I'm still working on techniques to incorporate the FM gray BG into photos. If this works okay then I'm going to try to add some other elements to the scene on my next attempt. I don't really like the crop on this but I wanted the bird to fill the page.

Interesting presentation concept Mark, I like it

Tom

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ZM

Interesting idea. I do think the crop is backwards but I think you are aware of that. Fun stuff.

Tim

Mark I for one like it. Good to see your work.

Ted

Thomas Sanders wrote:
Interesting presentation concept Mark, I like it

Tom

Thanks Tom,

I'm liking the possibilities with this.

Mr Zoom wrote:
The Fadely Effect - all new for 2008 - makes your photos fade into the background. The Fadely Effect is all the rage on FM! Get yours today and be the 1st to impress your friends and your loved ones. Available here only on FM and not available in stores.

ZM

Lol Ken, well done! Did you ever sell for "Ronco"?

Tim Kuhn wrote:
Interesting idea. I do think the crop is backwards but I think you are aware of that. Fun stuff.

Tim

Thanks Tim, I'm gonna keep trying stuff.

Ted ellis wrote:
Mark I for one like it. Good to see your work.

Ted

Thank you Ted. Good to hear from you again.

Hey Mark, I was working on this same thing about 8 months ago...

I like what you have done... Looking forward to some new ideas.

Mr Zoom wrote:
The Fadely Effect - all new for 2008 - makes your photos fade into the background. The Fadely Effect is all the rage on FM! Get yours today and be the 1st to impress your friends and your loved ones. Available here only on FM and not available in stores.

ZM

Hahaha nice Ken! I like this idea a lot!!! Nice going!!!

72chevelle454 wrote:
Hey Mark, I was working on this same thing about 8 months ago...

I like what you have done... Looking forward to some new ideas.

Cool Chad, what a coincidence. Do you have any pics, or a link to what you did?

Brenton Biggs wrote:
Mr Zoom wrote:
The Fadely Effect - all new for 2008 - makes your photos fade into the background. The Fadely Effect is all the rage on FM! Get yours today and be the 1st to impress your friends and your loved ones. Available here only on FM and not available in stores.

ZM

Hahaha nice Ken! I like this idea a lot!!! Nice going!!!

Thanks Brenton

You are progressing nicely Mark, my only thought would be just a very thin border outline to separate the image from the print and buttons on the page??

Karl

Just stay on it and please show Chad how it is done

Nice to see a different view with that bgd, Mark. I bet it will work real well with high contrasty shots.
Herb

Karl Witt wrote:
You are progressing nicely Mark, my only thought would be just a very thin border outline to separate the image from the print and buttons on the page??

Karl

Just stay on it and please show Chad how it is done

Thanks Karl,

I'll try that subtle border, good idea.

Herb Houghton wrote:
Nice to see a different view with that bgd, Mark. I bet it will work real well with high contrasty shots.
Herb

Thank you Herb, I think the BG will work great with some BW processing. Gotta try that.

Mark, this is a cool effect and I like it. It calls all of the attention to the subject without any distractions. Very nice.

Dave

Good to see you are having fun, Mark. The blank background is similar to the paintings that were done by Roger Tory Peterson.

Tony

Mark, interesting idea and implementation takes little time to get use to it but definitely grows on you.

Garen

Very cool!

J

This one I don't like as much Mark - - I like something more like the others where you can still see an indication of more than just the bird on the FM bg. So I prefer the other way over this one.

Sorry

Lil - - recovering from Sylmar wildfire storms.... so I'm not doing picks

GAREN wrote:
Mark, interesting idea and implementation takes little time to get use to it but definitely grows on you.

Garen

Thanks Garen - I know what you mean, this isn't my fav either.

jakita33 wrote:
Very cool!

J

Thanks for the look Jason. This was an exercise in subject selection and layering. End result is a bleak subject with a beak.

Lil Judd wrote:
This one I don't like as much Mark - - I like something more like the others where you can still see an indication of more than just the bird on the FM bg. So I prefer the other way over this one.

Sorry

Lil - - recovering from Sylmar wildfire storms.... so I'm not doing picks

Thanks Lil, I agree. I found out it's no cinch to cut out a finch.