Always late...

[Paul Lagasi]

Now that computer is back up and running, minus about 30 gigs of crap software...I had a few minutes to work on something.
I'd planned to used this when the theme was white on white, but couldn't find suitable image..
I got the idea to photograph birch bark with a snow background, but since spring has come about 4 weeks early, theres no snow to be found. So I used two birch bark images sandwiched together..
This image was converted to B & W (CS4), then sketched & framed using Fotosketcher

I am not sure about my monitor setup...let me know if you think its too dark or light

Thanks for looking

[denise ippolito]

I think this image makes a very nice Triptych. I like the bark. The black and white conversion looks good. I might start w/ an image that doesn't have a border around it and then add a drop shadow to each of the thirds. BUT I do love it as presented. Nice work Paul.:)

[Mark Fuge]

Nice image and application, Paul.

Better late than never. :D

I might have widened the inside "black" border lines to agree with the exterior lines, if it were mine. But ...

Your image ... your vision.

[Christopher Miller]

Very interesting image, Paul. Has nice textures and tones. The triptych looks great. I agree with Denise on getting rid of the image border and adding a drop shadow to each third.

[Kora Baker]

Really like the triptych treatment, Paul. And the BW. I'd prefer a black border for than the white. Glad you sorted you computer out:)

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Hi Paul,
Personally I would lose the borders althogether. I love the three images - think they work really well as a triptych - I particularly like the contrasts in the textures.

[Julie Kenward]

I'd lose the borders, too - maybe do a black mat instead. ??? Great visual texture in this - I love these peeling bark trees!

[Paul Lagasi]

Thanks everyone, I re-worked this image, wasn't really sure how to do a drop edge....did a search on Internet...thanks looks better

[Paul Lagasi]

Julie..this is the two images I started with...what did you mean by black mat? you mean black background?

[Barbara Kile]

Great contrast here Paul. I love the triptych too. The drop shadows are fine, but I would lower the opacity of the shadow to 60-70%. What a great subject to do the b-w illustrative look on!

[denise ippolito]

Paul, Nice drop shadows. I agree w/ Barbara's recommendation to lower their opacity.

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Good PP work Paul. Like the textures and the B and W seems perfect for this subject.