Comments on: Don’t tell my heart

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 08:35:09 +0000

The photograph is striking – and I think the font compliments the image and the subject.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:56:07 +0000

Anon. – That’s good to hear about Piknic. To be honest, I’ve yet to try it – being a Photoshop devotee – but Dana gave it a thorough vetting.

Sarah – Glad you like it. I spent an inordinant amount of time trying to find a font that seemed worthy of the image, finally settling on what seemed like a safe choice, if not a highly original one.

By: SarahJ

SarahJ — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:20:42 +0000

That’s a terrific composition – wordwise and also image.
The surprise of pea-ish green!
Under dryblood red!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 17:35:32 +0000

I’ve been enjoying Piknic, a great site. They have amusing little phrases the pop up while the program is working, in addition to their wide array of fonts and special effects.

I like the leaf heart on this photo, a tiny detail that links nicely to the poem.

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 13:43:56 +0000

Hey, thanks! (I won’t hold it against you. What a hideous song that was.)

By: durable pigments

durable pigments — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 22:01:23 +0000

What a great image! (I missed the BR Cyrus allusion, I confess.) Terrific postal poem.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 19:25:59 +0000

Leslee – Damn, I wish I could sit down with you and see what you’re doing! I don’t have a fraction of your experience with this kind of thing, but that might actually be an advantage – I don’t have too many expectations for how these things are supposed to work. On the other hand, I’ll admit being defeating by certain interfaces. When I first tried out Flickr, for example – about 6 months before Yahoo acquired it – I couldn’t figure out how to do anything, and deleted my account after a couple days of frustration. A while later, when I tried it again, I was in a better frame of mind, I guess… but it still took me longer than it should’ve to figure things out.

Hi Robin and Laura! Thanks for stopping by, and I’m glad you liked the title. I was afraid the Billy Ray Cyrus allusion would be missed by most of my readership.

By: Laura

Laura — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 15:46:20 +0000

Love the title, too.

Funny that it took me a minute to realize I was looking at tire tracks. Love the image too.

By: robin andrea

robin andrea — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 15:34:26 +0000

It’s Thanksgiving morning here. I came by to wish you and yours a very happy day, and to say how much I love the title of this post.

By: leslee

leslee — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 15:26:23 +0000

Sure, Jasc has cropping and resizing, but resizing to 600 pixels wide gets me a 7-inch wide postcard, and resizing to 400 pixels wide gives me something tiny. Fortunately, I can crop to inches with Jasc, so the size I guess should be correct according to your specs. Really, I worked in high tech for 20 years and have been using various kinds of software for as many years, so I don’t know why I’ve had such a hard time translating from what’s requested (not just for postal poetry but other places) for photos to what photo editing software can do!