Photoshop
Looking back over some of my Egypt and Jordan photos from 2007, I found that I was less than satisfied with the processing on some of the images. Maybe I’ve learnt a thing or two since then! In any event, I decided to go back into the files and reprocess them utilizing some of the [...]
An image which I’ve published previously but recently revisited as part of rebuilding my collection of China photos. It was 1999 with the sunsetting when I noticed and photographed this young couple overlooking Hong Kong Harbour. Is there a story here? I think so, it’s tempting to use our imaginations to fill in the blanks. Who [...]
I’m currently rebuilding my gallery of China photos having visited there in both 1999 and 2001. Today I’m displaying an image from the first trip, a late afternoon shot looking across Hong Kong Harbour. The weather was humid and it was common during my visit for the skies to become increasingly hazy as the days [...]
Well today’s picture is just a little behind schedule to put it politely! A stitched panorama of the seaside town of Albany in Western Australia. I visited the great state of Western Australia way back in 1990 and my camera went with me. At that time of course it was a film camera and I was [...]
Following on from my previous blog entry….which was…um…(insert sound of crickets)….six weeks ago…. Today I finally get around to posting a more detailed look at the image processing steps involved in the “White Tern taking flight” picture. (Make sure to read through to the end of the post as I’ve included a couple of useful resources! [...]
Digital processing using Photoshop. An Example. In 2005, I was fortunate enough to travel through Latin America, and of course my camera(s) went with me. After touring through the Yucatan Peninsula region of Mexico, and some of the neighbouring countries, I visited the Galapagos Islands. Famed, from the time of Charles Darwin’s visit aboard HMS [...]
From my Hawaii files, today it’s a fairly simple botanical study, two leaves, one laying on top of another, couldn’t be much simpler than that! However it did prove to be an interesting exercise in image processing using photoshop. Two Leaves, Hawaii, 2011.(Use the MOUSE-OVER function to see the original image) As [...]
As regular readers of this blog will be aware, my usual approach to photography is to present images which are, for the most part, a realistic depiction of the world as I encounter it. However, I’m not adverse to using the digital software tools to enhance my photos on a case by case basis [...]
Completing my exploration of this image, today I present the third approach. Having concentrated attention on what I regard as the most interesting element in the scene through cropping and selective blurring and sharpening (see previous blog entry dated 21st June, 09) I now decided on a toned monochrome effect. In the previous two entries [...]
Following on from my last entry and the concept that one image could be viewed several ways, I present today’s version, the second approach. The first approach was to present the image with only slight cropping but showing the numerous elements that were present, the background traffic both motorised and pedal powered, the trees and [...]
Another shot from my China 1999 trip this time taken in the street in Kaifeng. Not a great shot by any means, but as I was processing the image in Photoshop, I got to a certain point and realized that one image could lend itself to multiple approaches. In other words, there are numerous ways [...]
One of the places I visited during my trip to China in 1999 was the town of Suzhou. Established over 2500 years ago the town is famous for silk production, its gardens and, according to legend is home to the most beautiful women in China. (In hindsight, maybe I should’ve stayed there longer….! but I [...]
Today’s image was taken at the Po Lin Monastery in Hong Kong. The monastery complex features a massive “big Buddha” statue, as well as numerous smaller statues such as this one, and was built in 1990. It’s not just a monastery but also a tourist attraction. This shot was taken on colour negative film with [...]
I’ve commented previously that I often try to simplify my images where possible, well today the search for simplicity has gone rather extreme. This shot was taken in the Galapagos Islands during my 2005 visit and is actually closer to reality than the viewer might initially think. The bird, and I must confess I can’t [...]
I normally like to display photos in a realistic way with most of my post processing limited to cropping, straightening and minor contrast and colour enhancements. Today however, being a “Weird Wednesday”, it’s a break from reality. As I was going through some of my Galapagos Islands shots, I opened up a rather ordinary [...]
An Exercise in Image Processing. Today I thought I’d present an exercise in image processing using Photoshop CS3. I’ve been posting images, mostly from my various travels, on this blog for a while now. There’s been a fair variety of different presentations, from colour to black and white, tonings, vignettes, selective focus, pan blurs, stitched [...]