These are really lovely, however I do think they are a little dark. Hope you don't mind me saying so.

I am really hot on presentation. The other day I was browsing the front page latest fractals and one stood out above all the rest was one that the artist had taken a little time with and added a border. A border that suited the image. It complimented the work so well that it was part of it. It had subtle lighting effects too. I have since seen the image featured and it still stands out.

Your work is so good, please don't let it be lost in the crowd.

Roz XX

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is right...your work is so very good! Personally, I don't think it's dark at all. Personal taste enters into the critiques at times. All of your work is really outstanding.

thank you so much! i know i should go to the photo program i have and learn more about contrast and borders and stuff like that but i haven't yet! i am glad you enjoyed this piece!

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thank you so much roz! they are a little dark and that's where my photo program would come in handy! they are very grainy if i make them any lighter! thank you for the feedback tho! i really appreciate it!

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Do you not have a photo program? I find that some images that look really grainy don't look half bad after they are rendered... Try the contrast control and Gamma works well for me.

I have Paint Shop Pro and Photoshop and Gimp and a few other dubious programs I use from time to time. But I far prefer Paint Shop Pro. I have the Flamingpear filters for it. You can get an Essential free set that has a filter called Kyoto colour. for me it has been an absolute essential piece of digital art kit. Sometimes when I have rendered an image I look at it and think I would like to see if it looked better in another colour. This filter allows you to adjust the gamma, change the colour and much more. I use it every day...

Gimp I find to fiddly and it just takes so much time to do anything with it. I guess I need to practice more... Same with Photoshop. I bought loads of filters on Ebay. A great source for digital artists... Or at least it used to be, however I recently got a completely legal copy of Paint Shop Pro on there for £20 ($40) No fancy box to throw away...

Having been at it for years I have accumulated a great deal of art software, including 3D max, Z Brush and many others. I seem to get stuck doing Apo and everything else is forgotten.

Roz X

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You're welcome, Light. I should learn more, a lot more, about my photo enhancement/graphics programs as well. I have 4 or 5 programs and only know a little bit about each. Hells bells, there's only so many hours in each day, and not nearly enough of them!

By the way, thank you for the add/watch. If I haven't returned the favor, not to worry, I will. I'm so far behind it's not even funny, but I am catching up!

i went back and enhanced some of the most recent ones! and even added borders on a few!~

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it very much reminds me of pearl.
nice job.
i dont think there dark but i keep my monitor just on the edge of where the black is just making black.
i believe also in some cases depending on if your monitor is back lit or not will show images differently. and what not.
but i will say i have never really made anything that i haven't manipulated in some way or form.

even if its just a slight smoothing in spots or a contrast/brightness enhancement. or even a subtle hue change.

sometimes just the slightest little change can really bring a piece out. or make it runt for ya to.. LOL

great job N8tive

thank you! i went back and enhanced a few of the most recent ones! i just can't decide what looks better or when to change things or even what colors to use!

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You brought them to life for me. Thank you so much.

Roz XX

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Sometimes the blind can see more than the physically sighted and the deaf hear visions that we will never know.

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