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Did you tweak the sharpness on any of these? These just pop. D.W., making the last batch of cards I took some notes as to what I do to improve the image. While I'm doing it I'm flying thru filters and contrasts like a mad doctor and it can be a bit different every time. It depends on what (I think) the image needs. But there are two things I do at the start of every photo I choose to use. This applies to how an image looks on your 'puter screen, not necessarily good for a photo you are adjusting for printing, although many times it works well there too. When I first started doing image work years ago, I would up the saturation and contrast, and sometimes got an okay result. Not consistent, depending upon the source resolution. Many times the color would bleed and the higher contrast would wash away details (like pinstripes on a Met uni). I don't do that any more. I found some features in Paint Shop Pro 7 (can't speak to later versions but I imagine they would have this feature too) that served the same purpose without over saturation bleed or contrast wash. Under the COLORS tab there's is a feature simply called RED/GREEN/BLUE. It boosts those individual channels, or colors, without over-saturating. That's step one. And step two, if needed, instead of upping the contrast, I adjust the gamma correction to bring up the brightness. This allows for a brightness boost with no loss of detail (or washout). Usually after this move a much slighter contrast adjustment might be needed. Remember, the changes made to the image are done with one thing in mind. How the result looks on a computer monitor. Its subtle, but it does pop out more. lil bit. Adjustments to the Keith pic below: Colors>Red/Green/Blue>RGB boost= +20% RED/+14green/+20%BLUE Colors> Gamma Correction>Gamma correction=+1.20 Original Photo^__________________________________Adjusted^ An extreme adjustment, all RGB %'s doubled. Too much because it does wash out some pinstrips. Don't want that. So if I wanted Keiths face to pop out more I would lasso his face and add the doubling adjustment only to his face, and not the uni. I imagine you know all the tricks photography wise, and know all this stuff, but if it helps in your photo work in any way it's worth typing all that.

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Oh, he's working from bobbleheads. It least for Robbie. Don't know what hes got his arms up about in the photo.

The MVP award is getting like receiving an oscar. That's nice.

Ortiz acts surprised when he's handed the keys of the gigantic truck right next to him. lol.

What must it feel like to be a little kid like that and have 40,000 people roar at your every word?

Frayed Knot wrote: Anyone catch the Doc Ellis reference? lmao. Hits:0. LSD Hits: 1

That classic!

These series ending celebrations look so generic anymore. Same as in the vid games. If I was a player on the last out I'd leap into the stands and jump around with the fans. If they won't let the fans to go on the field they should allow the players into the stands. Right after the last out. They all scatter to different sections and celebrate.

YAY! Good series, good post season baseball. Gratz to Boston. Baseball's over again *sob

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: In all seriousness, guys, John Lackey is a pretty fucking terrible "feel-good story." Can they play that up any more? He did do great but SHAADDUPalready. Why do I get the sense that Buck has like zero sense of humor? He could even make a joke sound serious.

Edgy MD wrote: How embarrassing to get buzzed on a top branch guy. OK, I'm buying in and standing corrected on Pujols, and Marvin Miller. Let's take the next two ?s. That last guy on the top branch, I'm calling BS on my Strasburg guess. The eye black tells me that's Bryce Harper. Can I get an amen on that? And can we confirm Blue Jay with the raised arms is Carter? Yea, that's Harper. I will not confirm Carter. And I have no idea who else it could be. Now the guy said he drew that but he didn't draw it by hand, did he?

Frayed Knot wrote: 1st Otiz K in 10 post-season games ... Wow!! That is somethin' else.

Too bad the best fans in baseball are stuck watching some pretty pathetic play from their team.

I swear this is not a photoshop. I just saw this on FB posted by SPACE.com. And thats Jeff! Thats a real pic:http://www.space.com/23391-omega-one-man-extravehicular-gimbal-arrangement.html?cmpid=514630_20131031_13790434

There is something a lil appealling about seeing St. Lou getting ASSWHUPPED! lil bit.

Damn it's gonna end tonight. Boston finally wins it in Boston. Good story.

Didn't want the Cards to win, but did want to see Wacha do well. Be fantastic even. But the Gods Of Baseball declare him pedestrian tonight.

Twas. Freese froze. How could he not be ready for a fastball there?

ooo,choke.

Boom! Love the sound of that ball hitting the green monster. It could all end tonight folks.

It's certainly possible that they can kill MLB baseball. But no matter how hard they try they can never kill the game of baseball. Follow a local minor league team and you get into just as much. If they don't allow things to de-spiral to a certain extent, baseball could die at the ML level. But baseball? Never.

seawolf17 wrote: Edgy MD wrote: Has nobody else read the inscription on the second branch down on the right? Lots of Mets content in there... see? Love the music notes at the base of the tree too -- the first notes of "Take Me Out." Yep, missed that too. Very kool. Whats Alex Trebek doing in between Roberto Clemente and Hank Aaron?

love it.

Cardinals see no reason to run hard in the first. Why run hard when they are playing a perfect shift?