that interests me. I use SmugMug as > my host, and have a black background just as these PBase pages do. > Since many photos have dark colors at the edges, I always use a white > border (Select All>Edit>Stroke) I think it makes the photo more > distinct on the page. > > I don't see others doing do this. Which works best? Border, no > border, or does it make any difference? > I don't think it really matters. A point to consider is that in museums and exhibits, a lot of photos on display have white mats so a white border is in pretty good company. |