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Postby Walt M » Mon Apr 13, 2009 11:11 am

Wow you folks have got some great works here. Here's another fishy photo.Image
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Postby caseydog » Mon Apr 13, 2009 2:03 pm

Walt M wrote:Wow you folks have got some great works here. Here's another fishy photo.


And here is your fishy photo after less than a minute in Photoshop...


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Postby Mark & Andrea Jones » Mon Apr 13, 2009 3:18 pm

How about Mt McKinley up close @ 60 miles away or so? This was taken early Sept 2007.

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Postby Toytaco2 » Mon Apr 13, 2009 3:54 pm

Love the shot of Mt McKinley. It definitely is on my "to do list". :thumbsup:
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Postby caseydog » Mon Apr 13, 2009 4:15 pm

Toytaco2 wrote:Love the shot of Mt McKinley.


Yes, an EXCELLENT shot -- but it needs more cowbell...


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Postby planovet » Mon Apr 13, 2009 4:45 pm

How did you do that CD? I don't have Photoshop but I do have Paint Shop Pro. My knowledge in how to manipulate pictures is limited at best.
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Postby toypusher » Mon Apr 13, 2009 4:47 pm

planovet wrote:How did you do that CD? I don't have Photoshop but I do have Paint Shop Pro. My knowledge in how to manipulate pictures is limited at best.


Ain't PhotoShop great. I am only using verison 7 but I do love it!! :)
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Postby caseydog » Mon Apr 13, 2009 5:04 pm

planovet wrote:How did you do that CD? I don't have Photoshop but I do have Paint Shop Pro. My knowledge in how to manipulate pictures is limited at best.


Paint Shop Pro, IIRC, is not gonna cut it. You can get Photoshop Elements, which is the consumer version of Photoshop for under 100 bucks. It does most of what the professional version does, with the exception of a few things that a professional needs to do, that most folks don't.

Even with my professional camera and lenses, every shot I take goes into Photoshop before my customers see them.

All I did in the Fishies photo was to adjust the levels to darken the shadows and adjust saturation to make the colors more vibrant.

I did something similar on the mountain shot, and did a little "dodging" and "burning" on the peaks and clouds to increase the contrast just in those areas. I only spent maybe three minutes on that image. I'll sometimes spend an hour or more tinkering with a photo to make it just the way I want it.

I can do more now in minutes than I could do in hours back in my darkroom days.
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Postby caseydog » Mon Apr 13, 2009 5:05 pm

toypusher wrote:
planovet wrote:How did you do that CD? I don't have Photoshop but I do have Paint Shop Pro. My knowledge in how to manipulate pictures is limited at best.


Ain't PhotoShop great. I am only using verison 7 but I do love it!! :)


I'm on CS3. I haven't messed with CS4, yet.
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Postby annalbs » Mon Apr 13, 2009 5:49 pm

Here's some I've taken with my Nikon D40...

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Postby toypusher » Mon Apr 13, 2009 6:02 pm

caseydog wrote:
planovet wrote:How did you do that CD? I don't have Photoshop but I do have Paint Shop Pro. My knowledge in how to manipulate pictures is limited at best.


Paint Shop Pro, IIRC, is not gonna cut it. You can get Photoshop Elements, which is the consumer version of Photoshop for under 100 bucks. It does most of what the professional version does, with the exception of a few things that a professional needs to do, that most folks don't.

Even with my professional camera and lenses, every shot I take goes into Photoshop before my customers see them.

All I did in the Fishies photo was to adjust the levels to darken the shadows and adjust saturation to make the colors more vibrant.

I did something similar on the mountain shot, and did a little "dodging" and "burning" on the peaks and clouds to increase the contrast just in those areas. I only spent maybe three minutes on that image. I'll sometimes spend an hour or more tinkering with a photo to make it just the way I want it.

I can do more now in minutes than I could do in hours back in my darkroom days.


I don't really know how to use the 'Dodging' and 'Burning' features, but I can tell now that I should learn.
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Postby annalbs » Mon Apr 13, 2009 6:19 pm

toypusher wrote:I don't really know how to use the 'Dodging' and 'Burning' features, but I can tell now that I should learn.


i feel the same toypusher! everytime i think i know something i learn about something more i don't know... LOL :lol: i think CD needs to offer a tutorial at LCG IV... :R Just kidding! But seriously looking at all these exceptional pictures pushes me to keep learning and keep taking pictures!
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Postby ssrjim » Mon Apr 13, 2009 6:52 pm

I love to do old falling down buildings


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Postby hiker chick » Mon Apr 13, 2009 7:15 pm

You can goose that photo in Picasa, for free!

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Postby caseydog » Mon Apr 13, 2009 8:33 pm

toypusher wrote:
caseydog wrote:
planovet wrote:How did you do that CD? I don't have Photoshop but I do have Paint Shop Pro. My knowledge in how to manipulate pictures is limited at best.


Paint Shop Pro, IIRC, is not gonna cut it. You can get Photoshop Elements, which is the consumer version of Photoshop for under 100 bucks. It does most of what the professional version does, with the exception of a few things that a professional needs to do, that most folks don't.

Even with my professional camera and lenses, every shot I take goes into Photoshop before my customers see them.

All I did in the Fishies photo was to adjust the levels to darken the shadows and adjust saturation to make the colors more vibrant.

I did something similar on the mountain shot, and did a little "dodging" and "burning" on the peaks and clouds to increase the contrast just in those areas. I only spent maybe three minutes on that image. I'll sometimes spend an hour or more tinkering with a photo to make it just the way I want it.

I can do more now in minutes than I could do in hours back in my darkroom days.


I don't really know how to use the 'Dodging' and 'Burning' features, but I can tell now that I should learn.


I took naturally to the dodging and burning tools, because they are direct descendants of my darkroom days.

Hint: When using the burning tool, only burn the shadows. When using the dodging tool, only dodge the highlights. At least at first. After you get the hang of it, you can stray from that, but even now, I stick to that most of the time.

Oh, and keep your "percentage" set low -- around 10-percent -- and work the tool gradually to get what you want.

Play with it, and you will see what I mean. Try it, and use the History window to go backwards if you don't like the effect.

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