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Edward Ghoti
{K:5514} 2/10/2008
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Thank you for your comment Dave.
All the best,
Ed
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Edward Ghoti
{K:5514} 2/10/2008
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Thank you for your comment Joel.
All the best,
Ed
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Edward Ghoti
{K:5514} 2/10/2008
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Thank you for your comment Shirley.
I like Laura's addition too.
All the best,
Ed
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Edward Ghoti
{K:5514} 2/10/2008
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Thank you for your comment David.
All the best,
Ed
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Dave Stacey
{K:150877} 2/10/2008
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Excellent composition and dof here, Ed!
Dave.
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Joel Garabedian
{K:2041} 2/10/2008
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Fantastic image Edward. I think giraffes always make a great subject for photography, but the symmetry here coupled with the shallowish depth of field make this image something quite special. Maybe a slight shame that there's no detail in the sky, but that certainly doesn't spoil the image for me. Great work!
Best regards,
Joel.
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Shirley D. Cross-Taylor
{K:174049} 2/10/2008
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Another wonderful animal portrait. I do like Laura's addition of the blue sky.:)
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David Rodriguez
{K:11965} 2/10/2008
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Excelente Edward!
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Edward Ghoti
{K:5514} 2/9/2008
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Thank you for your suggestion and graphical demonstration, it certainly does make a significant improvement to the image.
I will certainly give it a try when I have some time to really dedicate to it. Might take me a little longer as I use ACDSee rather than PhotoShop, but I think the tools are quite similar.
Thanks again,
Ed
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Laura E.
{K:5598} 2/9/2008
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Hi Ed,
Sure, I'd be happy to tell you how to accomplish this. I am have a slightly older version of Photoshop (version 8.0), so the tools that I refer to below may be slightly different than yours.
1. Open the original image in PS and copy it to a new layer.
2. Select the foreground color blue #669966, (or R-102, G-155, B-204/ or C-62, M-34, Y-7, K-0).
3. Select the Magic Wand tool. The settings for the Magic Wand should be as follows: Tolerance - 25, Anti-Alias - checked, Contiguous - checked (i.e., both functions set to "on"). Then click anywhere in the sky to select it.
4. Next, click on the Gradient Tool and select the mode "Linear Gradient" (for a color-to-transparency effect). Settings for the Gradient Tool should be as follows: Mode - Normal, Opactiy - 100%, Dither - checked, Transparency - checked (i.e. both functions set to "on").
5. Drag the cursor down the image until you feel you have a natural-looking sky. If you don't like the results, just use the keys "ctrl-lat-z" to undo your previous changes until you are back to where you want to be. You may want to play with the angle of the drag or the opacity a little until you are satisfied. In the image I have attached, I pulled used the gradient tool to pull the cursor down and to the right (instead of straight down) to avoid a halo-like appearance around the head of the giraffe in the background.
I just threw this image together quickly - I'm sure that you can do a much better job with the original JPG. I hope this was helpful. Please let me know how it works out for you.
Laura
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Edward Ghoti
{K:5514} 2/9/2008
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Thank you for your comment Ania.
You are quite right, I am usually very methodical in my post-processing, but I was so concerned with the colour on this one I forgot to check the horizon.
All the best,
Ed
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Ania Blazejewska
{K:23981} 2/9/2008
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Great portrait
Dof is superb and composition very interesting
Don't you think to straighten it a little bit...?
Kind regards,
ania
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Edward Ghoti
{K:5514} 2/9/2008
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Thank you for your comment Laura.
The sky was a little darker in the original image, but in order to get the subtle colour to the image, I ended up reducing the saturation, which is where I lost the colour of the sky.
But if you could maybe demonstrate what you mean I would greatly appreciate it.
All the best,
Ed
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Edward Ghoti
{K:5514} 2/9/2008
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Thank you for your comment Pablo.
All the best,
Ed
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Laura E.
{K:5598} 2/9/2008
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Hi Edward,
Fantstic shot - you clicked the shutter at exactl the right time! I really like the way the giraffes cross each other right in the center of the frame. I don't think it's over-processed, but would you consider taking the color of the sky from white to a little more blue? I can see that you shot this in JPG and not raw, but you may be able to do this in Photoshop by selecting the area of the sky and using one of the color adjustment functions.
Regards,
Laura
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Pablo Dylan
{K:63918} 2/9/2008
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Great shot Edward,fantastic cross.
Pablo
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