https://www.fotofriends.net/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 19:21:28 +0000 MyBB https://www.fotofriends.net/showthread.php?tid=1007 Thu, 21 Nov 2024 12:10:04 +0000 Dave]]> https://www.fotofriends.net/showthread.php?tid=1007
I'll add more photos from that nearly 3 hour walk and try to arrange them in chronological order.]]>
I'll add more photos from that nearly 3 hour walk and try to arrange them in chronological order.]]> https://www.fotofriends.net/showthread.php?tid=695 Fri, 01 Sep 2023 02:05:08 +0000 Dave]]> https://www.fotofriends.net/showthread.php?tid=695 Flamenco!


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Some of you may remember seeing this image before; I'll repeat that it is NOT A PHOTO. It's a computer-generated image courtesy of one of the fractal generating applications I used to have followed by some work in Photoshop.

I chose the colors then began randomly tested different individual transformations until I got one that looked like it had potential. A few tweaks here and there and I had an image ready for processing in Photoshop, where I cropped and resized, and played with color intensity and values in some areas.]]> Flamenco!


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Some of you may remember seeing this image before; I'll repeat that it is NOT A PHOTO. It's a computer-generated image courtesy of one of the fractal generating applications I used to have followed by some work in Photoshop.

I chose the colors then began randomly tested different individual transformations until I got one that looked like it had potential. A few tweaks here and there and I had an image ready for processing in Photoshop, where I cropped and resized, and played with color intensity and values in some areas.]]> https://www.fotofriends.net/showthread.php?tid=694 Fri, 01 Sep 2023 02:02:38 +0000 Dave]]> https://www.fotofriends.net/showthread.php?tid=694
1) It's the first one of my photos that won an award (3rd place at my art league's large annual members show) and that got me thinking I might have some talent as a photographer.

2) The judge of the show went out of her way to help everyone; she took the time to write several comments, both positive and gently critical, on a 3 x 5 card and attached it to the back of every photo, painting, drawing, sculpture, etc. in the show - and there were over 100 items. I never again had a judge be that helpful.

Of this photo the judge noted that it was all about circles and arcs, and observed that the colors needed some correction (which I think I did OK in this reprocessing)...


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C&C is always welcome.]]>
1) It's the first one of my photos that won an award (3rd place at my art league's large annual members show) and that got me thinking I might have some talent as a photographer.

2) The judge of the show went out of her way to help everyone; she took the time to write several comments, both positive and gently critical, on a 3 x 5 card and attached it to the back of every photo, painting, drawing, sculpture, etc. in the show - and there were over 100 items. I never again had a judge be that helpful.

Of this photo the judge noted that it was all about circles and arcs, and observed that the colors needed some correction (which I think I did OK in this reprocessing)...


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C&C is always welcome.]]> https://www.fotofriends.net/showthread.php?tid=693 Fri, 01 Sep 2023 02:01:20 +0000 Dave]]> https://www.fotofriends.net/showthread.php?tid=693
But it was fun, and sometimes the sunset over the Pacific was gorgeous. I really liked the reds in this favorite; also thought about cloning out the vapor trail of an airliner but decided to leave it...


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But it was fun, and sometimes the sunset over the Pacific was gorgeous. I really liked the reds in this favorite; also thought about cloning out the vapor trail of an airliner but decided to leave it...


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I was standing on a footbridge at the Bolsa Chica Wetlands Ecological Preserve, looking due north. A short but heavy storm had just ended and was moving away rapidly. The original full color shot was pretty good, but this high contrast B&W conversion was much better...


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C&C is always welcome.]]>
I was standing on a footbridge at the Bolsa Chica Wetlands Ecological Preserve, looking due north. A short but heavy storm had just ended and was moving away rapidly. The original full color shot was pretty good, but this high contrast B&W conversion was much better...


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C&C is always welcome.]]> https://www.fotofriends.net/showthread.php?tid=691 Fri, 01 Sep 2023 01:52:57 +0000 Dave]]> https://www.fotofriends.net/showthread.php?tid=691

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I retrieved the oldest version I could find and completely reprocessed it (new and better adjustments than I knew back then, and in this case a new crop) with twin goals of keeping the file size as small as possible and achieving the best quality image I could.

I am not a patient person by nature, but my times shooting at Bolsa Chica taught me the patience needed to ever so slowly get quite close to the birds. For this photo I think I got to within 3 or 4 feet from the egret.

C&C is always welcome.]]>

  SE-profile-C_c03-mr01-m03_900w-72.jpg (Size: 127.71 KB / Downloads: 15)

I retrieved the oldest version I could find and completely reprocessed it (new and better adjustments than I knew back then, and in this case a new crop) with twin goals of keeping the file size as small as possible and achieving the best quality image I could.

I am not a patient person by nature, but my times shooting at Bolsa Chica taught me the patience needed to ever so slowly get quite close to the birds. For this photo I think I got to within 3 or 4 feet from the egret.

C&C is always welcome.]]> https://www.fotofriends.net/showthread.php?tid=690 Fri, 01 Sep 2023 01:51:46 +0000 Dave]]> https://www.fotofriends.net/showthread.php?tid=690