Really l ike # 3. If you like to walk on the wild side run them through Topaz Adjust 5 for fun. I bet you'll get some really awesome images. Trish

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Glen, Is that IR? The colors are really muted.

Speaking of Chihuly...

http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/qq294/EricLPT/Reflections/C2.jpg

http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/qq294/EricLPT/Reflections/C1.jpg

From his traveling exhibit at Cheekwood in Nashville. I bought the book and DVD 'Chihuly in the Hotshop'; A-mazing!

Eric[/

Chahully is Awesome as are your shots Eric. I wonder if the exhibit will come to Philadelphia? Trisha

Thanks Eric

Here's another of mine.

i've been there but I missed this view.

Thanks Mary. I wonder what will become of picnic once Picasa drops it?

Mary, I love the first duck family image. Could you tell us what filter or program you used to make the resecessed frame? I know of an "effects" filter in PSE and something also in picnic that gives that look. Did you use one of them? Thanks, Trisha

Love the last one! Any tips about how you achieved the white out effect in post processing?

Yes this is a very neat effect. What exactly do you mean by "flattening the copy"? I understand "flattening" as combining all layers of an image into one final layer. Howeve, an image initially has only one layer when you copy it. I'm confused.......perhaps there is a step I'm missing?

Here's one as a night shot. Trisha V

NIGHT SHOT

Here's one I did this afternoon. Hope you l ike it.
Trisha V

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[quote=Citation][quote=Citation][quote=EricLPT]Glen,

That is a stunning photo.

Trisha,

You have moved from photography to art, very well done but I personally find the baby eyes just a touch ookey ;-).

You might want to check into infrared, I think that you would like it and be good at it, especially faux color IR.

Here's a link to my IR post check it out and let me know what you think:

http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-3448-1.html


Thanks for the compliment Eric. You've done some really nice IR work. I have been interested in IR photography for a long time but haven't gotten into as yet. There is so much to experience and learn that I have spent my free time doing mostly post processing work. I think I should try faux IR to start but I love the "real" IR better.

BTW: I agree with your comment about the baby's eyes. I was experimenting with a filter to see what it could produce. Trisha

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Hi Country's Mama, I'll try. On Photo #1 I did the usual PSE adjustments; levels, lighting & color. Then I used a Topaz Adjust 5 filter that heightened the details but I can't remember which one. The pattern in the water is a “Picnic” effect filter which was free with Picasa. Photo #3 was just a funky experiment with an image of my great grandson using the same filter as on #1. Photo #2 was done about 4 years ago so I've forgotten the details of how I did this image. I've attached 3 photos; the original shot, a close up and the first stage of changing the image. I did the post processing in PSE 6. The color changes were made by manipulating the hue and saturation sliders. After that I probably removed the noise and used one of the artistic painting filters. To get the final result I think I blended the colors in the swan with the smudge and the dodge and burn tools. My general approach is to experiments with the tools and to push them to their extremes, especially in the beginning as I am learning new software. I’m sorry I can’t be more specific but I hope this helps somewhat.

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Early Adjustments

Yes the d7000 has 2 cards and you can shoot both raw and jpg.