tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1357864507586156598.post778828638346345874..comments2023-10-30T08:37:39.563-04:00Comments on "My Tears Spoiled My Aim" . . . A Southerner in NYC: Ball Mason JarBrianChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17474333393989390643noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1357864507586156598.post-13635833778212543062008-08-09T09:07:00.000-04:002008-08-09T09:07:00.000-04:00great job, brian!watercolors are tough. they have ...great job, brian!<BR/>watercolors are tough. they have such a luminosity of their own, I can see why they're tough to photograph.<BR/><BR/>I think the secret is to light it well when photographing. If you have someone there holding a reflector to bounce light on the painting, it would help. Take a longer exposure using a tripod, and a high-res image.<BR/><BR/>I've been experimenting with photo filters recently in Photoshop, and I'd use that as a last resort to bump it up a little. <BR/><BR/>Photo filters are more subtle than adjusting saturation. (Under 'layers', you add an adjustment later. There are many preset colors to use but you can also calibrate your own).<BR/><BR/>keep up the great work!Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13260829805068114560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1357864507586156598.post-38656627789751952972008-08-06T21:09:00.000-04:002008-08-06T21:09:00.000-04:00I'm in a hurry but will be back, of course. A...I'm in a hurry but will be back, of course. <BR/>As soon as I saw the title of this post I got excited and was not disappointed when I scrolled down and saw the painting.<BR/>You know how crazy I was about the S&P shakers and the ketchup bottle. And the homeless man.<BR/>Well take all those X 2 and that's how much I love this one. For a myriad of reasons...One Wink at a Timehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00376243777796535015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1357864507586156598.post-25158476906648815772008-08-06T08:21:00.000-04:002008-08-06T08:21:00.000-04:00Wow. I love that. It's definitely a different tu...Wow. I love that. It's definitely a different turn (so to speak) on the usual presentation. <BR/><BR/>I share your pain over scanners, but have no solutions other than importing the image in Photoshop and trying to tweak without changing (i.e., to get to the original better).<BR/><BR/>As for canning jars, as a daughter of the South (Tar Heeler by birth and 200+ year heritage, then GA but never the South again (to me, Texas is not the South--it's Southwest, although I'll admit that East Texas is very like the South)) ... ok ... where was I? Oh yeah -- canning jars are part of my youth. Helping my grandmother (if you look at my etsy icon, she's the woman at the typewriter) make pickles was a highlight of many a day of shelling peas or husking corn. <BR/><BR/>My former neighbor here in Texas still cans (she's about 70) and uses the same jars. Her beets are to die for and her jalapeno jelly--yum.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the memory-lane morning and the good art!jennifer blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10162940461142708018noreply@blogger.com