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[ArchiveHugh]

My site is composed of movie film images... (not quality photos) but looking through the eye's of a movie camera from the 30's to present day. When I start taking quality photos I'll be back. www.archivehugh.smugmug.com (http://www.archivehugh.smugmug.com/)

[Seamaiden]

Where? :scratch

[wxwax]

Hey Hugh, in case yer runin' into trouble posting pics, check out this thread. (http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=92)

[Shay Stephens]

The Richest Hill on Earth!
The composition is all wrong, and the exposure is dreadful too. I would reshoot this photo right away ;-)

[fish]

The composition is all wrong, and the exposure is dreadful too. I would reshoot this photo right away ;-)

I'll bet waxy could improve it with some surgical cropping. :thumb

[Shay Stephens]

I'll bet waxy could improve it with some surgical cropping. :thumb
While we wait for that one, here is my version of how I would edit the photo:











I used levels to make the exposure better, and as you mentioned, did some pretty heavy cropping too. If I had the time, I would do some cloning of the distracting parts left in the upper crosswise part of the image to finish it off :D

[fish]

I used levels to make the exposure better, and as you mentioned, did some pretty heavy cropping too. If I had the time, I would do some cloning of the distracting parts left in the upper crosswise part of the image to finish it off :D
That's really nice, Shay. I like it. I decided to take the time to clone out the parts you mentioned and gave it just a slight gausian blur, since the bokeh was kinda rough. I also pumped up the saturation just a little. Here's my version:










Not a bad image at this point, huh?

[Shay Stephens]

That's really nice, Shay. I like it. I decided to take the time to clone out the parts you mentioned and gave it just a slight gausian blur, since the bokeh was kinda rough. I also pumped up the saturation just a little. Here's my version:










Not a bad image at this point, huh?
Truly, a work of art without equal! Hats off to you. If I may be so bold, the gaussian blur was pure genius.

[fish]

Truly, a work of art without equal! Hats off to you. If I may be so bold, the gaussian blur was pure genius.
Why thank you, my good man. I couldn't have done it without your expert work with levels and cropping.

:encore

[TJAmy]

Why thank you, my good man. I couldn't have done it without your expert work with levels and cropping.

:encore You should take your act on the road.

[wxwax]

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[lynnma]

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I added a little lens flare to it... brightens up a tad don't ya think??

[ArchiveHugh]

Hey Hugh, in case yer runin' into trouble posting pics, check out this thread. (http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=92)thanks for your info. I'm a beginner as you can see. Once again thanks!

[lynnma]

thanks for your info. I'm a beginner as you can see. Once again thanks!Hi Archive, we are mostly beginners here and as you can see most of us don't seem to have a life... looking forward to seeing your posts.. feel free to critique mine as they are usually pretty crappy.
Welcome to the forum it's a fun and educational place.
Lynn:wave

[wxwax]

thanks for your info. I'm a beginner as you can see. Once again thanks!
No worries. I was going through your Butte stuff this morning. Very interesting. For some reason, I'm surprised at how old the buildings are.

[ArchiveHugh]

Hi Archive, we are mostly beginners here and as you can see most of us don't seem to have a life... looking forward to seeing your posts.. feel free to critique mine as they are usually pretty crappy.
Welcome to the forum it's a fun and educational place.
Lynn:wave
It's nice people like you that make this a better world. I feel that I'm in kind of the wrong place (on this forum) because my images are taken off of home movie film and not pictures. But... my quest is to expose the scenes of yesteryear and to tell the story of Butte, Montana. Thanks.
Hugh

[ArchiveHugh]

No worries. I was going through your Butte stuff this morning. Very interesting. For some reason, I'm surprised at how old the buildings are.

Butte was started in the 1860's I believe. You went from New York to Chicago to Butte to Seattle at the turn of the century. The old buildings and old things around town still never cease to amaze me. Truly an unforgettable town. Thanks for checking out my site. More than 17 years of collecting and gathering footage!

[wxwax]

Wow! :bow That's remarkable dedication to a project. And thanks for the quick history of Butte. Once again, I had no idea.

By the way, Lynn's posting from the Women's Cellblock of the Framingham State Prison, where's she's doing 20-to-Life for bludgeoning a rude bus conductor with his ticket puncher.

[ArchiveHugh]

Wow! :bow That's remarkable dedication to a project. And thanks for the quick history of Butte. Once again, I had no idea.

By the way, Lynn's posting from the Women's Cellblock of the Framingham State Prison, where's she's doing 20-to-Life for bludgeoning a rude bus conductor with his ticket puncher. gulp...shut my mouth

[Richard Cabesa]

You should take your act on the road.
Please don't feed the fish :wxwax