Hi Rand, Thank you for your reply. This image has a kind of Brownie Hawkeye look to it. My first camera was the little brown brownie 127 model. Dont remember what it was called. A shot with a lot of detail as your "Newburyport Bridge" photo, must almost be over-sharpened for decent Web reproduction. I was not aware of the necessity of using the sharpen filters. I will try using them in the future. PSP seems to have good utilities such as I have heard all of you talk about back and forth. Since I came here to get educated, this would be a good time for me to get started using some of these things. Thanks again for your suggestions. Yours, >>fred.vansand2@verizon.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "rand flory" <ferret@wyoming.com> To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" <photoforum@listserver.isc.rit.edu> Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2003 3:33 PM Subject: Re: Thoughts on PF exhibits for 09-20-03 > Fred, > > Fussiness was meant to be one of those dual-meaning terms for both lack of a > definitive subject, but also for the lack of apparent sharp focus. This > image has a kind of Brownie Hawkeye look to it. You are probably correct in > that the photo looked much better before it was processed for the Web. A > shot with a lot of detail as your "Newburyport Bridge" photo, must almost be > over-sharpened for decent Web reproduction. > > I don't know much about Paint Shop Pro, but you can get almost all of the > utility of Photoshop with _Adobe Photoshop Elements_. It has almost as much > power as Photoshop, and in many ways it is easier to use. The big thing it > does not have is the ability to do CYMK work, which you need basically only > if you are sending your work to the print shop for reproduction. For Web > work, inkjet printer work and email, Elements is all you need. I think Wally > World has it in the $65 range. It is probably available at many places on > the Web. > > I am looking forward to your future submissions. > > peace and pixels, > > rand > > ----- Original Message ----- > | Hi Rand, > | > | Thank you for your critique. For some reason, my photos generate > questions. > | By fuzziness, do you mean > | indecisivness in subject matter or do you mean the finish? The last > | reviewer or two have commented on some problem with the finish or at least > | that is what I make of their comments. I use Paint Shop Pro to do my > | reductions for these shots. Perhaps it is introducing some pixellation. > I > | can see it on my monitor, too, after the shots have been posted. They > look > | ok before I send them. Should I consider another program for these kinds > of > | things? I can't afford Photoshop, but inexpensive programs would be worth > | considering. > | Yours, > | <<fred.vansand2@verizon.net >
