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My brother taking photos in Maryland. I'm really loving the effect of borders on my pictures, but they are all to the same effect. Any tips from anyone to make them more interesting? This one, unlike the others, is not black. I made it a dark gray to go with the lack of contrast "theme"
Excellent picture Kyle ? a very cool shot! In general, any external artifacts (borders) that bring excessive attention to themselves often detract from the image and so should be avoided! It is after all, all about the image -... Curtis Feather makes his point well! But your ?Rainy Day? works very well as is, just the way you presented ? the shot has a fine vibe going and the frame is applied in good taste and does the picture justice. Regards. C.
This is a nice piece here. Keep experimenting around and try all types of photography. As for borders, I find many people on this site who overuse black or colored borders without real artistic purpose, but just as a design element or graphic necessity, when actually often they weaken the images. My best advice would be to really think about whether or not a border will enhance your image and what the purpose will be. If you have a black and white image I would highly suggest for the majority of the time to have nothing or a white tone border, which allows the range of tones to pull forward, much like a matted piece in a gallery or museum. good luck.
I selected the black border, pull some color from your image and used edit and fill. I then copied and pasted the selected border and applied a bevel and emboss filter under the layer options. Glad you liked it.
I love the image. I think that the border being black and the image being dark does not work so well for this shot. Maybe pulling the color from the shot for the border. Just an idea. See below, hope you don't mind.
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{K:12969} 3/25/2005
