Posted by Bill Dark on October 28, 2009 at 9:18 PM
Here's a dogwood from a couple of weeks ago that I was attracted to one afternoon. I'd like to have had a little better light, but added an Orton layer to give it a little more glow. Too much, too little, just right?
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Posted by Tom Kennon on October 28, 2009 at 9:32 PM
Posted by David Hatfield on October 28, 2009 at 10:35 PM
Very nice, Bill! Anyone would be proud to hang this on their wall.
Dave H.
Posted by Scott Bean on October 29, 2009 at 12:09 AM
I really like the looks of this shot! Bet this looks amazing printed large.
Posted by Karla Hall on October 29, 2009 at 9:01 AM
The orton helps draw the focus into the tree and detracts from all the strong lines in the picture. I like it! I wouldn't change a thing. Print it!
Posted by Aaron Szabo on October 29, 2009 at 11:38 AM
The only thing I could think of that could improve it would be to remove some orton just from the red leaves for a little more edge definition/contrast. It may be the web quality that's making me think that though. I do like this shot!
Posted by Brad Mangas on October 29, 2009 at 12:20 PM
Bill this is really nice. The amount is really a personal preference, for me it seems just a tad bright. Might just be the foreground leaves leaning me that way.I do have a tendency to keep things slightly on the darker side, which again is just a personal preference.
With the Orton effect I sometimes reduce the screen layer at times down to zero which darkens the image and seems to have an effect of reducing the Gaussian blur effect slightly as well. (This is if your technique is the same as mine with the screen layer followed by the Gaussian blur layer.) Then again that is all determined by ones initial settings.
But hey its just my opinion, there is really nothing at all wrong with it as is. And as they say, if you like it that's what really counts.
Very nice tree portrait Bill. Orton or not it still works.
Posted by John Moore on October 29, 2009 at 3:30 PM
This is a wonderful image Bill. It's a bit tough to take my eyes off of it. It feels more like a painting than a photo. I wonder how it would look if the dogwood leaves were a bit darker or more saturated, but I do like it as-is.
Posted by Wayne Rhodus on October 30, 2009 at 8:40 AM
With the orton effect and printed on canvas this would definitely look like a painting. You can send any of the proof prints you don't want to me!
Posted by Isaac Szabo on October 31, 2009 at 2:03 AM
Great shot, Bill. That little dogwood has a lot of character - its crooked trunk contrasts nicely with all the other straight ones around it.
Posted by Angela Classen on October 31, 2009 at 12:58 PM
I like it! The crooked trunk lends much character. As for your technique, I just learned to do this yesterday so can't offer any suggestions. I think it's lovely as is.
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Dave H.
With the Orton effect I sometimes reduce the screen layer at times down to zero which darkens the image and seems to have an effect of reducing the Gaussian blur effect slightly as well. (This is if your technique is the same as mine with the screen layer followed by the Gaussian blur layer.) Then again that is all determined by ones initial settings.
But hey its just my opinion, there is really nothing at all wrong with it as is. And as they say, if you like it that's what really counts.