MrAndMrsIzzy

ALRIGHT! Dustin!!!! Decided not to wait till the weekend. Created "Coastscapes". Uploaded test image. Thankyou again!!!!

Gotta agree (I'd include the sky in that statement too). The only thing I'd do\try is maybe make the rocks (dome, cliffs, etc.) into a separate (precautionary) layer and maybe darken them a little (and I do mean a little) and play around with the contrast (also a little) to see what happens.

Thankyou! Took a quick look. Saw what you're talking about. Printed out the instructions, and soon as I get a chance (probably over the weekend) I'll start familiarizing myself with the process.....Izzy

April 1st ! 🙂 Aside from that, you may very well be right.

I'd probably crop down to a little above the four flower stalks in front, lower the brightness a little (very little), and maybe play around (or not) with the contrast. Either way, it's a nice shot.

OK! How do I get that?

Well ! Probably not what you're looking for but here's my 2 cents worth anyway. What I would do with this is isolate the lion and the wall he's leaning on (first pic). Darken that bright spot behind his right paw (call it his armpit for lack of a better term). And treat the isolated image as a separate pic.

It's been a while and I'm sure this has come up before but I can't find it so I'm asking. Regarding gallery's. 1* Is it one big gallery and everybody adds their own albums to upload pics too? or 2* Everybody creates their own gallery and adds albums to it for uploading pics too? If it's #1, how do I create\add the album and how do I upload to it? If it's #2, how do I create the gallery, add the albums, and so forth?

Long time member there. Just went to delete some stuff I had posted back in December. That's how I found out. D--n shame. It was a good site....Izzy

I think it's a good image. I think it might be better if it wasn't so wide angle. I'd be inclined to crop in from the left to about that sort of V where the two clumps of grass behind the critter meet. Crop from the right to the center point where that clump of grass (also on the other side) meets the water. Don't know if it was possible but a bit more grass (higher) at the top I don't think would hurt, and maybe a little bit off the bottom but leaving the reflection intact.

Agree with JD's crop, but either way. This is what I call a great accident and a really good grabshot.....Izzy

Hmmm! Like Kmacs crop. Not much, but sometimes "not much" is all you need.

Other members here are far better and more knowledgeable at critiquing than I am, but here's my 2 cents worth. As far as I can see. It's fine the way it is. The low angle accents (don't know if that's the right word, but it'll have to do) the repeating pattern of the rounded boulders going back from foreground to the distant background. The way you composed it (angled diagonally front to back) adds a feeling of depth. I believe the word is perspective. If the eye wanders to the right side of the frame, the rocks in the water lead it back. That misty sort of ground foggy treatment of what I'm guessing is the surf is a nice touch, and that includes the way the effect fades back to the horizon. The colors of that fog, the color of the water on the horizon, and the colors in the sky have a kind of soft pastel look, that contrasts well with the more solid colors of the boulders. Who sez a photograph isn't a piece of art work.

Ok! Smudge was on the neg . Went over it (very gently with a very clean microfiber cloth). That pretty much took care of it. Still a little bit left, but very little. Rescanned as tif (original scan was jpg) and what's left of the smudge is barely visible (even at 100%). Basically not much of a problem and easy to fix digitally.

Basically that's plan B. The smudge is on the original scan so I assumed it's on the neg, but when I checked the neg I couldn't really tell if the smudge is there. That being the case I figured that since I'm planning to rescan it anyway I'll wait and see what it looks like on my screen. If the smudge is there I'll take the neg out and clean it then. But as you point out. I'll go easy.

I'm retired now but back when I was working, we'd us something called trichloroethane to clean relay contacts. Wonder if that's the same stuff.

Ehhhh! Don't want to chance possible taking off emulsion. Going to go with rescan and cleaning it up in PS......Izzy

Good point!....Izzy

Thanks kmac and rodeo. I'll try rodeos first and see what happens, it's a neg I'm thinking of rescanning anyway........Izzy

How do you clean gunk (grease, fingerprints, smudges, etc.) off the emulsion side of a neg?

You're welcome!!!!!