Day 26
by Brad

Comment by stargazer05766:
Fabulous!! Simply outstanding..
The editing is interesting alittle out the ball park for me but slowly catching on ...

Day 12
by Brad

Comment by Prism:
Of the two, I like this one better. The reflection enhances the flower and is not overwhelmed by all the sparkly bokeh in the bg.

Day 26
by Brad

Comment by ephln:
Very Nice...someday I hope to learn how to do this!

Day 24 (alternate)
by Brad

Comment by Elaine:
I think I prefer this version. I love dandelion shots!

Trail of Tears
by Brad

Comment by BHuseman:
Great photo! really makes me miss San Diego. I learned to water ski in these very waters years ago. I grew up in Lakeside and every weekend from Spring to Fall we would head to the bay and waterski. Then they opened up San Vicente reservoir for skiing and I never had to ski in salt water again.

Interesting point about this bridge is the center sections are designed to float. That was a requirement of the Navy that in the even the bridge came down, the center sections would float so they could be moved out of the way of all of the Navy ships that would need to leave the port.

This and on top of Point Loma looking down on the subs have always been favorite memories of mine.

Nicely captured.

Day 26
by Brad

Comment by Bear_Music:
That's a really nice job Brad.

Day 26
by Brad

Comment by jmritz:
Your methods sound fine to me. The result is wonderful. Nice.

Caressing the Soul
by Brad

Comment by riversong:
Nice image!

Day 26
by Brad

Comment by Brad:

Originally posted by Skyarcher: I really like how this turned out Brad. Any chance that you could list what steps you took in PS to work it? Would appreciate it. :)

No problem - took but a few minutes.
Opened, adjusted levels, new layer via copy, burned outsides, erased back insides to give a vignette effect, flattened. New layer via copy, Filter, Blur, Radial Blur, used about 38% and re-aligned the center point on graph to be directly over the center of the large petal, used high quality and hit OK. Then using the eraser tool with a soft-edged brush, erased the main center petal at 100% first run, reset to 50% and work outwards, reset to 25% and worked in effect on the edges of the blur vs. non-blur points, then flattened. Cropped, made a slight contrast adjustment, resized the canvas, stroked to make border lines.
Some scoff at the methods I use, as it's not an adjustment layer on it's own that can be re-edited later if needed (psd), but I rather like using the eraser tool and can see the changes better in my opinion.

Message edited by author 2007-07-26 14:58:44.

Day 26
by Brad

Comment by annig:
Go Showboat! this is WOW-ZAH!

~Anni