Dried tree with beautiful cloud's behind it
Aug 31, 2011 14:51:53 #
This was at Rancho San Antonio, in Cupertino. I was walking one of the trail's when I noticed a dried tree, with awesome cloud's behind it. I have been trying to find this for a while now, so, when I'm not looking for it, there it is. Overcast morning, the other tree's are green.
Canon EOS Rebel 550D T2i, f/4, 1/200, ISO-200, F/L 24mm, w/b-manual, shot in RAW, manual mode
Aug 31, 2011 15:28:41 #
Its beautiful! advice: I'd say the green trees at the bottom are a little distracting. if you find a photo editing program that lets you blur them a little, it would make the dried tree stand out more :)
Aug 31, 2011 16:05:32 #
coffeelauren wrote:
Its beautiful! advice: I'd say the green trees at the bottom are a little distracting. if you find a photo editing program that lets you blur them a little, it would make the dried tree stand out more :)
Thank's, I can do that. These are the type's of things that really help me.
Aug 31, 2011 17:21:48 #
Vee wrote:
Thank's, I can do that. These are the type's of things that really help me.
coffeelauren wrote:
Its beautiful! advice: I'd say the green trees at the bottom are a little distracting. if you find a photo editing program that lets you blur them a little, it would make the dried tree stand out more :)
Thank's, I can do that. These are the type's of things that really help me.
I tried, but I probably screwed it up.
Canon EOS Rebel 550D T2i, f/4, 1/200, ISO-200, F/L 24mm, w/b-manual, shot in RAW, manual mode
Aug 31, 2011 22:21:26 #
Beautiful pic, Vee.
Paint Shop Pro has a depth of field that you can use with the lasso mode where you could select the green trees in the background and set your blur where it would look like your focus was soley on the dried tree. What you did with the second pic helped make the dry tree stand out.
Paint Shop Pro has a depth of field that you can use with the lasso mode where you could select the green trees in the background and set your blur where it would look like your focus was soley on the dried tree. What you did with the second pic helped make the dry tree stand out.
Aug 31, 2011 23:32:09 #
Perry wrote:
Beautiful pic, Vee.
Paint Shop Pro has a depth of field that you can use with the lasso mode where you could select the green trees in the background and set your blur where it would look like your focus was soley on the dried tree. What you did with the second pic helped make the dry tree stand out.
Paint Shop Pro has a depth of field that you can use with the lasso mode where you could select the green trees in the background and set your blur where it would look like your focus was soley on the dried tree. What you did with the second pic helped make the dry tree stand out.
Thanks Perry, I had my camera set for it to blurr the background, but, I just wasn't close enough to the tree for that to happen.
Sep 1, 2011 10:35:19 #
Sep 1, 2011 17:56:50 #
Um Terry,
At the beginning of the thread, someone mentioned that the tree would stand out better if the background was blurred, Vee who is the author of the BEAUTIFUL pic agreed, and that was the general consensus.
Personally I am with you that it is beautiful as is. Part of the reason we come here is to give each other tips on improving our pictures, (which I warmly welcome any trick that anyone wants to share with me on my pics I post).
None of us were trying to pick on Vee, or downgrade her beautiful pictures, which she has posted a nice sampling from her collection of which I am eagerly looking forward to seeing more of. I am a big time connoseur of sunset/sunrise pics, and bird pics, and landscapes as well as other nature pics. I also enjoy structure pics, and even some abstracts, but I am a real sucker for water pics whether they are of a stream, river, pond, lake, or the ocean, at sunset or sunrise.
We are all here to learn, and I would love to see some of your offerings as well. I will NEVER criticize your pictures or abilities, (or anyone else's), as that would violate the TOS here, and I would rather encourage someone's creativity rather than tear it down. If I can't say something good about your pic, I won't say anything. If you ask for my advice, then I will give it, ok?
I hope to see some of your works of art soon too.
At the beginning of the thread, someone mentioned that the tree would stand out better if the background was blurred, Vee who is the author of the BEAUTIFUL pic agreed, and that was the general consensus.
Personally I am with you that it is beautiful as is. Part of the reason we come here is to give each other tips on improving our pictures, (which I warmly welcome any trick that anyone wants to share with me on my pics I post).
None of us were trying to pick on Vee, or downgrade her beautiful pictures, which she has posted a nice sampling from her collection of which I am eagerly looking forward to seeing more of. I am a big time connoseur of sunset/sunrise pics, and bird pics, and landscapes as well as other nature pics. I also enjoy structure pics, and even some abstracts, but I am a real sucker for water pics whether they are of a stream, river, pond, lake, or the ocean, at sunset or sunrise.
We are all here to learn, and I would love to see some of your offerings as well. I will NEVER criticize your pictures or abilities, (or anyone else's), as that would violate the TOS here, and I would rather encourage someone's creativity rather than tear it down. If I can't say something good about your pic, I won't say anything. If you ask for my advice, then I will give it, ok?
I hope to see some of your works of art soon too.
Here is my wife's favorite bird. These guys are hard to get close to for a shot.
Sep 1, 2011 22:53:47 #
Rich
Loc: Titusville, Fl
That photo would really benefit from cropping, it would bring the cardinal into the foreground.
Sep 1, 2011 23:36:57 #
Terry wrote:
Why can!t we just forget all this phto shop stuff and just enjoy the picture. Nice job
Thanks for the comment Terry. :-D
Sep 2, 2011 08:40:52 #
Rich wrote:
That photo would really benefit from cropping, it would bring the cardinal into the foreground.
Thanks Rich, I will repost the cropped version when I get home. I agree that the background does take away from him. I may even do some Paint Shop magic with it and resubmit that version as well as a simple cropped version.
Sep 2, 2011 22:41:23 #
Here is the cardinal jazzed up a little in Paint Shop Photo Pro X4. (It's a prerelease version that's soon to be released.)
A little paintshop magic and viola!
Here's the cardinal with the cropping and enhancements.
Sep 3, 2011 09:08:44 #
Sep 3, 2011 10:34:38 #
Sep 3, 2011 10:59:25 #
Hi Vee, that is a beautiful shot and contrast well with the 'greenery around it'! Perhaps with the onset of Winter here, I will be able to find such a tree which has divested itself of leaves!
Cheers
Cecil
Cheers
Cecil
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