Can you guess what this is? Critique for others (Page 2): NEXT to (top reflection on the object looks like a distorted sphere with katekana on it, similar to what you show in the...

English_Wolf Loc: Near Pensacola, FL

NEXT to (top reflection on the object looks like a distorted sphere with katekana on it, similar to what you show in the second picture so likely same store and display but I maybe completely off, seeing (or wanting to see) too much.

krashzmom Loc: Columbia, SC

I love the bird.

mommy115 Loc: California

Krash and Mahma, I got to thinking about the strange lighting in the deer shot. I got several pics in a row with a similar effect and much to my dismay discovered a big smear on my lens. It's the only thing I can think of that could cause this when only part of the photo is affected. The left and right sides look ok. Checked lately to see if your lense is clean? Just a thought. Then I got interested in what could be done with the photo. I had been able to help my 'lens smear' shots by using the burn tool just over the smear areas and it helped quite a bit. They'll never be 'hang on the wall' quality shots but good for memories of my vacation. I'll show you what I got. What I did was used the burn tool (PSE9) to darken the entire pale bluish area till it looked more normal. I adjusted the overall blue cast on the whole photo by going a little more toward green in the color variation setting. I found I could not lighten it without the original problem becoming more evident so It was darker than I liked but I like the green color much better. In order to get the deer to show more in such a dark photo, I darkened the top and bottom and right side leaving the middle like it was after the original burning. It gives a feel of sunlight shining in that area and the deer does seem more evident. I do like this shot despite the problem areas...it is a beautiful setting and consider anytime a person gets a nice shot of a deer like this to be a bonus. I did also crop the photo. I took out the tall tree trunk on the left side. I left the leaning trunk that was resting on the removed tree because I didn't want to crop the photo that small. I also cropped off part of the left side of the photo so the deer wasn't centered. Google Rule of Thirds if you do not know why I did that. :-)You could clone the leaning trunk out if you wanted to. I actually sort of like it there. Most of my edits are trial and error and I have a lot of fun figuring out what to do to improve photos because I always learn something new. Thanks for the opportunity to work on this. (I hope you don't mind). Most of my photoshop ability was self taught and I have only recently started watching some PSE tutorials. I just played around and tried everything I could for years and that was also fun and a learning experience. So I am still faking my way through edits but am stubborn enough that it takes a lot before I give up on a shot that is otherwise nice in many ways. I wonder if anyone else has a good idea how to lighten this without the original problem coming back.

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mommy115 Loc: California

krashzmom wrote:

I love the bird.

I'm forced to assume you mean my bird because I don't see any other bird anywhere. I love him too. :P His name is Hope and he is a small parrot called a Sun Conure.

krashzmom Loc: Columbia, SC

mommy115 wrote:

krashzmom wrote:

I love the bird.

I'm forced to assume you mean my bird because I don't see any other bird anywhere. I love him too. :P His name is Hope and he is a small parrot called a Sun Conure.

I was talking about your bird. I had 2 green conures. (I'll put a photo on sometime) I loved them too. I was pregnant at the time and after I had my baby (29 yr old boy) they were so noisy I had to give them to a friend. I have a cockatiel now. He 18 and named skeety.
I also teach myself but I'm about to study some on my camera and photoshop. Thanks for working on my photo and I don't mind anyone ever giving me pointers or showing me their points of view on my photos. Got any more guesses on the top photo?

mommy115 Loc: California

One eyeball of someone who is terrified to ride on a train?
One eyeball of the engineer who hasn't slept in a really long time?
I know, it isn't an eyeball, but I am running out of ideas. :-)

BGenie Loc: Sacramento, CA

#1 The inside of a coffee mug?

kateyface Loc: Washington state

Great job on the edit!
My guess is a marble as well.

mommy115 wrote:

Krash and Mahma, I got to thinking about the strange lighting in the deer shot. I got several pics in a row with a similar effect and much to my dismay discovered a big smear on my lens. It's the only thing I can think of that could cause this when only part of the photo is affected. The left and right sides look ok. Checked lately to see if your lense is clean? Just a thought. Then I got interested in what could be done with the photo. I had been able to help my 'lens smear' shots by using the burn tool just over the smear areas and it helped quite a bit. They'll never be 'hang on the wall' quality shots but good for memories of my vacation. I'll show you what I got. What I did was used the burn tool (PSE9) to darken the entire pale bluish area till it looked more normal. I adjusted the overall blue cast on the whole photo by going a little more toward green in the color variation setting. I found I could not lighten it without the original problem becoming more evident so It was darker than I liked but I like the green color much better. In order to get the deer to show more in such a dark photo, I darkened the top and bottom and right side leaving the middle like it was after the original burning. It gives a feel of sunlight shining in that area and the deer does seem more evident. I do like this shot despite the problem areas...it is a beautiful setting and consider anytime a person gets a nice shot of a deer like this to be a bonus. I did also crop the photo. I took out the tall tree trunk on the left side. I left the leaning trunk that was resting on the removed tree because I didn't want to crop the photo that small. I also cropped off part of the left side of the photo so the deer wasn't centered. Google Rule of Thirds if you do not know why I did that. :-)You could clone the leaning trunk out if you wanted to. I actually sort of like it there. Most of my edits are trial and error and I have a lot of fun figuring out what to do to improve photos because I always learn something new. Thanks for the opportunity to work on this. (I hope you don't mind). Most of my photoshop ability was self taught and I have only recently started watching some PSE tutorials. I just played around and tried everything I could for years and that was also fun and a learning experience. So I am still faking my way through edits but am stubborn enough that it takes a lot before I give up on a shot that is otherwise nice in many ways. I wonder if anyone else has a good idea how to lighten this without the original problem coming back.

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