11-23-11 – Triptych Portraits

Rav; I disagree about the (non-participating) voters knowing what’s best for fitting in the theme, especially if there’s a certain difficulty and there are many entries. A lot probably just vote for what they like, without really thinking about the theme details. But, they do get the final say, so there’s that. 😉 I think it’s more important, as part of the challenge, to make sure we fit the theme, rather than a voter who only read ‘Triptych’ and moved on to start looking at the (sure to be) awesome pictures.

The reason I play is so I can improve my skills by being given a subject, and going after it, and comparing my own results with those of others given the same subject so I can grow as a photographer. The only way to compare is by the votes, most of the time. It’s not a ‘ruling’–audience is the major consideration.

So I ‘shoot’ to learn and grow, but I select to ‘post’ what I hope will do well with an audience such as we have here. Lately, it’s been working out for me, but I don’t plan on taking that for granted–it’s a mad, mad world.

As a voter, however, I’m compelled to consider the theme suggestor’s intentions, which is what we go into in this forum. Depending on the theme, either the base farktography community will determine the victor, or the teeming masses of GFarkers will. Usually it seems it’s a composite of both–so I long ago gave up on predicting how such things will go.

I do agree about the growing part & I’m REALLY liking do this one, because it is challenging! I finally figured out the PS side of it, but boy it sure isn’t going to turn out how I first envisioned it while selecting the images. After cropping to make things fit, it’s quite different, to say the least! 😆 Now I’m having a hard time finding my third for my first entry because I’m not liking them next to each other, when actually *seeing* it.

Thanks U-Man, you made me learn something new & I’d wanted to learn how to do these someday anyway!

And thanks Kestrana for your tips, they were a big help! Even though I was told there would be no math. 🙁

kashari I’m not much a fan of math myself. But I tell myself it’s like vegetables, every once in awhile it’s good for you 😉

I hate seeing all your pics early because it makes me feel like I shouldn’t bother. Damn you good photographers 😛

My problem is getting the triptych to come together on Photoshop.

FIRST – Click “New” and make a new empty image 2000x2000px
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SEVENTH – Use “Save For Web” to resize to Fark size before uploading.

I expect to be using Power Point and “save as” .jpg . It’s what I’ve got available. And it’s from Microsoft Office, so you know it’s got to be easy enough for a field grade staff officer to figure out.

I hope you guys are smarter than Navy nuclear puppets. I mean officers.

My problem is getting the triptych to come together on Photoshop.

FIRST – Click “New” and make a new empty image 2000x2000px
…
SEVENTH – Use “Save For Web” to resize to Fark size before uploading.

I expect to be using Power Point and “save as” .jpg . It’s what I’ve got available. And it’s from Microsoft Office, so you know it’s got to be easy enough for a field grade staff officer to figure out.

A) MS Paint comes on every Windows PC
B) PortableAPPs.com has GIMP as a portable you can run from the desktop to a flashdrive without “installing”

Just sayin’

I played around a bit last night and was pleasantly surprised at the results. This one doesn’t fit the theme, but I love it.

I think I’ve got one! I’m having a lot of difficulty with composition–this is so new to me!