Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/22

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Subject: [Leica] Not a PAW, Macro Daisys
From: scott at adrenaline.com (Scott McLoughlin)
Date: Wed Feb 22 19:05:36 2006
References: <32a556632a6c9f.32a6c9f32a5566@shaw.ca> <9b678e0602221901s5f6414d3x5549fa74da3583c8@mail.gmail.com>

FWIW, D/B is one are where the well designed masking feature
of PictureWindow Pro really, really shines.  PWP costs less than
many PS plugins, so it might be worth a looksee.

Scott


Don Dory wrote:

>Greg,
>As to dodging and burning, PS has a relatively awful tool.  I find it a lot
>easier to go to a new layer and paint whatever I want to be darker black,
>you then adjust the opacity of the layer to get the effect you want.  For a
>general darkening of the edges you can fill a new layer with black then
>erase the center to whatever looks good.  Again, adjust the opacity to make
>it look the way you want it to look.
>
>Another way is to create a new adjustment layer, use a levels layer and
>adjust the sliders to darken(lighten) the whole image.  You can then use
>white (black)paint(air brush tool, soft light, 10% flow, large diffuse
>brush) to lighten up those areas that are too dark.
>
>Don
>don.dory@gmail.com
>
>
>On 2/22/06, GREG LORENZO <gregj.lorenzo@shaw.ca> wrote:
>  
>
>>Don Dory writes:
>>
>>    
>>
>>>Suggestions?  First you chose an odd number which is good.  The
>>>scan is pretty good as you whites are just starting to blow out
>>>which is pretty good for a white flower. Composition wise, the
>>>focus is on the nearer flower which is also good, but the location
>>>of the closest flower seems a little off to me, probably due to
>>>      
>>>
>>weighting,
>>    
>>
>>>it would be better on the bottom than on the side.  I might have cropped
>>>a little tighter to exclude what is going on around the edges, or
>>>      
>>>
>>possibly
>>    
>>
>>>burn it down so less is more.
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>Thanks Don.
>>
>>You have a great eye. I brought the jpeg back into Photoshop and rotated
>>the image so that the larger daisy is on the bottom right. I then cropped
>>the image, which helps to minimise the background and emphasize the
>>foreground.
>>
>>I haven't read the chapter on Dodging and Burning in my PSCS book but I
>>hope to get there sometime tomorrow.
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Greg
>>
>>
>>
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In reply to: Message from gregj.lorenzo at shaw.ca (GREG LORENZO) ([Leica] Not a PAW, Macro Daisys)
Message from don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory) ([Leica] Not a PAW, Macro Daisys)