Sentry Duty

[Jim Poor]

I thought this was pretty interesting. I wonder if leaving room on the right would increase the feeling of solitude.

Camera Make: NIKON CORPORATION
Camera Model: NIKON D2X
Image Date: 2006:09:25 10:40:47
Flash Used: No
Focal Length: 600.0mm (35mm equivalent: 900mm)
Exposure Time: 0.0020 s (1/500)
Aperture: f/8.0
ISO equiv: 100
White Balance: Auto
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)

PS steps next post (I'm experimenting)

[Jim Poor]

I am expirimenting with tracking my PS work in a history log file. I occasionally get an error that PS can't open the file, but so far so good. The results look like this:

Curves 1 Layer
Make adjustment layer
Using: adjustment layer
Type: curves
Preset Kind: Custom
Adjustment: curves adjustment list
curves adjustment
Channel: composite channel
Curve: point list
point: 6, 4
point: 242, 255
Crop
Crop
To: rectangle
Top: 2.127 inches
Left: 0.48 inches
Bottom: 9.164 inches
Right: 10.087 inches
Angle: 0°
Target Width: 0 pixels
Target Height: 0 pixels
Target Resolution: 0 per inch
2008-02-24 18:43:18 File JP2-06092510404702464.tiff saved
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8 Bits/Channel
Convert Mode
Depth: 8
Convert to Profile
Convert to Profile current document
To Profile: “sRGB IEC61966-2.1”
Intent: relative colorimetric
With Black Point Compensation
With Dither
With Flatten
-1
Image Size
Image Size
Width: 800 pixels
With Scale Styles
With Constrain Proportions
Interpolation: bicubic
2008-02-24 18:448 File JP2-06092510404702464.jpg saved
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As: JPEG
Quality: 9
Matte: none
In: Macintosh HD:Users:Jim:Desktop:
With Lower Case
2008-02-24 18:45:38 File JP2-06092510404702464.jpg closed
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If anyone thinks this could be useful it can be turned on under the PS preferences > General. There are three settings to choose from. Detailed is the only one that gives you the actual editing steps. You can also chose to save the info to the Meta data of the image, a text file, or both. I have both for now, so if anyone wants to DL the image and see if the changes are there under File> File info> history, that would be great.

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Jim I like the image a lot I t does give a message and the tittle could not be better


Composition wise I would place the bird lower in the frame Normally a small bird in frame will work better in one of the corners In this case lower left I also see sort of like a halo around the bird? For sharpening these type images I usually select the bird to avoid a sharpening halo Also all silhouettes need define edges to work !!! I'm sure your tracking will be useful !!!!

[Jim Poor]

Thanks Al, Don't know about the halo as I didn't do any sharpening, S/H or Bicubic Sharper for the resize.

I think you're right (imagine that ;) ) on moving the bird down into the corner more. I had it in my thick skull to show the whole perch and didn't look past that.

[Lana Hays]

Jim
I agree with Al......I'd change the composition. I don't know if this would work but I wonder what it would look like.....perhaps to "bland" if you did a little blurring on the water.

[Jim Poor]

Thanks Lana, I'll have to check it out.

[Lana Hays]

Jim
You have to understand that this is coming from someone who has about as much creativity as a box of rocks but......I played a few minutes with this one making the water different textures (like a linen/cloth texture)......some interesting effects. If you like "out of the box" types of shots I think this one would have some potential.

[Jim Poor]

I'll have to do that. I have a lot of room on the right in the original too. I was expecting to see a repost when I read the notification :D