Flowers and other Flora
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lion rock said:Yes, dpc, would be nice to paint this.
And may I have your permission to have my wife paint this in watercolor?
A couple of samples of her portfolio.
Thanks.
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Click said:lion rock said:
+1 It looks like a painting.
Nicely done, dpc.
Your wife does nice work, Lion Rock. Yes, she can use any of my pictures as models for her paintings.
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lion rock said:
I have it from Private by Design that it's OK to be off topic. Thanks and remember to post more from time to time.
Jack
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That's a very nice shot, DPC. Do you have any thoughts relative to the highlights of the water, which to me are a little distracting, perhaps they could be toned down??
Jack
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Jack Douglas said:
Hi Jack! I appreciate your question regarding the highlights. I have to confess that I don't find them distracting. My eye is drawn to the flower without the highlights being in any way a distraction. However, I know this is a matter of personal taste. I may try bringing the highlights down to see how the picture looks to me.
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dpc said:Jack Douglas said:
Jack, hi! I went back to the original RAW file. I really can't reduce the highlights in any way that produces a decent result, at least to my eyes.
If you chose to the way I would approach it would be to make a blue gradient from two background samples from bottom left to top right, to maintain an accurate fade, on a new color layer. Then use blending mode and blend style to taste. This would maintain the colors and the natural fade and stop any pixels falling to absolute white.
It can be very subtle and is the kind of thing that makes a huge difference to a print but little difference to most viewers on browsers with their screens turned up way too bright.
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privatebydesign said:dpc said:Jack Douglas said:
Jack, hi! I went back to the original RAW file. I really can't reduce the highlights in any way that produces a decent result, at least to my eyes.
If you chose to the way I would approach it would be to make a blue gradient from two background samples from bottom left to top right, to maintain an accurate fade, on a new color layer. Then use blending mode and blend style to taste. This would maintain the colors and the natural fade and stop any pixels falling to absolute white.
It can be very subtle and is the kind of thing that makes a huge difference to a print but little difference to most viewers on browsers with their screens turned up way too bright.
Thanks for the suggestion.
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lion rock said:Yes, dpc, would be nice to paint this.
And may I have your permission to have my wife paint this in watercolor?
A couple of samples of her portfolio.
Thanks.
-r
Click said:lion rock said:
+1 It looks like a painting.
Nicely done, dpc.
Very nice paintings. Your wife is really talented, Lion Rock.
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