Lovely editing Ted.
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Nice additions, Ted, and I love this one! It's beautiful.
Thanks, Jilly. Aren't those fluorescent orange markings a trip? I was walking down my second-favorite alley, and they were all over the place.Lovely editing Ted.
Thank you Lisa -- that's my favorite, too. It's still a thrill to be wandering around aimlessly and stumble across a vivid little detail like that.
They are - like urban hieroglyphs.
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You might think these would be naturals for b/w, but for me, they don't work. Close shots of sand, like these, look too harsh and grainy to me in every b/w treatment I've tried.
These are wonderful. I particularly love the first one - that shadow!
Yeah, I get that.... plus the bit of orangey/tan gives a nice bit of color.
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Dried amaryllis belladonna
I don't remember how I got to this point, but it must have involved Imaengine somewhere along the way.
EDIT: Hmm, or maybe it was BeCasso/Toon.
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Wow!! This is fantabulous.
Love it!
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Awesome image, Ted!
I’ve noticed that, too. Any of my sand detail close-ups have some sort of strange look to them that makes me hesitate to post them. I never had that problem with other cameras. I wonder what causes that. Is it not enough resolution? Or maybe some type of interference between the pixels and sand grains frequency? It could be the heavy noise processing done by the iOS to all images.
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I think (emphasis on "think") the problem is the combination of the inherently increased contrast in b/w and the high microcontrast of sand grains reflecting light from their variously positioned sides. I do see the problem with other cameras, but it's not as severe, so maybe the in-camera processing of smartphones accentuates the microcontrast (to make photos appear sharper)? Hmmm... thinking some more... I have had success when shooting at a very low angle.
I find even in colour the sand doesn’t look like sand. I think in a super close-up it is less of an issue because the sand grains are that much bigger.
Narcissus reincarnated
Variation: Monet's egrets
So beautiful!!! The colors are so rich.
Oh my.... and so is this!
