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I normally avoid rust because of compression, and although this has a lot comparatively of px in upload, I am not happy with what happens when EPZ gets it and it seems to collapse rather. I think I need to upload a lot of test shots one day to find the right formular which suits me.
Anyway, part of an old rusting window with a bit of flower I found nearby added for that extra je ne sais quoi. Not quite happy with the flowers either, there was a howling gale blowing and they kept moving.
There was nothing wrong with the original shot but I still decided to 'enhance' it a little because it pleased me to do so.
| Brand: | sick of the drop down list which can't list the correct spelling |
| Camera: | Does it matter? |
| Lens: | yes |
| Recording media: | JPEG (digital) |
| Title: | Circles of Iron and some Leadwort |
| Username: | 
Lydia |
| Uploaded: | 12 Oct 2011 - 1:53 PM |
| Tags: | Architecture, Flowers & plants, General |
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| Votes: | 41 |
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Rust images can be a ****** to compress, the results often look over-sharpened even when no sharpening has been applied. This has a 3-D quality without the feeling that the rust is in danger of flaking away from the monitor screen. Very well controlled.
Rust goes with a lot of partners (that does sound promiscuous... ) - peeling paint, decaying wood, cobwebs etc; blue flowers being particularly pleasing - decay and freshness, warm and cold tones, craggy and smooth. Broken glass is a neat addition to the list, I must remember that.
In left/right terms I'm seeing the flowers as leaning towards the curve on the left.
By the way - Arrietty the Borrower, yes; but I'm also imagining you as a (female) Autolycus from The Winter's Tale,' A picker-up of unconsidered trifles'...
Moira
PS There's a hint of a green tone creeping into this which is just perfect. Enjoying it more and more as I view it.
Great contrast between the beauty of the flower and the ugliness of the rust
Thank you all, especially Pete who seems to have forgotten to press the EC and POW buttons LOL.
Moira, thank you for the very considered comment. With regard to the placement of the "picked up unconsidered trifle", this was the only shot out of about twenty goes when I had a fraction of a second between gusts of wind which actually came out with the flowers just about acceptably in focus, the other nineteen pics had the flowers all over the place, they kept blowing down the road.... I'm sure there must be a female version of 'lone wolf', I do enjoy it when I am forced to go and look up and learn new things. I have to admit I am more familiar with the Autolycus in Zena Warrior Princess than Shakespeare. My education is somewhat lacking sometimes and my head is still reeling from a one hour talk on Plato delivered to me by a dentist this morning when I asked him to talk to me to distract me from the horrors of what he was doing!
I live in the wind tunnel that is the Tyne Valley - don't worry, I know the problem!!!
A tip for re sizing:
FIRST using image size, set your PPI to 72, and THEN adjust the long size dimensions.
Then save as new file name. THEN open the new file, and check for sharpness. Sharpen as needed.
Using Unsharp Mask, USM, the following approach is very reliable:
Set Threshold = 3
Set Radius = 0.8
Slide amount ALL the way to the right, 500%; this will be heavily oversharpened; slide it slowly to the left until you find the "border" where it looks sharp enough, just above soft; save the image, and then upload.
Regards
Willie
Thank you all so much for really nice words, I'm glad you liked this.
Willie, thanks for the advice. I have made a note to try this and what sort of image this method would work best with. I go through phases of different methods of sharpening and sometimes to my surprise, just using basic 'sharpen' after after Save for Web can work miracles. It seems sometimes that the image I see on my monitor, once it's left my desk, travelled across the room, along some rickety ancient wiring and then hurled up in the sky or under the sea or wherever it goes LOL and then reappears on my monitor again in EPZ, it seems to change. Does that make sense!!! 
I have just tried out a new image with a lot of natural texture in it, plus added texture levels, and to my horror, saved for web is nearly 1.5mb, and by the time I've reduced that to a smaller size, there's no way I'm uploading that at such reduced quality :-(
I think the 'je ne sais quoi' is a wonderful addition to this moody little corner with its beautiful lighting and variety of aged materials. Nature always wins through (well it does in my garden anyway 
)
Beautiful combination - My experience of Pete is rather similar
Helen
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