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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Reworked Butterfly
From: imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2010 15:34:40 -0500
References: <1DE4D3ED25C84DB5AFDB09211909BC94@jimnichols> <13060B63-64B4-43EA-9DB6-8E9B457E8653@mac.com> <B46F021B7B9A44C9B2D068DF78D3A139@jimnichols>

Thanks for the opportunity to compare Jim.
I agree others (and you) went a bit too far.
But just as in wet printing, we need to see the extremes
to know where things need to fall.

(at least that's how it was for me in the darkroom)

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 6:24 PM, Jim Nichols 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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