just before the storm

[solarbird]

Scattered Pastels

This is another that suffers badly from compression down to 100kb, losing much of its delicacy. I have to up the contrast a bit more than I'd like to try to keep it together at that filesize. ;_;

Unrelatedly, if the piece of bamboo I'm working on turns in to a flute, its name may be Scar.

Comments

[flashfire.livejournal.com]

I like this.

[solarbird]

The low-compression/much larger file version is better. The areas that are "soft" here aren't soft in the original but are instead finely detailed and delicate. But I don't want to get into the habit of posting two versions. Or something. But thanks.

I'm very sleepy and should go to bed now. G'night!

[blues-kun.livejournal.com]

The pink leaves (or whatever) look like bougainvillea petals.

[solarbird]

Icon ^_^: I got a statue of Rakka on my Japan trip. It's the physically biggest thing I brought home. ^_^

Also: I'd never heard of that plant before but I found a picture and they really do, don't they? Wow. I wonder whether it's a relative.

[flashfire.livejournal.com]

We have a bougainvillea in our yard.

[blues-kun.livejournal.com]

My parents' old house in CA had a gigantic one growing over most of a patio cover. Great for shade. Also great for tracking the flowers into the house all the time and trying to start fire with a magnifying glass in summertime.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

I do like that. :D

[solarbird]

Today I'm not as sure that I like the lower contrast better; I think it might be a wash. But I certainly like the detail better in this less-compressed version.

Of course, the 5mp (2592x1944) original has much better detail than either. ^_^

One thing I'm noticing a lot with the G9 is that I'm doing a lot less fixing work in general, which means I don't have to throw stuff onto the Photoshop machine (Ye Olde Windows 2000 box) for futzing. I like that. (What I really want, of course, is a newer version of Photoshop that runs on OSX.)

[westrider.livejournal.com]

Oh my gods! That's gorgeous!

[janne.livejournal.com]

I *love* those colors! Is it ok if I use this one for my desktop?

[solarbird]

Sure, but please do not redistribute.

Maybe I should make an official desktop set release. (4:3 and 16:7 versions with a tiny artist notice in the lower left.)

[janne.livejournal.com]

Thanks. Sounds like a good idea to me!

[flit.livejournal.com]

This is, in fact, glorious, even with the lossy compression.