bufo fowleris

[gecko]

http://graphicsurge.com/images/photos/toad4.jpg


A little test of my new digital pentex ist d

[wxwax]

Seems to be working! Is that towel really yellow, or is it the white balance?

[gecko]

i saturate my work

[fish]

i saturate my work
So do I, but sometimes it's best to saturate only part of the image. Here's my shot at it.

He sure is a cutie tho.

[gecko]

yeah the white looks good, i just thought th yellow aded a nostalgic feel to it

[fish]

yeah the white looks good, i just thought th yellow aded a nostalgic feel to it
Ah...right. Of course! Sepia, right?

[gecko]

it varies with me mood

[Sam]

So do I, but sometimes it's best to saturate only part of the image. Here's my shot at it.

He sure is a cutie tho.
Hey Fish,

I have played with this technique some , but it seems like it takes way too much effort to select the parts you want to saturate. Do you have a fast way to do this? ps: The frog / toad looks much better to me with the white towel.

[fish]

Hey Fish,

I have played with this technique some , but it seems like it takes way too much effort to select the parts you want to saturate. Do you have a fast way to do this? ps: The frog / toad looks much better to me with the white towel.

Yes, it's tedious to select images. There are lots of tools to do so, but I haven't found one that's really fast. It would be cool to just click on the "main object selection tool", but it doesn't exist yet (afaik).


Gecko...are you from ukgser.com?

[wxwax]

i saturate my work

That's disgusting.


:lol3

[wxwax]

So do I, but sometimes it's best to saturate only part of the image. Here's my shot at it.

He sure is a cutie tho.

Nice job, Fishie, looks good.

[wxwax]

Hey Fish,

I have played with this technique some , but it seems like it takes way too much effort to select the parts you want to saturate. Do you have a fast way to do this? ps: The frog / toad looks much better to me with the white towel.

Much easier, though still some work, is to create a duplicate layer (PC is Control-J.). Do your saturation to the duplicate layer. Then go up top to the Layer drop down menu, click on Layer Mask/Reveal All, and wipe away what you don't want. Make sure your default colors in the toolbar are black and white. Switch between the two to add/remove one layer from the other.

I use Layer Masks constantly to tweak bits of photographs.

Gecko, hope you don't mind a quick hijack. Here's a 'before shot" of the building and bucket. The bucket's too dark, needs some light.

http://wxwax.smugmug.com/photos/3766586-M.jpg

I had another shot where the bucket was brightly lit by a flash. It was too much, but I used a Layer Mask to gently add some light to the bucket. I'm not much good, but this technique is easy and endlessly useful.

http://wxwax.smugmug.com/photos/3765922-M.jpg

Hijack over, sorry Gecko.

[gecko]

hey no problem, im just glad to see a little life around here

i run an artist message board myself and its pretty quiet too

[wxwax]

hey no problem, im just glad to see a little life around here

i run an artist message board myself and its pretty quiet too

:nod I agree. Membership keeps growing though, and the activity's on a slow but steady incline.

I didn't see your board in your profile. Can we peek at it?

[gecko]

surely

its

http://graphicsurge.com/surgeforum
its for all types of art

[wxwax]

:thumb. Thanks.

Yer a man of few words! :rofl

[gecko]

ah, i can be pretty verbal, depends on the situation

[gecko]

actually id be on more, but ive been calibrating my manual lenses to my new DSLR

i have a great 135 mm that im not quite ready to stop using