thistle Workshop Photos Received

Lacerta agilis (42) *
thistle

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Lizard on my hand

(9272) [2005-10-06 06:02:37]

This fellow was so brave I could pick him up. The lizard was surprisingly heave and quite cold. Maybe it wasn't warmed up yet, so it didn't run away.

Title: Praying for a flyNikon Coolpix 4200

Praying for a fly (40) *
thistle

(9272)

Skew

Mousehill

(754) [2005-10-05 19:51:48] [3]

Hello Monika,
Your photo needs very little adjustment, but I'm a nutcase for straight lines. In your original photo, the grass blade is slightly tilted to the left. I made a copy of the inside of your frame, selected the image and with the skew function I straightend the grass blade. A tiny bit of contrast and saturation was added and some noise removal with noise ninja. Photo was placed back in the frame. I hope you like the result!
Best regards, Mike
(Now I have to find myself a crab spider, I've never seen one in real life!)

Water scorpion (18)
thistle

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Bringing out details

Mousehill

(754) [2005-10-03 15:06:35] [4]

Hello Monika,
I hope you don't mind that I had a go at your outstanding photo.
I used curves to bring a little more light into the photo. After that I added +6 contrast and did a -9 on saturation. Noise Ninja on auto-profile to get the sharpness in the image up a bit. Best regards, Mike

Water scorpion (18)
thistle

(9272)

Water scorpion

(9272) [2005-10-03 05:57:04]

Photo where you can see whole body of the bug and its tail.

What's there? (50) *
thistle

(9272)

Brighter

Xplorator

(7671) [2005-09-27 04:40:06] [3]

Just brighter, with a more enticing twilight color...

Title: Mystery covered with dewNikon Coolpix 4200

Mystery covered with dew (70) *
thistle

(9272)

Scent horns

(9272) [2005-08-16 03:26:49]

The photo shows the head of the caterpillar with scent horns visible.

Title: Walking on the waterNikon Coolpix 4200

Walking on the water (36)
thistle

(9272)

Lazy river

(9272) [2005-08-12 03:32:11]

Place full of spiders ;)

Title: Portrait of the Lady BlueNikon Coolpix 4200

Portrait of the Lady Blue (49)
thistle

(9272)

Cloning

PDP

(11769) [2005-08-01 15:10:21] [4]

I used a soft-edged clone tool to clone out the seed head. I did a very rough job, a little more time and care could produce a better result.

I hope you like it and I hope you don't mind.

Paul

Title: Happy couple ;-)Nikon Coolpix 4200

Happy couple ;-) (92) *
thistle

(9272)

Pond

(9272) [2005-07-14 02:30:38]

On the photo you can see a part of pond that lies just a few meters from my house.
It's an old gravel pit filled with water - great place in hot summer days ;-)

Title: Colours of Polish summerNikon Coolpix 4200

Colours of Polish summer (58) *
thistle

(9272)

The whole rainbow

(9272) [2005-07-05 03:20:42]

Another view showing the whole rainbow, fields and forest