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I took this during a winter festival on Erie's bayfront. I liked the sculpture and the way the light was. I intentionally put the sun behind the dolphins. I was blessed to get there at the right time. Canon EOS5, Sigma 28-105 f 2.8-4, Epson Perfection 1660 scanner, editing in PSP8.1. Comments welcome.

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Last edited by LLMc on Feb 18th, 2004 at 05:43 AM

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Lou,

Nice shot and placement of the sun....the only thing that is distracting to me is the overall "soft" look of the pic. Does PSP8 have a sharpening feature...something like USM? I think it would do the pic more justice to be sharpened just a tad.

bud

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Bud Guinn
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I went back and tried a few adjustments...hope you don't mind...I just think it's better to show you what I meant...I also upped the saturation a bit and the 'depth' of the picture.



I oversaturated and oversharpened just a bit so that you could see the overall difference....I think something in the middle would be the best. Of course, it is all personal preference, but I think it gets rid of the "haze" look and puts more of a focus on the forefront objects.

what do you think.

bud

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Bud Guinn
Nikon 5700
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Wow, thanks Bud. I like what you did. PSP has USM but I didn't use it enough. I did this either when I just got it or it may have been done in Adobe Photo Deluxe, a very cheap version of PS. I didn't like it at all. I got it with my printer I think. I couldn't afford the version 7 so I tried a few demos and ended up with PSP 8.1. I really like it! I think I'll look for the original and do some messing around with it again myself and see what I can do now that I've learned some stuff. Of course I still have tons more to learn! These programs are loaded!

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