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Re: Make Your Background Work For You
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Excellent thread and information Noel.
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NoelC
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Your lens flare removal job looks okay from here.
However, if you want a really smooth sky, try this:
1. Duplicate the image as a second layer.
2. Choose the lower layer, and run a Filter - Noise - Median with a large radius (e.g., 50 pixels)
3. Erase through the upper layer where it's blotchy to expose smoother sky underneath. Stay away, generally, from the edges of the leaves.
-Noel |
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pog
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Mauricio9
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Always liked this one. |
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Mauricio9
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I started to pay more attention to this issue after you pointed it out in a different thread it some time ago. I am happy to report I have been a good student. Here's one example; I will have more after I'm done processing the 400+ RAW files patiently awaiting on my hard drive (and backed up to the iPod, I'm not about to lose them!)
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noe3
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AzzKicker
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Thats the beauty and great challenge of shooting nature. You cant pose your subjects, you cant tell them to move left, or right, or look at you or up and down. You are given a great challenge trying to get the right shots etc. And anything challenging is fun. Except for school work
Good advice noel.
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ltec123
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said by NoelC  :Itec123, I don't mean to sound critical, -Noel That's what this is all about..
If no one would criticize, we would never learn..
Thanks, understand your concept better now.
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Splitpair
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said by NoelC :Beyond that, I do have very steady hands. Years of target shooting practice help; shooting a camera is not unlike shooting a gun. More than just the hands are involved. Take a deep breath and let it out, feel your heart beat, and squeeze the shutter button. -Noel All of that says relax take the shot and be done. Sounds easy doesn’t it? Truth is most folks never get the first part right and subsequently not understanding their error they continue to score low.
Was a time when a photographer would be a stickler on the details as it took too long to reload his camera now it seems too many photographers are going into a spray and pray and photochop the target hit to the bulls-eye era.
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In a shooting contest one time I put all 3 shots through the zero on the 10. At first they thought I missed two of the shots. However, I seem to have a hard time with camera shake  .
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ChrisJT
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I like that third photo from the top. Looked like an alligator mouth closing up on the bird.
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NoelC
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Itec123, I don't mean to sound critical, but the tree behind the vulture's head is the opposite from what I am suggesting. The dark-on-dark appearance makes one's eyes go elsewhere in the image. In that particular case, it would have been better to move to the right a bit, to offset the bird's dark head against the light background.
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said by NoelC :My zooms have IS, that helps a lot. Beyond that, I do have very steady hands. Years of target shooting practice help; shooting a camera is not unlike shooting a gun. More than just the hands are involved. Take a deep breath and let it out, feel your heart beat, and squeeze the shutter button. -Noel I was just about to say the same thing. I have been hunting since I was 13. Taking pictures is alot like shooting a gun.
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jaykaykay
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Fantastic shots and yes, due to the small things in the background, they show even better. Thanks for the hint. I will try to keep that in mind. |
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normat
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My favorite example of this was a photo posted in someones personal gallery. I wish I could find the photo again. A link to the photographers gallery had been posted here.
It was a photo taken at a wedding in South Africa. There were these two little girls all dressed up for the wedding. One girl was posing for the shot and the other girl was off to the side in the background. The girl in the background was slightly out of focus but you could tell, by the subtle look on her face, she was mad the other girl was stealing the attention. |
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normat
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said by NoelC :My zooms have IS, that helps a lot. Beyond that, I do have very steady hands. Years of target shooting practice help; shooting a camera is not unlike shooting a gun. More than just the hands are involved. Take a deep breath and let it out, feel your heart beat, and squeeze the shutter button. -Noel In a shooting contest one time I put all 3 shots through the zero on the 10. At first they thought I missed two of the shots. However, I seem to have a hard time with camera shake . |
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