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Subject: Freesia and Wild Daisies

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billmahler

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10/21/2007 8:16 PM Alert 

8X10 on canvas

Part of a workshop I did

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..send ye not therefore to know for whom the bell tolls- it tolls for thee. John Donne
part time artist
Posts:21
10/22/2007 6:03 AM Alert 
it looks lovely Bill but the photo is a bit out of focus so you can't see detail. i would love to see a better image
vikingwife

Posts:878
10/23/2007 6:58 AM Alert 
Love this one Bill. I like it being slightly out of focus.....gives it a beautiful softness. I think this is one of my favorite still lifes from you I like the reflective surface of the table....LOVE that vase (would love to see the details in a larger photo).....and I like the soft background with the light coming thru the curtain.

Jess
billmahler

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10/23/2007 3:03 PM Alert 
Part and Jess

Thank you. Glad you like it.
I can only partically blame the photo for the blur.. I intentionally softened a lot of the edges to capture the atmosphere I wanted, but the vase did lose something on the way, particularly the base.
I struggled with this at first, but I got some good ideas from the WIP forurm of WC on this one from Corby and Slurps.
The bad part about this workshop is that I have to work from photos - I usually do set ups- , but it allowed me to try this unusual lighting which I never would have tried on my own.
..send ye not therefore to know for whom the bell tolls- it tolls for thee. John Donne
JM Artist

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10/28/2007 5:42 PM Alert 
It has a nice soft pastel quality to it. The yellow of that vase is beautiful.

Since the canvas is 8" X 10", it should fit completely on a scanner bed.
So try scanning the image directly instead of photographing it.
JM Artist

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billmahler

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10/31/2007 12:02 AM Alert 
JM
Thank you for your kind words- I value your judgement.
I'll give the scanner a try!
..send ye not therefore to know for whom the bell tolls- it tolls for thee. John Donne
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