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Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

12/04/2007 08:29:01 PM · #2202

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Where do you go for HELP....Team suck, that's where !
I need to replace the BG with a plain one....and not a clue as to how to do it. I am trying to create a generational collage : father , son , grandson.
I am such a dunce that of all the images I have taken of Luke in the last 20 months ... not one Portrait----someone shoot me !!!!

Kelli

Canon EOS-D60

12/04/2007 08:30:50 PM · #2203

Use the extraction tool, then place him in the background of your choice.

Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

12/04/2007 09:44:50 PM · #2204

Pat, if you've never used the extraction tool, it has a learning curve (and I'm still on it) and can be a wee bit irritating, but it does work nicely. I believe it's under Filters. You have a nifty magic marker tool to draw the outline. On the right is the place you can change the size, and select "smart edge" which will make it find the edges if they are well defined. Once you've outlined the whole shape you want to extract, use the paint bucket tool to fill the inside. The use Preview (back over on the right) to see how it looks. There are clean-up tools to fix the outline if need be.

To make a generic background, make a new layer, use the gradient tool, pick a neutral color, and create a gradiated background. One thing to try is a double color background - on the first layer pick something like pale green and draw the gradiation from top to bottom. On another new layer (not duplicate layer), pick a pale blue and draw from right to left. You could even overlay a texture on top of those layers, too.

griz210

Nikon D300s

12/05/2007 12:01:31 AM · #2205

with less than a hr to rollover i grabbed the camera and took a couple shots of myself and entered one with about 5 minutes to go. It should get me my frist brown. but what the heck i been too busy to enter much lately so at least i got something in and had fun doing it.

meyers

Canon EOS-6D

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

12/05/2007 12:22:15 AM · #2206

Crowd colors and team scores are up in the results thread. Congrats to

levyj413, and

sherpet not only for the top score in her challenge, but also for the week and a top5 of her own!

Someday I'll get back behind the lens, I promise!

Message edited by author 2007-12-05 00:23:19.

sherpet

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

12/05/2007 12:47:10 AM · #2207

Thanks Rob..... You do a great job.....

Originally posted by meyers:

Crowd colors and team scores are up in the results thread. Congrats to levyj413, and sherpet not only for the top score in her challenge, but also for the week and a top5 of her own!

Someday I'll get back behind the lens, I promise!

raish

Olympus C-2500L

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D

12/05/2007 12:50:25 AM · #2208

self portrait

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Avg Vote: 3.7500

my brown

levyj413

Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max

Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Nikon

12/05/2007 12:57:48 AM · #2209

Yahoo! Only my third time in the top 10 out of 138 attempts.

Congrats to you, too, Shez. And to Jeb, whose shot held onto its 6+ score. :) And Deb, who entered another fun shot. And to anyone else who did well or accomplished what they set out to do (I've only seen those shots so far).

jackal9

Canon EOS-50D

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

12/05/2007 01:01:00 AM · #2210

SP entry at 5.4 at 12 votes...better than I expected!!! lol

Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

12/05/2007 01:33:30 AM · #2211

Since I'm suffering from a level of frustration at work, I may go comment on all the TS entries from the past few challenges.

Haven't looked at my SP score. Not planning on it.

Got a few comments on my fishies that a different angle might have been more interesting - probably true, but I didn't have a different angle I could get to. The fish are sitting on a step down from the walkway where the buyers go to view them, and to get down the steps would have required me to step down amongst the vendors which I didn't think would have been appropriate. But my point (after all that) is that I really appreciate the time the commenters took to offer suggestions!

xianart

Canon EOS-7D

12/05/2007 04:44:57 AM · #2212

Free Study 2007-11
Votes: 123
Views: 165
Avg Vote: 5.7073
Comments: 10

Fairy Tales II
Votes: 114
Views: 208
Avg Vote: 5.3333
Comments: 6

Self Portrait VI
Votes: 27
Views: 42
Avg Vote: 6.2963
Comments: 1

well, not bad, all in all. there are some very good self portraits - deb, i love yours. i think i've only seen one sucker so far, no, don, i think i saw you too...

congratulations to all the amazing scores and places - wow, great work everyone!

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G

12/05/2007 05:47:15 AM · #2213

Anonynmity doesn't quite hold in a Self Portrait challenge - except for me. My CRS disease is getting so bad I can re-read a book I just finished and not remember how it ends. So while I may know who you are, I may not know it at the moment I vote. :-)

And thanks, Christian!

Message edited by author 2007-12-05 05:47:38.

kashi

Nikon D60

12/05/2007 06:21:00 AM · #2214

Self Portrait VI
Votes: 40
Views: 99
Avg Vote: 4.6000
Comments: 4

Funny that with such a low score, all 4 comments are positive comments

Bruce_the_Robert

Nikon D7000

Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED VR

12/05/2007 06:31:12 AM · #2215

I've looked through the self-portrait thumbs, and geez am I going to vote and comment this challenge! There is some wonderful, subtle stuff in there that deserves to be recognized. Don't know how I'm going to do it (I have another US trip this weekend; wish me a better one than I had when I went in November), but I'm going to try my best.

Best of luck to everyone entered and congrats to those who just finished up.

Best,

Rob

SaraR

Sony Alpha a7R III

Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM

12/05/2007 06:32:37 AM · #2216

Originally posted by Melethia:

My memory is appalling - I thought I was the only person who could 're-read a book I just finished and not remember how it ends'! I have put it down to early onset off advancing age :-(

griz210

Nikon D300s

Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

12/05/2007 06:43:08 AM · #2217

wow just cant believe my ugly mug is scoreing this hi. i bet it drops alot over the week. I thought it would be my lowest score ever.

Self Portrait VI
Votes: 37
Views: 57
Avg Vote: 5.8919
Comments: 0

Message edited by author 2007-12-05 06:49:30.

xianart

Canon EOS-7D

Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

12/05/2007 06:45:00 AM · #2218

hey, it's a nice shot, griz.

kashi

Nikon D60

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G

12/05/2007 06:49:11 AM · #2219

Originally posted by Melethia:

My CRS disease . . .

I had to go google that ! LOL

griz210

Nikon D300s

Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

12/05/2007 06:50:32 AM · #2220

Originally posted by xianart:

hey, it's a nice shot, griz.

Thanks. it was taken and posted with less than a hr before end o challenge

12/05/2007 06:50:42 AM · #2221

Can't remember... uh... stuff. Yeah, that's it. My sister tells me there's an actual name for the phenomenon but she can't remember what it is.