Very interesting blend of the new and the old I might even crop a little off the top to bring the attention off the architecture and back onto the people.
Ron, I am still seeing a lot of noise in these shots. Do you have your USM cranked up?
Rick
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I checked both the email and other versions with magnification and saw no sign of noise or grain at all on my 19 inch monitor. Are you talking throughout or in some particular location?
I took a close look at the original which is definitely not pixelated and sharper. Since aside from minimal cropping, very little has been done to the image, it suggests that it may be time to improve my software to newer versions for resizing and compressing.
Unless anyone can explain another reason for the pixelation. No software sharpening was done by the way.
I agree Z, probably from the resizing for upload.
Lots of jagged lines in the woodwork and light fringes around the second person from the left.
I'd bet the original doesn't look like that.
I'd like to see all of the lamp post on the right though.
I agree Z, probably from the resizing for upload.
Lots of jagged lines in the woodwork and light fringes around the second person from the left.
I'd bet the original doesn't look like that.
I'd like to see all of the lamp post on the right though.
Good point about the lamp post. As to the rest, when you have to go to 15 quality to get the size for uploading, you certainly lose a lot.
Would you believe, Photoshop 6 and PaintShop Pro 6? I need to upgrade to Photoshop CS 2, PaintShop Pro X, and some plugins such as a Depth of Field Generator, Noiseware Pro, HDR Shop,perhaps DXO Optics Pro and a few others. I also need to upgrade my computers in terms of memory and hard drive space as well.
The problem is more deciding priorities than anything else, although I think that Photoshop CS2 is probably number one.
In addition to what others say, I like the colors too. Nice job given the flat light.
Did you un-perspective warp this? I ask because the verticals line up on both the left and right side side of the frame... giving the image the slightly un-natural look of stretched out at the top.
It looks like you shot this at street level, and my eyes are expecting a little foreshortening. Maybe it's the long lense.
Cheers,
Tim
p.s. I have Paintshop Pro 9. They have an excellent tool to preview the image for artifacts as you set the jpg compression. It's great for getting that compromise between quality and file size for the web.
Would you believe, Photoshop 6 and PaintShop Pro 6? I need to upgrade to Photoshop CS 2, PaintShop Pro X, and some plugins such as a Depth of Field Generator, Noiseware Pro, HDR Shop,perhaps DXO Optics Pro and a few others. I also need to upgrade my computers in terms of memory and hard drive space as well.
The problem is more deciding priorities than anything else, although I think that Photoshop CS2 is probably number one.
In addition to what others say, I like the colors too. Nice job given the flat light.
Did you un-perspective warp this? I ask because the verticals line up on both the left and right side side of the frame... giving the image the slightly un-natural look of stretched out at the top.
It looks like you shot this at street level, and my eyes are expecting a little foreshortening. Maybe it's the long lense.
Cheers,
Tim
p.s. I have Paintshop Pro 9. They have an excellent tool to preview the image for artifacts as you set the jpg compression. It's great for getting that compromise between quality and file size for the web.
Thanks, Tim. No I did not un-perspective warp it. I was shooting from street level with a long lens and I did crop it, a little.
p.s. I recently picked up PaintShop Pro X and a few other programs, so I will look at the feature you mentioned.
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I might even crop a little off the top to bring the attention off the architecture and back onto the people.
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