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damonff
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Some recent photos...
A couple of guys reading the paper...
A very strong mother crosses the street...
A couple walks along...
And a crying, CRYING child...
Zaijian!!
A couple of guys reading the paper...
A very strong mother crosses the street...
A couple walks along...
And a crying, CRYING child...
Zaijian!!
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crying.
These little slices of life are wonderful.
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Damon,
As always, I thoroughly enjoy the slices of life in your world.
The two well groomed older men reading the newspaper from behind the glass on the public billboard, evokes a feeling of a different time, hands clasped behind their backs, one clutching a flier, staring intently at the words on the written page. It is the page itself that show us, full force that we are in a different world... At least, for me.
The woman carrying infant child and her produce, daughter clinging at her "shirt tails," so different and yet so much the same. I like the depth of field, it's just out of focus enough that we can't make things out clearly, and yet we can well see the cyclists, scooters and cars all sharing space on the same street. One cyclist in the far right with what appears to be a trunk on the back of his bicycle. I find myself surprised at the wide sidewalks. Since the streets are not very busy, in my minds eye, I see this as early morning...
I can really appreciate the expression of the couple walking. Sure that I've shared that look myself, when in unfamiliar territory. Looking for something elusive in the distance. I like the way she holds his arm, there is a comfort in the closeness of the two.
And the exasperated look on the mother's face. Hasn't every parent been there, as the child cries for all it is worth. Mom just wants it to end...
Thank you for sharing the days.
ginette
I like the expression on the little girls face, the set of her arms... But I found the flash of yellow above her head distracting, and thought, perhaps if the image was pulled in, just a bit...
Just my thoughts...
I remain,
ginette
Thanks for the kind, thoughtful words.
Damon:
No healing brush, I save the healing brush for blemishes, or broader areas with similar detail. (It's great for softening aged skin, sort of like laser resurfacing.)
Whenever I am working on an image, I work on a 600 resolution PSD document, creating a layer for correction. For areas like this, I magnify the area so that I can see the individual pixels and then using the clone tool, sample and change up to four pixels at a time. I look back at the original often, and when I am satisfied, flatten and save as a PSD, then convert & save as Jpeg. Voila. Took less than 2 minutes, start to finish.
I find that the Healing Brush picks up too much from the surrounding areas for a tight fix like this.
As always,
ginette
As ever, your srvnt,
Sid.
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Sid:
That's really a great question.... And fairly simple to answer.
Jpeg/JPG is a compressed file
Everytime you open, change or modify and then save a Jpeg document it gets "re-compressed." During this compression pixels are lost, hence detail is lost, "degraded," which reduces significantly the quality of the original document, and therefore the final print.
Since a PSD file does not compress the image, you are able to open and save it as often as you like without damage to the original file.
It's a priceless bit of useful information.
That's the quick explanation... If you want more I'll try to ammend...
Humbly,
ginette
P.S. When I save my images as a Jpeg, and then decide to change them, I open that Jpeg, convert to PSD, Copy the layer, make the change and then save again as a Jpeg with slight name change:
ex. Dreams-01.jpeg becomes
Dreams-01-a.jpeg