Photographed TODAY (or Processed today)

[CJ Swartz]

fpellerin, both of your shots are lovely! You have chosen lovely subjects and show them off well with your execution -- you get close to your subject as well as isolating it from the background with depth of field. I hope you often get to walk in the garden at lunchtime with your camera!

[fpellerin]

Thanks for the compliments CJ! I try to make it out there every lunch break. It's especially interesting these days as new flowers seem to pop-up every day! I have a few more shots that I have yet to process...hopefully I'll get to them today!

[pellepiano]

Took this very early this morning.

[Janet Petty]

Originally Posted by pellepiano

Took this very early this morning.

Gorgeous!!!

Janet

[CJ Swartz]

Originally Posted by pellepiano

Took this very early this morning.

Pelle -- beautiful lighting (duh! -- that's why you chose early morning ) Love the colors, the reflections, and the texture of the stonework.

[cardmnal]

Met up with this fella while hiking along the Jenny Lake Trail with my kids today.

Shot with a rebel XT in raw,

[solitear]

...... man......... I need to practice.......

Beth

[Inkjet]

These are some plastic spoons I photographed to try out an idea.

[Steve Conway]

Coconut palms, South Florida.

Steve C.

[CJ Swartz]

Originally Posted by Steve Conway

Coconut palms, South Florida. Steve C.

Steve, lovely watercolor effect -- I hope that's from post-processing because I have a camera that has an overly strong denoising algorithm when shooting jpegs but its "watercolor effects" don't look that good -- that's another reason why I mostly shoot raw.

Originally Posted by cardmnal

Met up with this fella while hiking along the Jenny Lake Trail with my kids today.

Shot with a rebel XT in raw,

How exciting for you and the kids! I hope you had a zoom lens and weren't really THAT close!

Originally Posted by solitear

...... man......... I need to practice.......

Beth

Beth, a nice sharp rendition of the hair. You did "blow out" the background, and might need to work on that next time.... Ohhhh, and by the way, kudos on the creative positioning of your subject.

Originally Posted by Inkjet

These are some plastic spoons I photographed to try out an idea.

I love seeing plastic and glass images, and have also enjoyed playing with different lighting. Nice work on this!

[Steve Conway]

Originally Posted by CJ Swartz

Steve, lovely watercolor effect -- I hope that's from post-processing because I have a camera that has an overly strong denoising algorithm when shooting jpegs but its "watercolor effects" don't look that good -- that's another reason why I mostly shoot raw.

Yup....post processing. In fact I used a combination of filters, (which I usually do.) Shot original with Nikon D50.

One of those images which I keep messing with because it takes manipulating well.

And thanks.

Steve C.

[Inkjet]

Just a photo I took this morning. I modified the cars colour to compliment the wall.

[fpellerin]

Here's another bug from the weekend that I processed today. Two "oopsies" on this one: 1- Blew some highlights on the Lilac blooms and 2- Should have stopped-down the lens a bit for more DOF.

Shot info: Nikon D50, Sigma 70-300 APO DG Macro @300mm, ISO 200, Exp.Comp. at -0.3EV, 1/640sec. at f5.6.

(Used CaptureNX to PP the shot...my other laptop in in the shop for repairs so I don't have Photoshop for the moment. I have to say I don't like NX at all!!!)

[DannyRaphael]

Crafted this for a new mom (and dad) from pix I took at church Sunday.

Hard to believe my kids were ever that little. Time sure flies...

[DannyRaphael]

Speaking of kids, the attached examples are of my (too) soon to be 11 daughter. She's such a cooperative subject. This is her "Dad, I can't believe you're taking another picture" look.

Anyway, I used this shot to test a Photoshop action I was working on today.

The action allows me to create this "three image layout" based on a single image of any size / dimension image, regardless of its resolution. The result an image consisting of individual layers, so further manipulation is possible -- including swapping in different pictures, applying different layer styles, converting one to black and white, etc.

While these examples aren't all that innovative layout-wise, the fact that each was created in less than 20-seconds is what pleased me.

I'll continue to hack at this action. If I can get a few more kinks worked out I will post it at www.atncentral.com.

[CJ Swartz]

Danny, this photo of your daughter will be a treasure in your collection when you no longer remember the PS action you were working on while photographing her -- lovely image of a lovely girl.

[palms1]

Originally Posted by DannyRaphael

Crafted this for a new mom (and dad) from pix I took at church Sunday.

Hard to believe my kids were ever that little. Time sure flies...

Very nice photo's and great way of presenting, I would like to bet the mother and family are well pleased

Palms

[saby]

Hi there,

This will be a poster of the National Theather of Pécs, started yeserday morning 6x7' slide scanned and there was a Carte 'Dor pitch at lower right and now FINISHED!!!

can't show the start because i've overwrited yesterday

saby

[fpellerin]

Nice work Saby!

[saby]

Thanks Frank,

actually it could' ve been easier rolling around, but here we don't like easier way :-(

saby

[mellyelli]

Hi there,
I am new to both photography and photoshop, so please keep that in mind when viewing!
This is an old abandoned barn on my road. Just realized it's kinda pretty.

[CJ Swartz]

Mellyelli, looks like a photo that I would like to see -- Bigger. You are having the same problem many of us did when we first started posting here -- getting the photo to be the right size -- big enough to really see and small enough to be accepted by the uploader. Don't worry about it -- we all went thru it the first time we posted on a forum. Take a look at the instructions in this thread --
http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/ima...ed-images.html

Since you're new to Photoshop, you may need some help to figure out the directions -- just ask and help will be offered by many members (who remember when they needed an assist.)

You can upload the larger version of your photo to your original post or you can just make a new post.

[mellyelli]

Thank-you CJ. Lets try that again.

[mellyelli]

Just practice......another from same shoot

[bills]

Hi Folks

I love watching this thread, getting to see everyone's current work. Some cool stuff.
Here is a dancer.

Bill

[palms1]

Originally Posted by bills

Hi Folks

I love watching this thread, getting to see everyone's current work. Some cool stuff.
Here is a dancer.

Bill

WOW wow and wow

[pellepiano]

Another wow, wow and wooow!

[Janet Petty]

Originally Posted by bills

Hi Folks

I love watching this thread, getting to see everyone's current work. Some cool stuff.
Here is a dancer.

Bill

WOW just doesn't do it. Stupendous!!!

Janet

[Mike Hoffman]

I found this guy last Saturday fishing under the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Tampa Bay. I had a great time watching him juggle the crab - took him several minutes to get it down, and I got quite a few photos! Enjoy...

[CJ Swartz]

Nice capture of action, Mike! Glad you found a good subject and stayed around to see what he/she would do - sure worthwhile!