Thanks for all the comments and compliments! Some response ...
>> http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW7/30b.htm > From: mark hahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > pleasing image, but the apparent barrel distortion is > not so pleasing in an image like this... PTLens maybe? > If the lines are really all like that, I'd still > consider "correcting" them... > From: Jim Starr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > My first reaction to this was....now were talkin' this is like > something I would take, (so of course, it's good). My second > reaction was: I would have fixed the barrel distortion in > photoshop. The color, subject and composition are great. Ok, two comments and there were about four others from other forums that mentioned the barrel distortion. Personally, I kinda liked the oddness of the lines and they way the whole interacted, but looking at it further I found that the shadows were a little too heavy for my taste and decided to try a little rectilinear correction while I was doing that. I opened up the shadows just a little, did some RG/BY CA correction, and took out most of the barrel distortion. I liked the results so I've revised what's on the web ... You might want to take another look and see what you think. If you want to see the difference, click on the image for the larger rendering and then edit the URL in that window to have a "u" (uncorrected...) after "half" in the filename. You can then flip back and forth between the two renderings using the back and forward buttons in your browser to compare them. I'd be interested in your further comments. > From: Christian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > When I first clicked on the link, the way my browser opened the bottom > of the picture was cut off. I thought, meh, don't get it. > Realizing I > wasn't seeing the entire frame I scrolled down and decided I rather > like > it. What works: The pastel colors (the red curb being washed out > rather than bright red; the wall colors; the off-color sidewalk square > that the light pole is anchored to), the vertical and horizontal lines > are strong, and the window adds a dimension. Still not sure about so > much blue sky... Thanks Christian. Your comment raises the always interesting issue of what size to put up on the web. I have been sizing my web pages for a 594 pixel tall vertical image based on the last round of comments from folks about what can fit on their screen in a glance. Is that too large a size for your screen? and what size screen are you working on (in pixels)? best, Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
