OOOOOH!!!! AWESOME SHEILA!!!! Not very good? Are you nuts woman??? This effect is totally wicked. Looks like its fetched from an issue of Computer Arts magazine. How did you do that? And yup...focusing is a daily struggle for me as well. I never seem to be able to focus on anything but RR while im at work, lol. #:oP

oh yes, with my digital i find it is.. not like my regular film SLR.. i miss the dials around the lens.. maybe with a DSLR it'll be easier.. it's a cool pov sheila ;]

Know what Sheila....I like the original up there.The postworked one has a place too.It is very cool, but the glow around his back on Tshirt is kind of distacting.Great POV by the way

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I'll write something up on this and post it in a seperate thread which maybe of use.

Fun postwork there Sheila! :)

Cindy, i think regular film SLRs focus so much better. You know...it's like you're like thru binoculors or something. you can really see where your focus is it. with my digi cam, you're not actually looking thru the lens...makes it harder to tell if you're focused right...at least for me anyway. this was automatic focus, which i use most of the time. In this case, i'm the one who failed...not my cam. i've never tried DSLR before. Andreas, i just played with trying to turn this into like a painting and then a sketch. and then layered it with the original, played around with properties. Then i did more layering, and more layering. then some selective sharpening i think. hahaha! dunno. i was just being silly. :) doug, i kinda like the original too, but i wanted his face to be in focus. Arrrrggg! Yeah, that glow is distracting. Kort...thanks! :) i was just trying to have a bit of fun after seeing how i screwed my image up. i don't plan on keeping it though. richard, i gotta run out real quick...soon as we get back i'll check out that thread. Thanks! :) thanks for the feedback guys. :)

Keep it, keep it! Someone please talk some sense into this woman!!

HOW??? KEEP IT SHEILA!!!! KEEEEEEEEEEEP IT!!!! Now ive tried my hardest too....

oh yes.. this can be worked to a pleasing image! i would give it a go but already behind on time oh! i just looked at this in a whole new light.. oh, oh! blush

ROTFLMAO!!!!

keep the image? but i'm just not all that happy with it. i had fun playing with it though. wish it looked better. what new light, cindy? can you give me a hint? when you have time will you give me an idea about how to work this into a pleasing image?????? no hurry. :) you guys made me laugh. thanks! :)

stick your mind in the gutter dear & you'll see.. let's see.. ok.. just throwing some ideas out i might go with an softer focus.. or reverse the imagery.. selectively blurring the furthest away & leaving as much detail as you already have to the face.. of course the whole image will no longer be as sharp.. or use some transitional selective color, tricking the eye.. going from b&w moving forward into color or!!! he would look pretty cool cut out & stuck on another picture of a drink with a straw.. sticking him on the straw! ..just off the top of my head :]

You know...it's like you're like thru binoculors or something. you can really see where your focus is it Yes Sheila...very clear as its glass focusing screen and not digital. Have to feel you pain cos I remember when I had the Minolta A1 prosumer, I waited for the beep....lol, and again, really was not quite sure where the main focus would be!!!!! DSLR is so much better in respect.

Kort, gasp WHAT??????????? Of COURSE i recognize him!!!! How in the world did you get to meet him????? What's Dragoncon 01 or 02? Oh man, what a THRILL that must have been to not only meet him but to also take your picture with him!!!!! Cindy, in the gutter, eh??? You're so silly!! :) thanks for the ideas!!!! Those are GREAT! i am so totally NOT in any kinda of creative mode at the moment, but i'll put this on the backburner for a rainy day!!! thanks!!! :) JimbO, reckon you're right about DSLR. But i will have my cam for awhile so i will do the best i can. :)

who, who, who is it???? o.O!! drats! no DSLR for me either this year :P

LOL! did you ever watch that Sci-Fi series called Farscape, Cindy??? I don't know this guy's name, and i can't remember his character name either (me and my sucky memory), but he was one of the main characters for several seasons. oh, kemal said his character name is Crais. :) Kort...kemal and i were just watching the 6-hour movie the other day (again for like the 3rd time). do you realize i've fallen asleep every damn time we watch it??? Ooooh that makes me so mad!!! I STILL dunno how it ends!! well, perhaps in a few days we'll pick up where i started falling asleep! :)

yes! i remember that show.. watched it for a bit quite a ways back.. ah well, a celebrity!! :]

cool, Cindy! yeah, we were SO mad when they ended that series!! we're never been much into watching television, but we always LOVED Farscape and a few other shows on the Sci-Fi channel. after they cancelled Farscape, we pretty much just stopped watching television. anyway, now Kort you have me really curious! do you have any OTHER celebrity photos you're holding back??? Did you get to see & meet the rest of the actors from the show?

Hey why not give it a soft focus in PS.

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Dovid...thanks for that suggestion! i don't have PS. I have PSP7. do you mean giving a bit of a gausian blur? thanks for the suggestion! :)