A super-doodle. So, so childish, yes?
Fairly old shot that I just chucked some of my new editing style at… I think it turned out alright! Enjoy!
I wasn’t bored…......... :) because I wasn’t doing what I was supposed to be doing…....paying bills and doing housework, he he he, believe me , I made this drag out as long as I possibly could and that was easy because there is no way to time a stinking, huge droplet to fall where you want it to. When the fun was over…....sadly I went back to the reality of the mundane and did what I was supposed to do but with a much happier attitude :) that’s my story and I’m sticking to it :) Photograph of a droplet/eyeball with a background of a painted cement block, / Selective coloring and shadow added.
Model is Jayla / © Jessica Walker 2009
Don’t be fake – be you!
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Title from Australian Idol quotes. I thought it was an appropriate title for this little weed that’s on the verge of being a flower
From Wikipedia HERE _Tilt-shift photography refers to the use of camera movement…
From Wikipedia HERE Tilt-shift photography refers to the use of camera movements on small- and medium format cameras; it usually requires the use of special lenses. “Tilt-shift” actually encompasses two different types of movements: rotation of the lens relative to the image plane, called tilt, and movement of the lens parallel to the image plane, called shift. Tilt is used to control the orientation of the plane of focus (PoF), and hence the part of an image that appears sharp; it makes use of the Scheimpflug principle. Shift is used to control perspective, often involving the convergence of vertical parallel lines, as when photographing tall buildings. In many cases, “tilt-shift photography” refers to the use of tilt and a large aperture to achieve a very shallow depth of field. Tilt shift faking is the process whereby we take a normal life size location or object and give it an optical illusion to make it appear as a miniature scale model. Probably the best images to use are those that look down on a subject i.e. from a high angle – this isn’t always the case though and a bit of fiddling in Photoshop will soon let you know if the image is suitable. Definately one of the easier effects to achieve in Photoshop – so lets get rolling. I would very much like to thank Steve Carter for the use of his image Shieldaig Village in February. Steve has some fabulous images of Loch Torridon and other places that I’ve never heard of :-) over at his site – which you can find HERE THIS is the link to the images of the latest local photos(Highlands) I have resized the image a little for the purpose of this tutorial. Please be respectful of Steve’s copyright to this image. Open the image, duplicate the image and close the original. Duplicate the image by dragging it to the create new layer icon at the bottom of the layers palette or pressing Ctrl + J on the keyboard. Make sure your f/ground is set to black and the b/ground to white then click on the gradient filter, go to the top toolbar and make sure the filter is set to f/ground to b/ground i.e. black to white and click on the Reflected Gradient icon. Next click on the Quick Mask Icon at the bottom of the side toolbar, or press Q on the keyboard. In this particular image, you want the main row of houses to be in focus, see the image below for the start and finish position I used for the gradient. Once you have done that, the mask will appear, exist quick mask mode by clicking on the icon on the side toolbar, or pressing Q on the keyboard – marching ants will appear. Next you need to go to Filter>Blur>Lens Blur and the teeny weeny dialogue box will open :) I did adjust my gradient after previewing it in the Lens Blur dialogue box, just take it a little bit higher than shown in the example above. You can punch in the same settings as I have, see image below. Most miniatures are painted bright colours, so next you are going to use a Hue and Saturation adjustment layer to boost the colours. Click on the little ying yang symbol at the bottom of the layers palette (create new adjustment layer) and choose Hue/Saturation from the menu. On the Master, pump the colours up quite a bit, I chose +60 on the saturation slider – just watch what is going on with the houses, you are going to add a mask in a minute so the changes only apply to the part that is in focus. Hold down the Alt key and click on the add layer mask icon at the bottom of the layers palette. Grab a soft edged white brush and making sure the mask is active by clicking on it, paint back in the colour to the houses, road, cars etc., all things that are in focus. You can boost the Saturation a little more if you want by double clicking on the adjustment layer thumbnail. And there we have our miniature village. I went ahead and added a small amount of sharpening to the houses. Bear in mind that the settings used are relevant to this image 800×507@72dpi.
Self portrait / Fake lashes
a fake plastic tree
I went to the Knoxville Zoo for the first time in November of 2008. It was the first time I had visited this zoo since I had moved to this area in 2000. / As I was shooting this bear, I could feel it’s pain. I felt it was so ironic that the native animal of this area was living in the enviroment it has to live in. So as I was shooting this shot, that is when the title came to my mind. It literally drove me crazy listening to people making sounds at it, and hitting the glass, I think I did well by not just going off on them, which is what I really wanted to do. / As much as I hate to say it, I wasnt impressed with the zoo’s set up for all the animals I viewed while I was there. Just hard to make a home with concrete walls, fake trees, and a blank surrounding. / Without a doubt, I have adapted quickly to shooting these animals in the wild, in their natural habitat. / I shot this thru the glass, after getting my shot ready for auto focus, I switched to manual so my lens wouldnt focus in on the glass as I hit the shutterbutton. / Shooting at an angle so the glare from behind me wouldnt reflect on the glass. I shot this in Shutterspeed (SS) mode / SS set at 1/160 / Fstop at F 5.6 / ISO at 400 / Focal length at 300mm / Exposure compensation at 0
Our Morab mare Lady E’owyn (aka Flick). I’ve been trying out a ‘fake hdr’ effect in PSP.. This is one of the results. Featured in Equine Art & Photography—May 2009 / ................................................ You can visit my Photography site to check out more of my work! / ................................................ Captured with a Canon EOS 40D. 50mm, ISO 1600, 1/1250 Sec, F/2.8, +0.0EV, EF 50mm. / ................................................
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www.cathleentarawhiti.co.nz Cropped Monique for Mark, thank you :)) Model - Monique / Clothing supplied by me. / No animals or tulle were harmed making this image. / Maybe the tulle. Sold as a laminated print 27 May 08 (and a card) - / 600+ views People/Portraiture HDR Photography Macro Photography Architecture Collaborations Skyscapes Animals/Birds/Insects Street Art Street Photography Everyday Objects Seascapes/Rivers/All Water Summer Photography Odd/Unusual Flowers/Plants/Trees Landscapes New Zealand Abstract Humour Black and White Photography Others of Monique from 2 May 08 -
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Upward Looking Fallen Angel. Portrait of a male angel holding his broken wings up behind his back. He has fallen, becoming mortal, and looks upward innocently feigning his previous divinity. Extreme alternative photographic mixed medium processed image.
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The Museum of Dust is completely, if inconstantly, surrounded by impenetrable forest. In places it comes right up to the building and scrapes and scratches on the windows. Wind and moonlight send monstrous shadows capering and cavorting across Cog’s bedroom wall. They seem to know all her secrets.
Took this late one afternoon as we were moving out from home. The room was basicaly bare except for this tree and a few other things. Space II Enjoy! _
A commisioned job from the model Nuala who was in a dance group. We simply dragged a lot of stuff with us and messed around to see what might come out of it. Nuala brought this great fake fur coat with her and I had a Russian army hat I had bought in Prague, combined with the ridiculous palm trees that line much of Irelands coast we had our portrait of an Irish girl. Taken on a Nikon F301 in 1992 or 3 along the Coast Road Raheny Dublin. sold as matted print to a non rb member on rb
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