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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Reworked Butterfly
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 21:42:12 -0400
References: <1DE4D3ED25C84DB5AFDB09211909BC94@jimnichols> <13060B63-64B4-43EA-9DB6-8E9B457E8653@mac.com> <B46F021B7B9A44C9B2D068DF78D3A139@jimnichols>

I like the original best.  The rework is a little over the top.

Tina

On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 7:24 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> 
wrote:

> George,
>
> Here they are:
>
> The original:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Gulf+Fritillary+on+Orange+Cosmos+01.jpg.html
>
> The rework:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Gulf+Fritillary+on+Orange+Cosmos.jpg.html
>
> Your comments are appreciated.
>
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Lottermoser" <imagist3 at 
> mac.com>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 6:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Reworked Butterfly
>
>
>
>  It would be helpful
>> to see the before
>> along side the after
>>
>> when discussing post production techniques
>>
>> Regards,
>> George Lottermoser
>> george at imagist.com
>> http://www.imagist.com
>> http://www.imagist.com/blog
>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Aug 5, 2010, at 5:26 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>>
>>  I've been trying to learn to use PS tools that I haven't tried
>>> previously.  One that has challenged me previously involves Layers and
>>> Masks.  Since I use Elements, which doesn't include masks directly, such
>>> work has been out of my league.
>>>
>>> Thanks to a friend on another list, I have been taught a work-around to
>>> use in applying masks.  I applied this to my last butterfly post, to 
>>> cleanup
>>> the background, and updated the image in the gallery.  Some may like it,
>>> some may not.  But it was a learning exercise that I thought I needed to
>>> perform.
>>>
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Gulf+Fritillary+on+Orange+Cosmos.jpg.html
>>>
>>> Comments and critiques are, as always, welcomed.
>>>
>>> Jim Nichols
>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>>
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-- 
Tina Manley, ASMP
www.tinamanley.com


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