I guess it is all in how you care to look at things, but at times it felt like I lost all perspective on my last Photoshop assignment. The last step, printing, was particularly trying. Here is the print lurking harmlessly on the screen in the print queue:
What could go wrong? a screenshot
Looks great! what could possibly go wrong? Well, let’s start with the major problem. The printer didn’t like the paper, lovely little streaky lines called “head strike” So, that was a question of changing the settings on the printer. The other problem, well, that was a bit more subtle, it just didn’t look right. To me this image was a lot about the light, and it just was’t working. So back to Photoshop:
This is what two and a half hours of my life looks like.
It took a total of two and a half hours to get my print to look the way I wanted. Had I lost all perspective? Yeah, probably. Here is my defense. It took me hours to make this photograph. I wasn’t going to settle for an “OK” print.
So, here is the final, final photo I promise:
The winning image
Also, as I wrote in a previous blog, this image was entered in a weekly photo competition at my camera club. I won an honorable mention. If you are curious to see what I was up against here is a glimpse, you will have to scroll down a bit to see all the images. It is a talented pool of photographers, so any win is a major win for me.
What do you think, had I lost my mind perspective? And thank you if you have been following me on this journey, I will stop now.
Cheers!
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