> Andrew Davidhazy - http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/gallery/davidhazy.html >> Bob Talbot: Yup, definitely a plank! OK, it has a pattern. I don't like >> the two drill holes towards the base ... cropping them makes it less of >> a vertical panorama which don't work well on monitors. Agreed that verticals don't work well on monitors but usually photographs are not made for display on monitors - I also noticed the rather large aspect ratio of this photograph but after pondering reducing its size I decided to go with it as it was. I thought the two nailheads were useful to include - also toyed with the idea of leaving them out but decided to leave them in. Maybe it was subliminal ... as hinted at by Bobbie. >> I don't know about the "image managed" in PS bit either. All three >> channels seem a bit dark - the histogram showing virtually no use of >> RGB values 210-255 in any channel. Being dark overall, the very dark >> bottom right corner becomes even more of a flaw. I guess the term I used is misleading. I just did not want to say "manipulated" - which is probably what I did. Anyway, after the pattern in the wood appeared on the screen out of the camera I decided I liked it on the dark side rather than as it was. Also cropped it and changed the color. So, it was somewhat removed from what it looked like on my porch, that is all. >> I'm left wishing I could see more detail in the wood (the grain >> maybe?). The pattern, while interesting, is just a pattern ... I guess I was obsessed with the pattern. To me that was the "point" and its resemblance to flames. > Bobbie Blazy: Hey who nailed the zebra? : ) Not me!!! Not me!!! thanks to both of ya! cheerio, andy
