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Canada
Sun Pillar at Sunset (22)
Shoot_Score
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 473 W: 318 N: 684]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-g-g.gif) (2364) |
Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 | | loot
(9335) [2007-01-20 05:55:32] [3] | Hi Jay
Thanks for allowing workshops to be posted to your photo.
After I did the foreground I fiddled a bit with the sky and I am not too convinced of the outcome, but instead of retracing all my steps up to that point I thought to rather just post it as it is since my original intention of trying to highlight some detail in the foreground probably did not come out too bad. So hopefully you will like the total outcome as well.
- Selected the bottom dark area and applied ‘Level’ adjustment on the black & white points.
- Added ‘Saturation’ +12.
- Added ‘Contrast’ +9.
- Reduced ‘Brightness’ by -5.
- Added ‘Green’ by 1 step in ‘Colour Variations’.
- Selected the sky area and added ‘Saturation’ +9.
- Reduced ‘Brightness’ -8.
Selected the complete photo and applied ‘USM’ by 300, 0.3, & 0.
Regards
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United States
Great Blue Heron (8)
FeatherBirdLady
![Silver Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 28 W: 0 N: 80]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/s-n-g.gif) (454) |
Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 | | loot
(9335) [2007-01-14 00:08:48] [6] [+] | Hi Feather
Thanks for allowing that workshops may be posted.
I did a quick workshop just to experiment with the suggestions I made in my critique. Since this is not the original photo obviously it is not yet the optimum enhancement, but I think you should be able to see the difference. I hope you like it though.
Selected 'Auto colours'.
Added 'Saturation' +12.
Increased 'Contrast' +5.
Applied USM at 250, 0.3, & 0.
Finally I selected the sea and rocks and applied noise reduction with 'NeatImage' at its default settings.
Regards
Loot
PS. Maybe I should have slacked a little on the USM as I don’t know how much you might have cropped the original and it seems like there is now a slight amount of pixilisation that shows up on the bird. |
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France
a pretty couple of mallard (22)
nainnain
(6255) |
Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 | | loot
(9335) [2007-01-12 05:45:04] [5] | Hi Edith
Thanks for allowing workshops on you photos. I have tried a couple of ideas of what I mentioned in my critique and here is the result. I hope you like it.
Determined 'Levels' through 'Threshold' tool.
Adjusted 'Levels'.
Added 'Contrast' +8.
Decreased 'Brightness' -6.
Added 'Saturation' +12.
Sellected the drake's head and applied 'Brightness' +4.
Sellected the water only and removed noise with 'NeatImage' at default settings.
Sellected the ducks and applied USM at 250, 0.2, & 0.
Regards
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Brazil
Brazilian porcupine (46) *
livios
(16856) |
Unknown photographer | | loot
(9335) [2006-12-30 18:57:10] [5] | Just to show what unpleasant business a porcupine can cause. Sure this is not one of the most intelligent dogs and obviously it did not know when to stop, but apparently the porcupine fled with no more damage than the loss of its quills. Somewhere out there is a naked porcupine.
I do not know who the photographer was and I hope he/she would not mind me using this photo, but I just wanted to share the possibilities of a porcupine encounter with you.
I've gone back and found the original site again where I first saw the photo. You can have a look here. And here is some more of the same medice dished out to other dogs. |
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Italy
actitis_hypoleucos (20)
mario-roberto
(2627) |
Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 | | loot
(9335) [2006-12-24 02:06:00] [8] | Hi Mario
Thanks for allowing workshops to be posted to you photo.
This being a workshop I, like so many other TN members, tend to allow myself a little more freedom than what I would with a normal posting. That being said, I cloned out the wooden pole behind the sandpiper, cropped the frame a little bit in front as well as behind the bird, and resized the photo to 800 pixels on the horizontal plane.
Further I applied +12 Saturation, +5 Brightness, USM at 150% + 0.3 radius, and lastly I removed the noise in the background with NeatImage at its standard settings.
I hope you like it.
Regards
Loot |
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South Africa
Blue Wildebees (2)
swart (97) |
Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 | | loot
(9335) [2006-12-16 12:58:46] [7] | Although I cannot remove the shady area on the wildebeest completely I have posted this workshop just to try and point out how much less distracting it becomes if the shade is a little bit softer. I have cropped a bit of the grass in the foreground and I have also done a bit of Gauzian blur to the background. Just to soften the focus in that area slightly. Oh, and almost I forgot, I also darkened the complete photo somewhat.
I hope you like it.
Best regards
Loot |
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Netherlands
Smile, your on my camera (54) *
SunToucher
(9078) |
Supplement photo | | loot
(9335) [2006-11-24 23:15:13] [1] | Hi Niek
The flip side of your buck just to show why it is called a 'ring gat' in Afrikaans or directly translated into English it would be a 'ring arse'.
This is the only antelope that comes complete with its own build in target so that hunters know exactly where to shoot it without doing any damage to the skin. In the middle Cirral! LOL. ;0)
Cheers
Loot
PS. I took this photo during my recent visit to the Kruger Park and obviously would not use it for a posting, but I thought it might be an appropriate supplement to your lovely photo. |
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South Africa
Anteating Chat (8)
Anton
![Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 50 W: 11 N: 161]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-s-g.gif) (589) |
Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 | | loot
(9335) [2006-07-14 18:21:56] [6] | Hi Anton
Your photo stayed with me and I decided to come back and do a workshop to see if I could enhance it somewhat. Probably the outcome does not show all that much, but at least now I know the softish detail was not through too little USM. So, possibly my thoughts on the extended focal length and the shutter speed could be on the spot. I was not much concerned about anything else but the focus; however I did darken the BG just a tad.
Post Processing done:
First I selected the bird only and 'Lighten' it through 'Colour Variations' at 15% then I sharpened the bird with USM at 500%, 0.3 & 0 settings. Finally I darkened the BG just a little bit.
I hope you like the outcome.
Regards
Loot |
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South Africa
Mud Covered Buffalo (78)
soccer
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 569 W: 0 N: 532]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-n-g.gif) (1927) |
Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 | | loot
(9335) [2006-07-14 13:38:16] [8] | Hi Sheriff
Sorry I did not make it last night, but here is that promised workshop.
As I said, this photo is perfectly fine and the only nits are PP issues which can be easily rectified.
Post Processing done:
1. Determined the ‘Black & White’ points with the ‘Threshold Tool’.
2. Set the ‘B&W’ points with the ‘Levels Tool’.
3. Selected only the dark shady areas on the buffalo and in ‘Color Variations’ clicked 2x on ‘Lighten’ at 50% setting.
4. Selected the complete buffalo and in ‘Color Variations’ clicked 1x on ‘Darken’ at 50% setting.
5. Still in ‘Color Variations’ selected ‘Highlights’ and clicked 1x at 50% setting then I selected ‘Shadows’ and clicked 1x on ‘Darken’ at 50% setting.
6. With the buffalo still selected I applied ‘USM’ at 300%, 0.3 & 0 settings.
The levels adjustment did enough for the BG and it brought out the colour saturation and contrast needed. I hope you like the enhancement and I think it just proved my original opinion that it is a perfectly fine photo.
Friendly regards
Loot |
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United States
Dragonfly (2)
rsiliato
![Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 14 W: 0 N: 15]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/s-n-s.gif) (52) |
Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 | | loot
(9335) [2006-07-11 00:20:47] [7] | Hi Bob
I have done a very quick workshop because I must run off to work. I tried to give a bit of colour to the BG and make the dragonfly a little sharper while I also gave it a little more contrast through the levels adjustment.
Post Processing done:
I selected the BG with the 'Magic Wand Tool' and in 'Colour Variations' I decreased the blue with 1 step. Then I made it darker by 1 step.
I inverted the selection so that only the dragonfly was active and determined the 'Black & White' points with the 'Threshold Tool' then I set the 'B&W' points with the 'Levels Tool'. Next I decreased the darkness and increased the contrast with the 'Levels Tool' by sliding the middle bar left on the 'Input Levels' to 1.85 value. Finally I applied the USM filter at 300, 0.3 & 0 settings.
This gave the whole photo much more colour, contrast, brightness, and sharpness. I hope you like the enhancement.
Regards
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