Posts: FotosForFun | Ugly Hedgehog

Padanaram Harbor

Nice set - pretty colors and scenes.

Jun 14, 2012 10:44:36 #

Croc with a Croc

Good album - nice detail and color.

Jun 14, 2012 10:42:44 #

A HDR try of a river

nonggame wrote:

This is an HDR picture of Flat Rock River in Flat Rock Indiana. How does the picture turn out? Is there anything I did wrong or is there anything should be improved? Is the tree in the very front too bright? What do you think of this?

It's a very attractive scene - well done.

Jun 14, 2012 10:41:08 #

On Back Mountain Roads ... Comments?

Lavolpebxr wrote:

These are some of my photographic *finds*, while strolling the back country roads of North Carolina, Tennesee, and Virginia. Comments are welcomed and encouraged.

Nice collection of memories. Some things just get better with age. Good photograpy too.

Jun 8, 2012 22:13:47 #

birdpix wrote:

Very nice! Have you ever seen them eating oysters? They really do that. They force their bill between the oyster shell halves jackhammer style, cut the muscle and pull the oyster out. It only takes about 20 seconds!

Thanks, Birdpix; no, I haven't seen them eating oysters, but I hope to one of these days.

Jun 8, 2012 17:04:03 #

RMM wrote:

They're all excellent, but there's something about that fourth shot, with the bird stalking off in a huff... ;)

Thanks, RMM; that photo does have a certain feel.

Jun 7, 2012 14:41:17 #

gregoryd45 wrote:

FotosForFun wrote:

Oyster Catchers are colorful and interesting birds to watch in their natural habitat. I made these photos June 4-5 on Assateage Island, Virginia.

Fantastic shots FotosForFun, can't get sharper than that

Thanks, Gregoryd45 - Here's another that really shows off the bright eyes of this bird.

Up Close and Personal

Jun 7, 2012 14:23:26 #

tk wrote:

Very beautiful shots! Sharp, great color and the 3D look of the last one makes me want to reach in.

I just noticed that the last photo does have a 3D lookl; Thanks.

Jun 7, 2012 14:22:04 #

angler wrote:

Excellent shrp shots.

Thanks, Angler; these guys are fun to watch.

Jun 7, 2012 14:14:20 #

Oyster Catchers are colorful and interesting birds to watch in their natural habitat. I made these photos June 4-5 on Assateage Island, Virginia.

Inspecting the clutch of eggs.

Taking a turn on the nest.

Shakin out the kinks.

Looking for a meal.

Turning and walking away.

Jun 6, 2012 21:22:26 #

shirl2sg wrote:

I loved how your finished picture looked. I need to get my creative juices working.

Shirl2sg - Thanks, but to which finished picture are you referring?

Jun 3, 2012 15:03:15 #

RMM wrote:

When you copy and paste, Photoshop has, for many versions, behaved the same way. It puts the pasted material in a new layer. Getting rid of the white background should be easy. You can Select -> Color range... or use the magic wand. You'll probably want to anti-alias the edges. When the white is selected, just hit the Delete key. White gone. You can also Ed9t -> Transform and scale, rotate or move the new layer.

Thanks, RMM, but so far I'm not having the problems discussed when I open the two files I wish to cut from and paste to simultaneously as discussed in my most recent comment. As you can see in the illustration the rectangular white background is no longer there.

Jun 2, 2012 19:45:51 #

RixPix wrote:

quote=FotosForFun quote=RixPix You need to make ... (show quote)

I thank you, Rixpix, for your suggestions, but I tried a different approach, which seems to work and is straightfoward. What I normally do is work with one file at a time - that is I open the first file then cut or copy a selection and then open a second file and past to it. When I open both files and view them side by side and then cut or copy and paste a selection from one file to the other, it seems to work without a hitch. Thanks again, and if this method breaks down, I'll give your method a try.

Jun 2, 2012 13:38:24 #

RixPix wrote:

You need to make the background on the object to b... (show quote)

Thanks, I'll try what you've suggested, but I didn't have to do any of that stuff for a long time. Have I accidently set some switches which your suggestions are resetting?

Jun 2, 2012 13:26:53 #

The photograph illustrates the problem I'm having with cutting (or copying) a selection from one file and then pasting it to another. The example uses CS5, but I get the same result with CS4. In this case I used the quick-selection tool to cut the selection from a JPG file and then pasted it to another JPG. The result is a PSD file which shows the selection in a rectangular box pasted as a new layer onto another JPG file. I've also tried making a new layer before cutting or copying, as well as switching to PSD file before performing the cut or copy action, and the results are okay (no background) sometimes and other time the background is included.