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06/28/2005 11:23:13 PM · #1 |
...your eyes are getting heavy, you feel very relaxed, you want to follow my suggestion....you want to comment on my photos, you want to comment on my photos......now ...dance like a chicken !!!
heeheehee
but seriously folks :-)
If'n you want something to do, I wouldn't mind any opinions/comments on these photos. I'm especially interested in thoughts on the editing, as I've been playing with some new stuff (to me) in PS. , so here is the edited and original version.
Diannes Window (edited)
(original)
Hawk Island Wildflowers (edited)
(original)
Board of Water and Light Building (edited)
(original)
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06/28/2005 11:25:35 PM · #2 |
I'd comment on your photos but my arms suddenly started flapping involuntarily...
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06/28/2005 11:41:48 PM · #3 |
Having fun with PS, huh? :-)
The window: I think the house looks better, but the sky is over-done in my opinion.
Flowers: right direction, but a little over-saturated (contrast is much better, though)
building: Not bad. Could use a little more work around the center of where the pole was at, and forgot to add the "tabs" hanging down where the pole used to be. Also, could use more contrast (black point looks high).
There is definitely an art to touching up, and sometimes less is more. I'm by no means a expert, or even an amature. But, I enjoy tweaking around to see what works and what doesn't.
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06/28/2005 11:49:19 PM · #4 |
good comments sheets, thank-you :-)
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06/28/2005 11:49:34 PM · #5 |
Give you a tip on color saturation:
Don't use hue/saturation on your original layer. Ever. If you are trying to oversaturate, it will also bring out the imperfections/irregularities in your image caused by JPEG compression. Instead, use one of the following two methods:
1. Use a hue/saturation adjustment layer (alt-click the little yin/yang looking thing on the bottom of the layers palette, then when you get the dialog box, make sure you click the "use layer as a clipping mask".
2. Duplicate your source layer (alt-j). Do hue/sat (not adjustment layer, just a straight hue/sat). Do a gaussian blur to the same layer (blur it a lot, you're not going to see this image). Set the layer mode from "normal" to "color". This will force the colors of the pixels on the top layer to show, but the luminosity of the pixels in the bottom layer to show. In other words, you'll get the definition of the bottom layer and the color of the top layer.
You might also want to get your hands on "neatimage". It will fix the noise in your sky. |
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06/28/2005 11:57:06 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by aboutimage:
Give you a tip on color saturation:
Don't use hue/saturation on your original layer. Ever. If you are trying to oversaturate, it will also bring out the imperfections/irregularities in your image caused by JPEG compression. Instead, use one of the following two methods:
1. Use a hue/saturation adjustment layer (alt-click the little yin/yang looking thing on the bottom of the layers palette, then when you get the dialog box, make sure you click the "use layer as a clipping mask".
2. Duplicate your source layer (alt-j). Do hue/sat (not adjustment layer, just a straight hue/sat). Do a gaussian blur to the same layer (blur it a lot, you're not going to see this image). Set the layer mode from "normal" to "color". This will force the colors of the pixels on the top layer to show, but the luminosity of the pixels in the bottom layer to show. In other words, you'll get the definition of the bottom layer and the color of the top layer.
You might also want to get your hands on "neatimage". It will fix the noise in your sky. |
Awesome! I'll try that later. Thank-you. I know about "neatimage", unfortunately, I have serious space issues on my 'puter, not enough room for it right now. I have been trying "remove dust and scratches" in PS (filters), I think it helps a little. Hopefully, I can get a bigger hd, and gain some space, then definitely will get neatimage, especially with the camera that I have.
thanks, the help is well appreciated :-) |
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06/29/2005 01:56:59 PM · #7 |
gratuitous bump due to last nights gremlin in the system
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06/29/2005 02:36:52 PM · #8 |
| I kinda thought it may have been this thread that put the server to sleep. :) |
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06/29/2005 02:50:56 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by aboutimage:
Give you a tip on color saturation:
Don't use hue/saturation on your original layer. Ever. If you are trying to oversaturate, it will also bring out the imperfections/irregularities in your image caused by JPEG compression. Instead, use one of the following two methods:
1. Use a hue/saturation adjustment layer (alt-click the little yin/yang looking thing on the bottom of the layers palette, then when you get the dialog box, make sure you click the "use layer as a clipping mask".
2. Duplicate your source layer (alt-j). Do hue/sat (not adjustment layer, just a straight hue/sat). Do a gaussian blur to the same layer (blur it a lot, you're not going to see this image). Set the layer mode from "normal" to "color". This will force the colors of the pixels on the top layer to show, but the luminosity of the pixels in the bottom layer to show. In other words, you'll get the definition of the bottom layer and the color of the top layer.
You might also want to get your hands on "neatimage". It will fix the noise in your sky. |
Hey, thanks aboutimage, that was a very useful post. I never knew that image quality is reduced if you don't use a new layer. Why is that? Isn't a new layer essentially just using the same image anyway? |
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06/29/2005 02:58:42 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by aboutimage:
Give you a tip on color saturation:
Don't use hue/saturation on your original layer. Ever. If you are trying to oversaturate, it will also bring out the imperfections/irregularities in your image caused by JPEG compression. Instead, use one of the following two methods:
1. Use a hue/saturation adjustment layer (alt-click the little yin/yang looking thing on the bottom of the layers palette, then when you get the dialog box, make sure you click the "use layer as a clipping mask".
2. Duplicate your source layer (alt-j). Do hue/sat (not adjustment layer, just a straight hue/sat). Do a gaussian blur to the same layer (blur it a lot, you're not going to see this image). Set the layer mode from "normal" to "color". This will force the colors of the pixels on the top layer to show, but the luminosity of the pixels in the bottom layer to show. In other words, you'll get the definition of the bottom layer and the color of the top layer.
You might also want to get your hands on "neatimage". It will fix the noise in your sky. |
Awsome! I played with this briefly last night. Great tip!!
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06/29/2005 03:04:05 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by karmat:
I kinda thought it may have been this thread that put the server to sleep. :) |
hmmmm, it did happen shortly after I started this post :-P
...and you doubted my hypnotic prowess???
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