Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Whimsical flowers? 2-18-09

Okay, here's a bit of an experiment. This first photo is straight out of the camera. Blahhhhhhhh! Yuck!

Now, this is after adding a hard light layer, cropping and doing a little dodging and burning (except for the cropping, all things I learned today.
Until I can get better equipment (better lenses and maybe someday a better camera) I'm figuring I need to become a PSE wizz kid. So, I'm practicing! I'm studying sights like Pioneer Woman and the photography chat board on 2 peas. It's helping, but I feel like I have so much to learn - both with PSE and with my camera's manual settings. I'm on a mission, so you might begin to see a lot more before and afters from me!

3 comments:

  1. love this - the pse adjustments made it a truly awesome photo!

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  2. Excellent! I love the adjustments you used. I use a few of PW's suggestions. I will have to check out 2peas. You can never know too much!

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  3. Hi Susan,
    I was taking a walk down memory lane on my blog and noticed a comment from you on January 28. Sorry, I didn't see it sooner. Thanks so much for the boost of confidence. I love your photo before and after. What a difference and so cool! You had mentioned you thought I might be close by but actually I'm in Texas. Just love the animal and think it's awesome.

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