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One Cannot Overstate the Incredible Power of a Visual "Understatement"!

  

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By:  a-macarthur  •  7 years ago  •  17 comments

One Cannot Overstate the Incredible Power of a Visual "Understatement"!

"LESS," in fact, is often "MORE," when beauty is allowed to emerge subtly to the viewer's eyes and consciousness.

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Larkspur Flowers

© A. Mac/A.G.

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Cosmos Flower

© A. Mac/A.G.

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White-tailed Deer Fawn

© A. Mac/A.G.


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A. Macarthur
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1  author  A. Macarthur    7 years ago

Our eyes, minds and empirical experiences will fill in the "gaps" and make us, as "The Viewers," an integral part of what we "see".

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
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2  author  A. Macarthur    7 years ago

Well, so far, it seems everyone is underwhelmed.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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2.2  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  A. Macarthur @2    7 years ago
"Well, so far, it seems everyone is underwhelmed."

No surprise to me today.

Great photo of the fawn.

 
 
 
Spikegary
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3  Spikegary    7 years ago

I like the bits of color with the fade of the rest.  Interesting experiments, Dr. Strangelove!  LOL.  I just put some pics up form my latest lake trip.

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
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3.1  author  A. Macarthur  replied to  Spikegary @3    7 years ago

Got a link?

 
 
 
Spikegary
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3.1.1  Spikegary  replied to  A. Macarthur @3.1    7 years ago

Here it is:

 
 
 
Kavika
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4  Kavika     7 years ago

Interesting to say the least Mac.

 
 
 
sixpick
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5  sixpick    7 years ago

You have done an excellent job with these Amac!!!  I know you spent some time in accomplishing it as well!!!

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
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5.1  author  A. Macarthur  replied to  sixpick @5    7 years ago

It is quite satisfying to share these with friends and to think, while doing them … "I hope these will please my friends."

 
 
 
sixpick
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5.1.1  sixpick  replied to  A. Macarthur @5.1    7 years ago

Well, they do and it is quite obvious you put some time into these photos to make them as beautiful as they are.

Here is one I did.  The background was black, but you know how hard it is to get rid of all that black.  It's not my photo like yours are.  Let me see if I can put it in a frame

Flower 001 edited 003.jpg

 
 
 
sixpick
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5.1.2  sixpick  replied to  sixpick @5.1.1    7 years ago

Maybe this one would look better.  A solid white wall wouldn't do the trick on the other one for sure nor this one.

Flower 001 edited 004.jpg

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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5.1.3  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  sixpick @5.1.2    7 years ago

It's interesting how the second photo (with the pink frame) makes the photo look better. I also notice that there is less contrast in the second photo, and perhaps that has an effect as well.

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
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6  author  A. Macarthur    7 years ago

Six,

There are a number of ways to remove the unwanted backgrounds, and, depending on your editing software and the skill you will develop over time, they will occur to you.

Here's something you can use immediately …

• If/when the part of the image you want to isolate is brighter than the original background you're removing, when you replace the image onto a (ie) darker background, it may look lighter than you want it to appear, and, of course, the opposite is true.

So, if you can adjust the isolated image independent of the new background, adjust brightness and contrast to "work" in the new background.  If you can't do that by working in LAYERS, you might do so in your new new image.

Hope that's not confusing. Keep at it, like lots of things, it will evolve over time.

 
 
 
sixpick
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6.1  sixpick  replied to  A. Macarthur @6    7 years ago

It was a little confusing, but after reading it a few times and thinking about what I'm doing and what you are talking about, it seems to mean to adjust the brightest separately if possible.  By the way, thank you very much for your help and let me know if you mind me doing this one your article.

My latest experiment:  One this one I did it what I consider the wrong way by having the picture with the frame as the background.  I didn't think about it until I was already into a little.  Then I had to go around and and erase everything inside the frame including the gray and try to make the outside a straight line.  It would have been a piece of cake comparatively if I had used the gray back ground first and put the picture and frame over it.  If you like you can play with it, change it around any way you want.  Thanks.

Flower 001 edited 006.jpg

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
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7  author  A. Macarthur    7 years ago

Let me rephrase ... what looks good on one background may not look as good on another, so be ready to adjust the subject to work in its new background.

 
 

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