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Happy New Year to all! All comments welcome. I think this is about the last of this series.

I would definitely add frames to it. On a white page like this, the deep shadows get flat and too dark. A well thought frame could balance it a lot and emphasize the photo itself.

I agree thet a frame would emphasize the attractiveness of this shot. I do like it a lot, Colin

Thanks for that thought gentlemen! I have never tried adding a frame to any of my pictures. maybe now is the time to start.

What do you think about this, Colin?

Colin, a fantastic shot. Makes me think of a Lord of the Rings type aesthetic travelling through the forest. Sorry about the reference, it was just in my head. I have to check out the previous ones in this series. Oh and Happy New year.

Very effective capture of a captivating scene. Well done!

Amar a hobbit was just out of shot on the left.

 

Lou Ann - the frame does work well. I need to work out how to add frames to my pictures. I'm only just learning all this digitsl stuff and haven't got to the page about frames yet!

great image even nicer w/frame

I like its dark atmosphere!!

A very atmospheric photo - I like it. Good work. Paul!

Colin - the frames are actually kind of simple. You can find basic articles here on PN about the "how to", or you can e-mail me and I can send you a quick step-by-step. :-)

I don't like too much framing of digital images. But in some cases it's just required to protect the image from the bright white background like this one on photo.net.

 

I think framing for web and framing for real are totally different issues. Mainly because in the internet, we watch the photos against a background that itself emits light. On a wall, we need different frames.

 

What I do first when framing for web, is that I add very thin black line to hold the bright colors in, then add a bit thicker line to hold the dark colors in. This line color should be chosen from the image because this line also emphasizes the image itself. After this it just depends on the photo I'm working with. In any cases we need a thicker dark band. For this photo I wanted to make a frame like a window with gradient stroke so that the frame looked like a window inviting the viewer to leap through. Chose the brighter color for the inside to make it look like the light was coming from the photo and to make the viewer forget the blazing white page background. I also chose to add a very wide and 50% grey inner glow blending effect (mode lighten) on the photo with a lot of opacity (to make it almost invisible). This is to compensate with the white background. My approach is quite far from what we've used to see on photo.net but it's something I'm keeping under development. And is targeted strictly to be used on a webpage with a white background. Framing for pages with different colors or even on a real wall is totally another issue. Here on web we're looking at a light emitting surface.

Beautiful Photograph!

Jani, Thanks for your helpful advice. I agree that web and 'real' frames are different. I like what you have suggested and will have a go at doing something myself.

unframed and beatifull shot. images of this quality hates to be framed, like a bird in a cage. you would not do that, he Colin. yours, mike.

mike I know what you mean. I'm not a frame fan as you can see but where the sky is light coloured doesn't a frame help to define the photo? (I'm not sure still thinking about it)

Very nice image. I think a subtle frame can definitely enhance compositions, especially those that are really light in areas. I like the lighting and muted colors in this one. Nice work!

oke, i understand the idea. mike

Hi Colin,

 

You got a nice and interesting shot here. It captures the mood very well...very good!

everythings been said, great image.

Hi Colin -

This is wonderful - like the bird (or leaf) shapes in the tree, and the overall composition of the different elements is great.

 

Thanks Dana. Leaves on the left and a single bird top right. I took two of this. No bird in the other one! Camera and lens both about 40 years old.