Comments on: Down the river there’s a ship will carry the dream

By: Anarkey

Anarkey — Thu, 01 May 2008 09:30:32 +0000

You’re right, Elaine, your futzing around goes a long way toward making the picture more like what I saw. Maybe I’ll take a run at that sometime. Unfortunately, I spent the better part of the weekend listening to Kurt wail about how much trouble it is to get Gimp working on OSX and struggling to use it. It will be a while before I willingly submit myself to that level of frustration.

By: Dave Lartigue

Dave Lartigue — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:18:17 +0000

These are great!

By: Kelly

Kelly — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:34:51 +0000

I love the picture of the pencils – it looks like it could be a postcard.

By: elaine

elaine — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:30:45 +0000

That link to the edited picture had a space in it. This will work: http://tinyurl.com/42v5lh

By: elaine

elaine — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:29:21 +0000

I think you'd be happier with your pictures if you futzed with them a bit. It doesn't take Photoshop; there's an open source program called Gimp that'll do a lot, and some version of Photoshop Elements may have come with your camera, or with your scanner if you have one.

If you're willing to try hardware, get a fixed-aperture f/1.4 50mm lens. Mine was $78 and I can't believe the difference. It lets in way more light than a longer lens, so the flash never fires and the pictures are warm and delightful.

And try this blog:
http://thepioneerwoman.com/...

Her photos are wonderful, but she futzes with every single one. I used just one of her favorite tricks (a duplicate layer in Hard Light blending mode) on your snow and water shot, and I think it got closer to what you probably saw.

http://www.kostia.net/pics/... and Water-hard light.png

By: sunjunkie

sunjunkie — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:24:01 +0000

On a backcloth of lashes and stars