Yes, the Ice Block gives it away .....

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

04/22/2005 12:40:11 AM · #1

that this magnificent fellow was not captured in the wild......oh How I wish !! It is as close I'll get to a bear in Australia! Did take a shot of a grizzly in Canada a few years back. Too far away and was not much bigger than a pea... Didn't have any fancy zoom lenses then. Anyway, thought I'd share a couple of recent pics I took in the beautiful Melbourne Zoo and was pretty happy with the result. no photoshop yet, how would you improve them ?? Love to hear your thoughts :-) BTW he /she is a brown bear from Syria.

Lisa

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

04/22/2005 12:43:06 AM · #2

Pretty nice right out of the camera really. Nothing pops out at me as needing PS attention. Good job!

Robt.

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

04/22/2005 01:14:41 AM · #3

Your forum topic would indicate you may want to remove the ice block...

edit: meant to say what a great shot that was! Maybe next time ask the bear to move a bit to the left or right or just go in and kick that block out of the way. ;-)

Message edited by author 2005-04-22 01:22:31.

nico_blue

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

04/22/2005 01:27:53 AM · #4

great pictures; the only post processing i would do would be levels, curves and usm...

samtrundle

Canon EOS-50D

04/22/2005 01:53:22 AM · #5

Sheesh - mr priest that's a pretty impressive clone job on a 640 by 480ish pixel image... you are quite the photoshop guru aren't you?

04/22/2005 02:00:47 AM · #6

wow nice clone job kpriest ...would have tried doing that myself sooner than later ! did you clone or is there another way to cut the block out ??

04/22/2005 02:09:54 AM · #7

Originally posted by samtrundle:

Sheesh - mr priest that's a pretty impressive clone job on a 640 by 480ish pixel image... you are quite the photoshop guru aren't you?

Not really. In fact, if you zoom in, you can obviously see how I stuck things together with stitches, bubble gum and scotch tape...

04/22/2005 02:12:07 AM · #8

Originally posted by megryan:

wow nice clone job kpriest ...would have tried doing that myself sooner than later ! did you clone or is there another way to cut the block out ??

Mostly cloning, but for big objects, it sometimes works well to lasso out a shape, copy/paste to new layer, then move it over the unwanted object and line it up, then feather the edges a bit, merge the layers and clone around any apparent edges.

04/22/2005 02:16:52 AM · #9

Originally posted by kpriest:

Originally posted by megryan:
wow nice clone job kpriest ...would have tried doing that myself sooner than later ! did you clone or is there another way to cut the block out ??

Mostly cloning, but for big objects, it sometimes works well to lasso out a shape, copy/paste to new layer, then move it over the unwanted object and line it up, then feather the edges a bit, merge the layers and clone around any apparent edges.

Thanks for that :-) Looks like it was taken in the wild now, would never know it was in a zoo !

04/22/2005 02:37:25 AM · #10

Here's a little bit of what I did - it might help:

Find a large enough piece of 'filler' that matches the texture and lighting as closely as possible. Mask it and hold CTRL+ALT while you drag the selection across - this makes a duplicate of the area (on the same layer though).

Now I've created a little larger area and can grab more.

Then just clone around with a feathered edge brush

I borrowed a piece of the other leg by masking with 1 or 2 pixel feathering and copy/paste onto new layer, then move into place, touch-up, merge down, clone edges, etc.

It's a little tedious somtimes, but one key is to look around the area and make sure you don't have 2 or more of the exact same looking objects, spots, patterns, etc. within the same, noticeable region. Sometimes, I clone objects or parts of objects from across the image:

For the missing parts of the claw, I did the same copy/paste from his right claw and then free-transform into the shape I want. Liquify works great for that also. Watch for consistentcy in the direction of hair, patterns, etc.

Hope this helps.

04/22/2005 02:59:53 AM · #11

that's great Ken, thankyou for taking the time to post this !

-Lisa