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Old 17-10-2007, 00:52   #11 (permalink)
Les Meehan
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Re: Falls and Foliage

In this image I would be tempted to darken the foliage area about half a zone and edge burn all sides by 10-15% to hold the eye in the frame better.

BTW, for anyone who doesn't know about edge burning its a darkroom procedure that was/is used to compensate for fall off of the enlarger lens. However, it is also a powerful visual technique for 'holding in' a viewers attention in the image. For digital, make a new layer above image and use the gradient tool with a black to clear grad. Drag in from each side of image for a short distance. Once all four sides are done reduce the opacity of the layer to between 5-15% as desired. You will find it makes a huge difference! Try it!

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