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Quote: Originally Posted by MikeM Very nice. Isn't it curious how this technique adds a dimension that reality misses.

Ayup. Isn't it? It's amazing the things I see as I enhance the pixels before layering in texture that I'd never notice with the naked eye--kinda like those pics I redid of the Japanese pearl ginrin babies where we could see that the "pearl" was actually at the top corner of the scale, not in the center.

I like how it enhances and intensifies scaleage, sashi and kiwa. It's easier to see anomalies than it would be with the naked eye, even if the fish is bowled.

Here's one of most of my non-gosankes that I just did. Jumanji has gone through a lot of changes this spring. Check out his odd Ochiba-ness now:


Another thing that is nice about this process concerning the evaluation of fish--it intensifies underlying colors and pattern that haven't emerged yet and is almost imperceptible to the eye otherwise. I notice this mostly in the underlying sumi of my Showas and the Kumonryu longfin, but I'm also watching some beni in my Kohaks as the edges either develop or recede. Fascinating...and puts into a perspective that I can understand from what I'm learning from the masters here.





Mike, do you have any pics of fish you'd like to see from this perspective? I'd be glad to do it for you.

Marie