enhance picture of art painting

Yves

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Apr 10, 2004, 9:15:05 AM4/10/04

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I intend to build a part of my website with paintings of a friend.

After that I take more than 200 pictures, it appears that a lot of the
painting are reflecting light. Is there a filter or a list of
manipulations that I can use to enhance the result.

PS : I use The Gimp 2.

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Savidge4

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Apr 10, 2004, 5:04:05 PM4/10/04

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>I intend to build a part of my website with paintings of a friend.
>
>After that I take more than 200 pictures, it appears that a lot of the
>painting are reflecting light. Is there a filter or a list of
>manipulations that I can use to enhance the result.
>
>PS : I use The Gimp 2.

I think the most honest answer to this question is to re-shoot your images.
taking a quick look at your site, I can see that you are using a digital
camera. One of the many wonders of this digital tool is to immediately see any
short comings in your images. You would only be doing yourself and your friend
a service by getting properly lit images upfront, and not manipulating and
enhancing the images you already have.

Steve King

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Apr 11, 2004, 7:25:33 AM4/11/04

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Poloroid filters are supposed to help with unwanted reflections.

Steve . . .

Ted

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Apr 11, 2004, 8:00:50 PM4/11/04

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"Steve King" <whee...@c-zone.net> wrote in message
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> Poloroid filters are supposed to help with unwanted reflections.
>
> Steve . . .

Only from glass or metal.

Ken Weitzel

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Apr 11, 2004, 9:57:03 PM4/11/04

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And water, and asphalt, and any other "shiny" reflective
surface.

Ken

Skip M

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Apr 11, 2004, 11:13:30 PM4/11/04

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Polarizing, not Polaroid, filters do not minimize reflections from metal.
OTOH, they do minimize reflections from water.

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Kevin McMurtrie

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Apr 11, 2004, 11:26:15 PM4/11/04

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In article <zXkec.33919$oj6....@bignews6.bellsouth.net>,
"Ted" <NOSPAM-...@bellsouth.net> wrote:

Polarizing filters work on any surface - water, water vapor, plants,
sidewalks, rocks, paint, wood, bird feathers, linoleum, and even skin.
The angle of reflection is all that matters. Since reflections directly
from the sun have no color and little texture, using a polarizer on
sunny days makes a dramatic improvement.

A polarizer can also double the relative brightness of reflections, if
you choose. Sometimes a reflection is important to a photograph.

Yves

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Apr 12, 2004, 2:56:28 AM4/12/04

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I tried to use my polysiring filter ---> without none effect !

The reflexion comes from the coating lake (in frensh "vernis" ) applied on
the paintings.

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Jack-of-the-Dust

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Apr 12, 2004, 2:00:40 PM4/12/04

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Now that is what I call a real response. I to also have the same problem
with my polysiring filter. But a liberal application of "frensh vernis" does
the trick.

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