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Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Knowing Where To Stop.

Sometimes, it's tempting to gild the lily.  Have a look at this...


I went into my software, intending to edit this  image.  And then I realised that there really wasn't anything I wanted to do to it.  It's got the right look and feel to it.  I really like it.  So... I thought, don't do anything.  And so, dear reader, I didn't.  I feel some stitch coming on, when it gets printed out onto Evolon.

And then I thought... oh my, that's a short blog post.  So I thought I'd use one of my favourite techniques.  I cropped it.  And here it is...

This has a completely different feel to it, somehow.  I don't like it as much.  The contrast of light and shade and colour, is much less, and I feel that the delicate feeling of the first image is lost in the second.  So...I'll not be keeping this one.  Nor will I be keeping the next one, where the colour has been intensified.


Yuck.  I think what I'm trying to say is, when in doubt, don't.


2 comments:

Bossymamma said...

Very sound advice but so easy to forget!

Nuvofelt said...

Good advice. Have to say that the last image reminds me of those awful wax flowers! You know - the the ones when they should have known when to stop :)