Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Adobe Photoshop Elements, autumn, fall, Focal length, leaves, Photoshop Elements 6, Topaz Adjust on November 12, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Kinda stretching this one as we haven’t had enough cold weather to really change the leaves on our trees much. This photo was processed in Photoshop Elements 6 with adjusted levels, unsharpen mask and Topaz Adjust 5 Release Candidate. This should be the last beta before the new Topaz Adjust 5 is released. I used a custom preset of my own in processing this photo. Hope everyone is having a good weekend!
Camera settings: f/6.3, 1/100 sec., focal length 49 mm, and ISO 100. No flash.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged leaves, shoots, spring, Topaz Adjust on February 6, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Green shoots come up through the leaf litter in my yard. I’ll have daffodils by next week. This photo was treated with an 80% opacity Topaz Adjust over original. Then the photo was burned and finished. All processed in Photoshop Elements 6.
Camera settings: Fujifilm FinePix S700, F/3.5, 1/50 sec., ISO 64, focal length 6.3 mm. No flash.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged autumn, fall, leaves on November 15, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I know, I’ve got to get out of my yard!! Anyway, here are some more fall leaves that were just too pretty to pass by. Processed in Photoshop Elements 6 with just a levels adjustment and a high pass filter and framed. Have a great week, everyone!
Camera settings: Canon Rebel EOS T1i, F/5.6, 1/125 sec., ISO 100, focal length 100 mm. No flash.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged autumn, fall, leaves on November 10, 2010 | 7 Comments »
These are leaving the tree quickly in the afternoon wind. Taken about 3:00 pm with backlighting. Processed in Photoshop Elements 6 with some levels adjustment and added text. Font is Marka.
Camera settings: Canon EOS Rebel T1i, F/9, 1/250 sec., ISO 160, focal length 163 mm. No flash.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged leaves, liquidamber, Topaz Adjust on November 5, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Many brilliant liquidamber leaves show the signs of autumn in a local park. Processed within Photoshop Elements 6 with adjusted levels and Topaz Adjust. I used the spicify setting but only used about a 60% opacity to tone down the effect. We have had a very mild fall here and the foliage colors have been pretty subdued. Hope you all have a nice weekend!
Camera settings: Fujifilm FinePix S700, F/4.5, 1/210 sec., ISO 64, focal length 22.7 mm. No flash.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged charcoal, leaves, silver maple, tree on September 26, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Silver maple leaves on a branch in my backyard. We are having an early autumn heat wave and the leaves are shriveling on the west side of the tree. This photo was processed in Photoshop Elements 6 with Filter/Sketch/Charcoal. I used a black brush to erase any stray white streaks.
Camera settings: Canon T1i, F/2.8, 1/1600 sec., ISO 100, focal length 100 mm. No flash.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged backlit, leaves, maple, nature, OnOne on July 21, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Silver maple leaves in my back yard. Taken last evening. I love the look of back lighting in early morning or evening. This was processed in Photoshop Elements by adjusting levels, adding a 1/3 warm to cool filter from OnOne Photo Essentials 3, cropping and burning.
Camera settings: Canon T1i, f/5.6, 1/250 sec., ISO 125, focal length 200 mm. No flash.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged leaves, Orton, spring on May 20, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Spring leaves catch a ray of light through the larger tree above in my backyard. Processed in Photoshop Elements by adjusting levels, burning and a small amount of Orton effect. Undergrowth highlighted by chance rays of sunshine always intrigue me. It’s like they are being spotlighted for a reason!
Camera settings: Fujifilm Finepix S700, F/4, 1/180 sec., ISO 64, focal length 6.3 mm. No flash.
Posted in 1, tagged leaves, maple, photography, silhouette, sunset on April 21, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Took this at the same time I took the eucalyptus silhouette. This is our maple tree in partial silhouette. I used my little Fujifilm camera and it was a little harder to fool it into getting the shot. One of the great articles on silhouettes that were posted on the 2010 Virtual Photowalk home page suggested pushing down the shutter release partway while pointing towards the light area, then moving back to the dark areas to finish the release and get the shot. This seemed to work for me. This photo was processed with Topaz Clean and a 50% peach color gradient set on Overlay.
Camera settings: F/6.3, 1/1000 sec., ISO 800, focal length 28.7 mm. No flash.
Posted in 1, tagged foilage, leaves, new growth, photography, rose on March 18, 2010 | 11 Comments »
Sunlit new growth on my red rose. Changed to b/w and masked color back in. Upped the sat. a bit.
Camera settings: F/9, 1/320 sec., ISO 400, focal length 154 mm. No flash.
