Photographed TODAY (or Processed today)

[CJ Swartz]

What did you photograph today? What did you develop/process in your digital editing software today?

Post it here with a bit of a description so we can all share in your fun.


The African Daisies in my front yard (with one or two Poppies and another wildflower (planted) I'm not sure about)have been blooming for over a week, so I thought I'd better photograph them before they're gone. I sharpened the image, cropped out some of the background, cloned out some buds and yucca leaves intruding on the subjects, brightened some shaded petals. Tried to shoot between gusts of wind...

[skydog]

Its time for softball...softball tournament....

[Tom K]

Skydog;
Super shot - to stop the ball and bat at the perfect time, nice conversion
to a 'painted image' also.. looks great. Tom

[smak]

Photographed these guys at the University of Florida lake today and then cropped and sized to fit 100K. I've only had a camera for two weeks, but been using PS for a while.

[CJ Swartz]

Originally Posted by smak

Photographed these guys at the University of Florida lake today ... I've only had a camera for two weeks,...

Whoa! Was this before or after the alligator ate lunch?
Is this actually the first time you've used a camera (during the last two weeks), or the first time in a long time? I'm guessing that you're using a digital camera, and wondering what fun I would have had if I'd started with digital instead of ruining all that film...

[smak]

Hi

After learning PS for a few years, I bought a digital camera - a Canon compact. I'm still learning how to use it. Digital is great because I can take about 100 shots to get about 10 that are useable. That's my ratio usually. The camera is both easy to use and then becomes impossibly complex. I think I would be way too impatient and cheap to use film. Anyway, I wish I had bought one years ago.

[DWThomp]

Processed today, shot back in February on a trip to Arizona & Utah. This was shot somewhere on the road to the Paria Ghost town in southern Utah. I wish we had been there in the late afternoon when the light would have been striking the mountain. The color variations were incredible. I took 2 shots, exposing one for the sky & one for the mountain.

Processing was :
Blending the 2 shots
Saturation adjustment layer - a slight boost to a couple of the colors
Curves adjustment layer - added a little contrast
Sharpening
Resize & save for web

[discinque]

Howdy all,

Took this at MY zoo (it's where I keep all my animals.... haha) near where I work. After my divorce I had decided that I was going to hang as many of my own pictures as I dang well wanted (so there! ). Anyway, I've always struggled with picture size - I don't like having to crop a picture so it fits a frame and can't afford custom or specialty frames. Lately I've started changing the canvas size in PS and pulling a color from the picture - but then still printing as 8x10 or whatever.

So, that's what I've done in this picture - just more canvas top and bottom. Does anyone do anything different? Would really love some other ideas.

[joey florio]

>>>>> Does anyone do anything different? Would really love some other ideas.

The photo is great the way it is. Beautiful

[chrishoggy]

I took these today, and did a quick join-up job to make a panoramic view
Shot is from Denby Dale view point, looking towards the Derbyshire boarder

[Godmother]

I did this one today for a client.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/169/4...afc3844c_b.jpg

Let me know

[bills]

I shot this for a client, processed and delivered it today

bill

[Inkjet]

Bills I really like your shot, it's got style.

These are two shots I combined this evening.

The first was of an office building and I selected the windows and created an alpha channel. The other shot was of a sunset which I dragged into the windows image, loaded the selection and created a Mask. I duplicated this andran a zoom blur filter over it (the sunset) and then ran the filter over the mask as well so that it would interact with the building.

Inkjet

[CJ Swartz]

David -- I see no need for any changes, but I'd like to know how long it took you to train them all to give you their total attention and same expression all at the same time? Lovely animals, and nice image!

Originally Posted by chrishoggy

I took these today, and did a quick join-up job to make a panoramic view
Shot is from Denby Dale view point, looking towards the Derbyshire boarder

Such a beautiful capture of a beautiful landscape! I've never tried pano stitching -- sounds hard.

Bills -- image looks great -- small (guess that's smart since it's for a client). I love the lighting on his face and body.

Originally Posted by Inkjet

... I selected the windows and created an alpha channel. The other shot was of a sunset which I dragged into the windows image, loaded the selection and created a Mask. I duplicated this and ran a zoom blur filter over it (the sunset) and then ran the filter over the mask as well so that it would interact with the building.Inkjet

Cool look! Love that glow!

[chrishoggy]

I took this one about 2 hours ago at my daughters riding lesson, then had a quick play around and desaturated the background. It's now printed and up on her wall
Conditions were quite dark and overcast, but I don't think it came out too bad.

[skydog]

chrisshoggy,

great shot

[Inkjet]

I saw this old factory as I was driving along today. I set my white balance and exposure using a Grey Card. I fitted a linear polariser and dialed in as much black sky as I could.

I've increased the contrast a tiny bit, but essentially the this is a shot straight out of my camera.

Inkjet

[Janet Petty]

Inkjet, here is a hearty welcome to RTP!!! I love it when someone jumps in with a great post like this one. As many pictures/snapshots as I take, I've still never figured out how to make the sky that intensely blue in camera without special filters, etc. You did a great job.

Janet

[Steve Conway]

This Brown Pelican posed nicely for me near a tidal marsh on Florida's Gulf coast.

Used PSP to add frame and SA for painterly look.

Steve C.

[geru]

Some very nice photographs here.

I took hundreds of photos while in Myrtle Beach and Charleston South Carolina on a 2 week winter golf vacation. I downloaded them yesterday they are as they came out of the camera with the exception of some blur to the carriage shot.

Not sure why but I like the Bubba Gump shot haven't figured out what to do with it yet though.

Actually the pictures are some of the first taken with a Pentax K110 I got about a month ago.

[CJ Swartz]

Originally Posted by geru

...Not sure why but I like the Bubba Gump shot haven't figured out what to do with it yet though.

Actually the pictures are some of the first taken with a Pentax K110 I got about a month ago.

I find the colors very appealing in the Bubba Gump shot.

[Sweetlight]

Shot this morning in Titusville, Florida as part of an assignment for the state of Florida and part of a grant application I am applying for. I love these birds. (Roseate Spoonbills)
Enjoy,
c

[discinque]

[QUOTE=CJ Swartz]David -- I see no need for any changes, but I'd like to know how long it took you to train them all to give you their total attention and same expression all at the same time? Lovely animals, and nice image!

QUOTE]

I have the weird ability to make dolphin noises by forcing air through my gums/teeth. No idea what I'm saying in dolphinese - but by the looks I get from the animals it is shockingly obscene

[Janet Petty]

Originally Posted by discinque

I have the weird ability to make dolphin noises by forcing air through my gums/teeth. No idea what I'm saying in dolphinese - but by the looks I get from the animals it is shockingly obscene

Is this similar to "talking turkey"?

Janet

[chrishoggy]

Took this last night, and was quite pleased with it

[Cyber Cat]

chrishoggy wow.

george washington bridge

[geru]

Originally Posted by CJ Swartz

I find the colors very appealing in the Bubba Gump shot.

I think that is what draws me to it also.

[chrishoggy]

I shot and processed this today. It's a panoramic view from the top of Solomon's Temple in Buxton, UK.
Mild dialup warning, as it's a 569KB jpg
http://www.chrishoggy.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/pan2.jpg

[Inkjet]

I was out early today and took some photos of the Velodrome here.

I didn't like the sky so I changed it for a closeup of a jet contrail I shot last week.

Hope you like it

[discinque]

This was taken last Friday as I slipped out of work for lunch and went to the zoo. When I first moved to South Texas a couple years ago, I was forever pulling over whenever I'd see a great egret... didn't take TOO long ( ) for me to realize that they're EVERWHERE. This area is a haven for birders - and whenever another rare bird is spoted at someones backyard birdfeeder, the town can expect an influx of $100,000 as birders from around the world flock (ha!) here.

Anyway, in my opinion one of the best places to get pictures of local birds is at the zoo. And this time of year they're all busy building nests. I have a bucket full of pictures of Great Egrets... but I can't seem to stop myself from taking another whenever one is near.

[hey.. I just realized for those people who clone angel wings on kids pictures... that wing might be good for that] -edit