Early Spring this year, plus some fun stuff

Lots of colors to try

Thanks for the comments everyone.
I edited out the bar and the photo looks a lot better to me.

Thanks for the comments.
The line in the first shot is part of the window itself, holding the 2 panes of glass together.
Need CS5

Any suggests or comments for improvement are always welcome!

Charleston S.C.


Pinecky Wildlife Perserve


Hilton Head

what you are seeing as white spots and blue shawdowing is typical of chromatic aberation, caused by your lens.
Dropping down a f stop some times helps.

Well, except the fish story. I caught that one in my back yard with a 5 lb line, piece of shrimp, and a bobber.

I really appreciate all of the tips and tricks you all submit.

Thank You everyone. This is a great site.

Hi
A easy solution in Photoshop is to work on a duplicate image of your original. The duplicate command is on the toolbar across the top.

done in photoshop.
2 layers
qrey scale desaturated fully
placed on top of full color image
Then used eraser at various strengths to erase the top image to show the color I wanted exposed. The flames were at 100% in the center of the flames, then outlined around the colot using the eraser at 20% to blend
The faces on the men were at about 25% erasure.
You can do this in elements, I think.
I love the Smokies, used to live in Asheville

Hi
Here is a comparison between full color and bw with careful saturation.
Photoshop.
Picture was taken with handheld 6meg Sony pocketcamera.
Won several awards.