{"id":3442,"date":"2018-12-06T18:09:25","date_gmt":"2018-12-06T23:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oook.info\/blog\/?p=3442"},"modified":"2018-12-06T18:09:25","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T23:09:25","slug":"just-a-stump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oook.info\/blog\/?p=3442","title":{"rendered":"just a stump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Digital processing is really a marvel, especially in the ease with which one can tweak an image to express different flavors, moods, attitudes. The danger is that it&#8217;s easy to take the tweakage too far, but that&#8217;s really subjective. Here&#8217;s one from yesterday in which various changes are rung (as Bill Skinner was wont to say). It&#8217;s worthwhile to contemplate <i>why<\/i> one might prefer one or another version.<\/p>\n<p>\n<center>the unedited original:<br \/>\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/blackmerh\/32330452158\/in\/dateposted-family\/\" title=\"stump as shot\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4867\/32330452158_847b5ce5a2.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"stump as shot\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\ncropped and adjusted, subjectively pleasing:<br \/>\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/blackmerh\/32319355778\/in\/dateposted-family\/\" title=\"stump1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4865\/32319355778_9433847b1a.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"321\" alt=\"stump1\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\nmonochrome, with green filter:<br \/>\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/blackmerh\/32330464308\/in\/dateposted-family\/\" title=\"stump b+w green filter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4859\/32330464308_c3d817034b.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"321\" alt=\"stump b+w green filter\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\nusing Lightroom&#8217;s &#8220;Infrared&#8221; preset:<br \/>\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/blackmerh\/31270040817\/in\/dateposted-family\/\" title=\"stump &quot;IR&quot;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4883\/31270040817_871db6c0b0.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"321\" alt=\"stump &quot;IR&quot;\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\nusing Lightroom&#8217;s &#8220;aged photo&#8221; preset:<br \/>\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/blackmerh\/31270008817\/in\/dateposted-family\/\" title=\"stump &quot;aged&quot;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4901\/31270008817_e585b18833.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"321\" alt=\"stump &quot;aged&quot;\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/center><br \/>\nOf course <i>I<\/i> see a creature, probably a large-mouthed fishy person (a staring eye in the upper center)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Digital processing is really a marvel, especially in the ease with which one can tweak an image to express different flavors, moods, attitudes. 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