An Evening Ride
by Brad

Comment:
Hi Patricia,

You simply can't go wrong with the Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 Xr Di.
Only thing better is the Canon 24-70mm f/2.8L at nearly 3x the price.
The Tamron is my favorite lens by a very long margin, and if you
searched on DPC, you would find every single person rave about it.
I wouldn't be without mine.

Season's Greetings, and Thanks!

Message edited by author 2006-12-23 20:29:12.

I15 Valley Panoramic
by Brad

Comment:
Actually Flight path was taken turned nearly 90 degrees from the point of view. It is green still - and red, and orange and, and... There are some mountains, though they are very far away and on the horizon, kind of behind the cloud layer. What is seen here are just bumps :P

Flight Path
by Brad

Comment:
This was taken very near sea level by the way.
Here is where I took the shot from:


Thanks to all for the great comments and the favorites on this one.
I was somewhat disappointed in the 74% score on this, as it is truly one I love.

Phoebe
by Telehubbie

Comment:
Bet the kitties night vision is awesome!
Looks like about f/0.2 eyeballs there.....

Rene1
by kawesttex

Comment:
This is another great shot! The pose and the setting work well.

In my opinion, the flash overexposed the foreground rocks, but can very easily be corrected:

Layer, New layer via copy.
Image, Adjustments, Levels, go to the middle slider and slide it to the right until the center box under the histogram reads 0.55
Go to your eraser tool, soft-edged brush, size again dependant on the actual image size you are editing, Opacity and flow to 100% and start erasing back everything except the bright foreground rocks, You can zoom in and use a smaller brush to get more precision if needed, but if using a soft-edged brush, get near, but not on the dividing line.
Tip:
When you think you have erased it all, go to image, adjustments, invert and watch what happens. It will be pretty easy to see areas missed by the eraser, and while inverted, erase away, then Image, Adjustments and Invert back.
Flatten.
That is all I did and got this by doing only the above in about 5 minutes:


Message edited by author 2006-12-21 16:31:23.

Carefree
by kawesttex

Comment:
Great happy & playful shot. Smiles do so much for a woman's face.

IMG_0351a8x10.jpg
by kawesttex

Comment:
Love the sillyness and carefree look here - it's a great shot!
:))

Suggestion:
New layer via copy.
Image, Adjustments, Levels, move center slider from 1.0 to 1.4 (center of the 3 boxes above histogram)
Image, Adjustments, Brightness/Contrast, bump Brightness to +2 and Contrast to +20
While still in the new layer, select the eraser tool, size depends on actual size of image in edit, set opacity to 100% and erase back everything but the girl and flatten the layers.
As a last touch, he raised foot was so washed out/bright, I did this to restore a more natural color:
New layer via copy, used teh eydropper tool to slect a red tone, in this case, I used a section of her lip and the hex value was 9b5250 - you can type that in and hit ok in the color palette.
Then go to the brush tool, select a soft-edged brush, set to overlay mode in the drop-down, set the opacity to about 40%, flow to 100%, and paint her foot. If it looks too much, that's ok, and don't be too concerned about staying exactly in the lines. If it's too dark /colored, go to Edit, Fade brush and slide the value around until you get what you like. You can go to the eraser tool if you were a bit sloppy and zoom in, use a small eraser brush, and erase the areas you didn't want painted over. The overlay mode isn't like a full on layer of color, but more like a gel, showing the details and texture underneath in order to retain the natural look.
Flatten layers.

This is what I got doing exactly that, using your smaller web-sized shot.


You can open the original and this edit each in their own window, and switch between them to see the changes. I did notice a couple areas on the rocks that I didn't fully erase in the early steps by doing this,, but you get the idea.

Message edited by author 2006-12-21 16:15:11.

Just Born
by kashi

Comment:
Is that one done?

:) just kidding...

An image that will certainly be a lifelong keepsake.

The earth is made of dirt and wood - And I'd be water if I could
by sher

Comment:
Uh huh... into dirty pictures now I see.
;)

Congrats on you top 20 placement on this Sher.

Serenity
by Shecoya

Comment:
Holy shit!
Sorry... got a little excited - that's an awesome shot!
Details...details!