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Showing posts with label miscellaneous. Show all posts
Showing posts with label miscellaneous. Show all posts
December 5, 2008
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August 11, 2008
Learning portrait post-processing
I stumbled across a great tutorial over at the ILovePhotography forums. Andrea really made it easy to follow and understand. Here are three of my images, the first is SOOC (straight out of camera) the second is my own attempt at post-processing, and the third is the result of following the tutorial:
SOOC
My PP
Tutorial PP
August 10, 2008
A photoshop Before & After
I really liked this image, but I was out shooting with my husband who is less than stellar in the patience department. I didn't have time (or a tripod) to set up this shot exactly like I wanted it. The original is too dark, the archway isn't straight and there's an ugly tree at the top (which I couldn't have helped anyway).
I first straightened the angle of the arch as it was slightly crooked. Then I cropped a bit off the top and bottom. Next I cloned out the ugly dark tree at the top. I brushed in a cloud on a new layer, erasing back the overlapping parts. After that I did a curves adjusment layer with an S curve to brighten midtones and darken for contrast. I erased back the sky on that layer to keep it a deep blue. Next I opened a levels layer and brightened everything way up so the reflections became much clearer and erased back everything but the water. The last adjustment layer was a hue/saturation. I bumped the master saturation by 20 and the reds by another 10. After I flattened, I spot healed a lot of the fallen leaves in the water. The last thing I did was USM.
Before
After
I first straightened the angle of the arch as it was slightly crooked. Then I cropped a bit off the top and bottom. Next I cloned out the ugly dark tree at the top. I brushed in a cloud on a new layer, erasing back the overlapping parts. After that I did a curves adjusment layer with an S curve to brighten midtones and darken for contrast. I erased back the sky on that layer to keep it a deep blue. Next I opened a levels layer and brightened everything way up so the reflections became much clearer and erased back everything but the water. The last adjustment layer was a hue/saturation. I bumped the master saturation by 20 and the reds by another 10. After I flattened, I spot healed a lot of the fallen leaves in the water. The last thing I did was USM.
August 8, 2008
My husband's Porsche
We went out to Point Defiance today and my husband had me snap a few photos of his car.
August 6, 2008
Arachnophobia
In case anyone cares, I hate spiders. Hate. In the interest of a decent photo, I was closer to this one than I have voluntarily been to one in my entire life. The whole time In my head I was thinking, "Please don't jump on me".
August 5, 2008
Swinging
This is my picture from "Exercise: Motion with a Stationary Camera" from the book Understanding Exposure by Bryan Peterson.
Porsches
02 August 2008
My first try at taking some actions shots. Pretty boring huh? Next time we're out at the track, I am going to try my hand at panning.
My first try at taking some actions shots. Pretty boring huh? Next time we're out at the track, I am going to try my hand at panning.
Wildflowers II
31 July 2008
After some very helpful CC from the talented photographers at OnePhotoSource, I went back out and took some more shots of these gorgeous flowers.
After some very helpful CC from the talented photographers at OnePhotoSource, I went back out and took some more shots of these gorgeous flowers.
Wildflowers
30 July 2008
These are of my neighbors wildflower garden. It's a very beautiful patch of flowers with a bench and a view of Mt. Ranier.
These are of my neighbors wildflower garden. It's a very beautiful patch of flowers with a bench and a view of Mt. Ranier.
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