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Photo of the Day: October 2010
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Razeus: This is the part of the photo that I was referring to. The yellows on the upper chest and part of the blue on the birds near shoulder detract from the impact of the photo for me. Macaws are wildly colored and make great subjects.Super shot Razeus!
Imo, the saturation level is perfect
Maybe you could try cloning some feather onto the blown out areas and lighten them up a bit.
Beautiful photo. I have got to get to Australia some day.More of the waterfall
Nice work, folks.
Dale
Bingo! I wish the dof was a bit deeper, but based on the EXIF data that won't work. Very nice photo.
Dale
Thanks. At least those guys weren't in direct sunlight like the parrot.
I'll give cloning a try on the other photo.
Here is one I took a while back in summer. This dog was enjoying the beach.
1/2000 sec.
400mm @ f/7
1/2000 sec.
400mm @ f/7
the "stairs"
Cyclocross racers negotiate the double stairway at Alpenrose - part of the race course - during the Cross Crusade season opener in Portland, Oregon.
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D300, Tokina 12-24, 1/400, f/9, 24mm, ISO200
Cyclocross racers negotiate the double stairway at Alpenrose - part of the race course - during the Cross Crusade season opener in Portland, Oregon.
D300, Tokina 12-24, 1/400, f/9, 24mm, ISO200
Bingo! I wish the dof was a bit deeper, but based on the EXIF data that won't work. Very nice photo.
Dale
Indeed a very nice photo. I actually enjoy the shallow DoF here, since having both birds in sharp focus would produce a ping-pong composition. I like that we have one that is clearly the subject and that is tack sharp and another sort of echoing him without competing. I also love that the 'main' bird is looking right at us and seems to be gesturing at us with his talons. There are some clipped areas in the background that could do with some cloning, but otherwise, this is a super shot.
Gravestone in the Jewish cemetery in Prague.
Very well seen! Lovely light and a nice composition. Well done.
Cyclocross racers negotiate the double stairway at Alpenrose - part of the race course - during the Cross Crusade season opener in Portland, Oregon.
D300, Tokina 12-24, 1/400, f/9, 24mm, ISO200
What a fun photo! This is one of those shots where breaking the rules has worked perfectly. There isn't really a single point of visual resolution--a home base for the eye--but that really helps crank up the sense of chaos that must keep everyone in the audience giggling during an event like this. I think the B&W conversion was probably a good call on this one, as a way to keep the chaos from reigning supreme. Nice shot!
As with most things in Photoshop there's probably more than one way to do it, but I'll try to explain how I do it. Keep in mind, I'm no Photoshop wiz. I do most of my editing in Lightroom and only use Photoshop for the odd thing Lightroom can't do. In this case, you need to make sure your Canvas Size (under the Edit menu) is big enough to accommodate the three (or whatever number you use) pics plus some extra for the border and spacings. In other words, if your three pics are each 1000 px wide and you want a 10 px wide border and spacing, then your Canvas needs to be 3040 px wide. You may need to play around with this a bit to find the 'look' you want. If you want the background to be black, make sure you make the Canvas extension color 'black' in the Canvas Size dialog box. I would start with the first pic you want in the center of the composite and use that as your base for extending the canvas. Then open the others pics individually and copy/paste them into the base image. They should paste in as separate layers so that you can select them separately and move them around to position them correctly. Make sure you edit the image size of each picture so they are all the same before you copy/paste them into the base. (You may not need to do this but I think it will be easier than adjusting the size later.)
I hope this helps, and if anyone else sees something I missed or knows an easier way, feel free comment.
My image for today:
Thank you for the critique. When you say clone, do you mean to cover up the two strips of highlight areas behind the birds?
My image for today:
Nice composition and nice pic, just a tad underexposed in my opinion. Looks like you can edit...
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You know, it might be a tad underexposed, but I think that's the look he is going for. In my opinion I like it the way it is, it gives the colors a nice subtle look. I love the pic!
A foggy day literally on the GG Bridge.
seems like this could be a good anti-smog ad.
Hi,all. We have a bunch of nice photos to get the month started. We also have some posters who are not adding TIMG tags to their quotes. I got dinged by a user (not a mod) for using names in the open forum, so I won't (this time around).
If you quote large images, be sure to change the IMG tags to TIMG. If I have lost you with this, see the tutorial on using Quote and Multi-Quote. It's in the first post of this month.
Dale
If you quote large images, be sure to change the IMG tags to TIMG. If I have lost you with this, see the tutorial on using Quote and Multi-Quote. It's in the first post of this month.
Dale
Except there's a big difference between smog (yellow, brown, hazy, all over the area pollution crap) and fog (water vapor, lower to the ground, caused by temp/dewpoint variations.) Clearly this is fog.
