Rob MacKillop
Edinburgh Correspondent
Saw this in a puddle, and thought of Julian again. I don't know, you guys are all creeping into my vision these days! Too much positive influence around here 
Gilded Leaf
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Pete Askew
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Sumptuous is the word that springs to mind Rob, sumptuous! Love it. 
It's funny how we see things isn't it and certainly there are quite often things that appear here that stimulate the imagination. For example, I see that picture of the graveyard everyday that I'm in the office in Germany, but seeing your shots prompted me to share it and look at anew (as well as nudging me to print some more of them).
Just an idea for the above (and merely my obsession with leading diagonals etc), how about lining the stalk of the leaf up with the lower RH corner? What do you think?
It's funny how we see things isn't it and certainly there are quite often things that appear here that stimulate the imagination. For example, I see that picture of the graveyard everyday that I'm in the office in Germany, but seeing your shots prompted me to share it and look at anew (as well as nudging me to print some more of them).
Just an idea for the above (and merely my obsession with leading diagonals etc), how about lining the stalk of the leaf up with the lower RH corner? What do you think?
Rob MacKillop
Edinburgh Correspondent
Are you anally retentive, Pete? 
Straight horizons (oh, no, that's a Hamish thing) and leading diagonals. Whatever happened to rock and roll? You guys are working for The Man now! 
But maybe you are right
Straight horizons (oh, no, that's a Hamish thing) and leading diagonals. Whatever happened to rock and roll? You guys are working for The Man now! But maybe you are right
Pete Askew
Admin
Rob MacKillop
Edinburgh Correspondent
Now that's funny!Anyways, here's another. These were submerged...
Pete Askew
Admin
Nice, nice, nice. And it does have a sort of 'bloated' (in a positive way - if that is possible), drowned look to it.
Rob MacKillop
Edinburgh Correspondent
And the final one, hot of the press, of this emerging triptych...
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Pete Askew
Admin
And I think that might be my favourite. There is a very satisfying distribution to the leaves and I like the hint of the hidden 'depths'.
Rob MacKillop
Edinburgh Correspondent
Pete Askew
Admin
For me, yes. Although two sides seem to be longer than the other two for some reason!
Rob MacKillop
Edinburgh Correspondent
Hmm...
Rob MacKillop
Edinburgh Correspondent
Pete Askew
Admin
Ooo, golden!
Rob MacKillop
Edinburgh Correspondent
Thanks, Pete. I'm wondering how to present these three online as a triptych, how to do that in one image. Any ideas?
Pete Askew
Admin
Yes, open one of the images in Elements and look at image size (and resolution). Then create a new file with a white background that is 3 times the size plus a bit for gaps between the pictures - make sure the resolution is the same. Then open the other two files and select all from each and copy and paste them into the new file. They will create new layers each and you can drag the individual images around until they are in the right place. Then flatten the image. There are other ways but this is a fairly simple one that will keep everything the same size etc.
Paul Lange
Moderator
For me, yes. Although two sides seem to be longer than the other two for some reason!
Which two?
Rob, fantastic shots and the PP is really good too.
Rob MacKillop
Edinburgh Correspondent
Pete, I did as you said and copied the images into the new blank background (at the same resolution) - but the three images sit on top of each other and I can't move them around. Something locked?
Pete Askew
Admin
Did they create new layers when you copied them in?
Rob MacKillop
Edinburgh Correspondent
Yes.
Pete Askew
Admin
Did you use the move tool (the arrow that I assume is at the top of the palette in Elements) to try to move the copy in the layer? Don't forget you have to click on each layer in turn to move the image element about. Once you are happy you can either save as a PSD / TIFF or flatten the image for export etc as a JPEG.
