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"Marutchi" BarbaraH*REMOVE wrote:

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Very dramatic!!!
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tenman wrote:
Well, that's a pretty thing....never heard of that one.

Yes they are pretty, volunteers in my garden, I have no idea where they came
from.

Omelet wrote:

Very dramatic!!!

Thanks.

Impressive shot.
I like your technique of allowing the foreground to fade into a darker
and darker background. Did you do this by creative lighting or via
Photoshop?
Bob Williams

Bob Williams wrote:
Impressive shot.

Thanks Bill.

I like your technique of allowing the foreground to fade into a darker
and darker background. Did you do this by creative lighting or via
Photoshop?

A little bit of each of the above.
I waited till the background was shaded, used a fairly wide open lens (f5.6)
to get a reasonably shallow depth of field. Then in Paint Shop Pro, I used
the curves adjustment to further darken the background, plus a little gamma
adjustment.

"Marutchi" BarbaraH*REMOVE wrote in message
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Bob Williams wrote:
Impressive shot.

Thanks Bill.

I like your technique of allowing the foreground to fade into a darker
and darker background. Did you do this by creative lighting or via
Photoshop?

A little bit of each of the above.
I waited till the background was shaded, used a fairly wide open lens
(f5.6) to get a reasonably shallow depth of field. Then in Paint Shop Pro,
I used the curves adjustment to further darken the background, plus a
little gamma adjustment.

I don't understand what 'gamma adjustment' is, it's on my prog but I've
never used it.

Mary

Marutchi wrote:
Bob Williams wrote:
Impressive shot.

Thanks Bill.

I like your technique of allowing the foreground to fade into a darker
and darker background. Did you do this by creative lighting or via
Photoshop?

A little bit of each of the above.
I waited till the background was shaded, used a fairly wide open lens (f5.6)
to get a reasonably shallow depth of field. Then in Paint Shop Pro, I used
the curves adjustment to further darken the background, plus a little gamma
adjustment.



Well, it worked very nicely.
Bob

On Sat, 8 Dec 2007 11:23:26 -0000, "Mary Fisher"
wrote:


"Marutchi" BarbaraH*REMOVE wrote in message
m...
Bob Williams wrote:
Impressive shot.

Thanks Bill.

I like your technique of allowing the foreground to fade into a darker
and darker background. Did you do this by creative lighting or via
Photoshop?

A little bit of each of the above.
I waited till the background was shaded, used a fairly wide open lens
(f5.6) to get a reasonably shallow depth of field. Then in Paint Shop Pro,
I used the curves adjustment to further darken the background, plus a
little gamma adjustment.

I don't understand what 'gamma adjustment' is, it's on my prog but I've
never used it.

Mary






Gamma adjustment will do two things at once. When you use it, contrast
and brightness or darkening is done with that one step. It is a way of
controlling the two I believe. It seems to be that way with irfanview
under image, enhance colors.....

"joevan" wrote in message
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I don't understand what 'gamma adjustment' is, it's on my prog but I've
never used it.

Mary






Gamma adjustment will do two things at once. When you use it, contrast
and brightness or darkening is done with that one step. It is a way of
controlling the two I believe. It seems to be that way with irfanview
under image, enhance colors.....

I'll try again with that in mind, thank you.

Mary