thistle Workshop Photos Received

Portrait of a Lady (60)
thistle

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PDP

(11769) [2007-01-09 18:26:49] [1]

I desaturated the yellows

Portrait of a Lady (60)
thistle

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Levels +

PDP

(11769) [2007-01-09 18:23:56] [3]

Hi Monika, it's subtle but I played with the levels a little and lightened shadows by 5%.

I hope you like it.

United Kingdom

Merry Christmas (72) *
thistle

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Merry Christmas

(9272) [2006-12-24 04:13:58] [+]

This is one of my other pictures of gull. This one was trying to defend it's sitting post from other gulls flying nearby.

Hope all of you will have a lovely Christmas :-)

Monika

United Kingdom

MIND THE GAP (41)
thistle

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Highlight adjustment

flagman

(2396) [2006-10-26 09:09:22] [2]

The highlights seem way too bright to me, especially the large area of wood which seems to glow and really distracts the eye from the dragonfly.
I used photoshop Shadow/Highlight adjustment and used values of 11% amount, 50% tonal width and 30 pixel radius on the highlights. I have no idea what these figures mean, I just moved the sliders until the image looked right! :)
Andy

He'd love Mirkwood (78) *
thistle

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a bit more light :)

horia

(14896) [2006-07-31 11:48:03] [4]

I was just curious too see how it would look eith a bit more light and ... this is what came out ;)

Only modified the shadows/highlights and the brightness...that's it.

Title: On a cornflower fieldNikon Coolpix 4200

On a cornflower field (60)
thistle

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Cornflower field

(9272) [2006-07-05 03:57:07]

This is how my neighbour's field of rye looks. If you look closely you can actually see few rye's ;-)
This is so called EU crop. You must plant something to get money from EU, but you don't really have to care about it ;-) Anyway, I love that blue field so I'm glad my neighbour don't use anything to remove all these flowers from the rye.

This strange creature there is my dog BowWow. He loves to walk among flowers because sometimes he can spot a hare there.

Title: Tiny toad plagueNikon Coolpix 4200

Tiny toad plague (62)
thistle

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Tiny toads

(9272) [2006-06-28 04:08:37]

Toads on my hand - you can see how small they are.

Tiny toad plague (62)
thistle

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Tiny toads leaving water

(9272) [2006-06-28 04:06:43]

Picture has bad quality becuase of low shutter speed, but gives some impression how banks of my pond look these days

Lovely red (64) *
thistle

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Free Transform and Crop

aido

(4046) [2006-06-19 06:46:44] [5]

Hi Monika,
I thought as you were trying to do something different I'd have a go too :-) This is something I learned from motorsport photography. I quite often tilt the camera at an angle when taking the shot, just to add some impact. It's really important to balance the background though, especially if there are trees or buildings there. I tried to maintain a balance here between the main plant stem and the line of the ground behind, as they are the two prominent parts of the BG. Small plants and grass on a hillside often grow at angles so the growth on the ground is not a problem unless it is tilted too far, when it starts to look unnatural. So with that in mind I rotated the image until the plant stem was almost upright and the horizon line wasn't too steep. The rotation puts the dizzy Butterfly a bit more upright and also adds some interest. This is best done when taking the shot, it's interesting to move the camera around and see what you can see. Hope this is helpful.

Lovely red (64) *
thistle

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Another version

(9272) [2006-06-19 05:19:26]

Tight crop, portrait framing.