Silke Workshop Photos Given

Fire Ball (38)
Silke

(23588)

a wider view

(23588) [2008-08-20 07:53:43]

this image shows more of the ride, especially for Kevin (kross1).
Another, better view of the whole ride will be posted later this week :)

Netherlands

Title: Young woman farmerCanon EOS 350 D

Young woman farmer (16)
jawa

(12003)

sepia

(23588) [2008-08-13 05:44:00] [1]

Another way to eliminate the distractions of the boys in the background is to convert the image to sepia so that the colours clash less. Here I burned in the boys just a little and then desaturated, increased the contrast and added a sepia filter at 98% density

Title: A Simple Historical ChurchNikon D-70s

A Simple Historical Church (62)
Silke

(23588)

unframed

(23588) [2008-08-09 05:17:56]

Here's how it looks without the frame

Jackie (18)
dareco

(15143)

replace background

(23588) [2008-08-08 09:46:32] [3]

Hi Karen
I simply erased all the background and created a new layer into which I pasted a Duerer print with colours that compliment her complexion a little more. this is only a very rough and VERY hasty WS, but I thought it would help you see how backgrounds affect the image.

United Kingdom

Old Times and New (58)
Silke

(23588)

the uncloned version

(23588) [2008-08-01 06:00:04]

Just so you can see what CAN be done to remove unsightly material, here is the original :)

Title: Tulip in Glass (Warm Abstract)Nikon D-70s

Tulip in Glass (Warm Abstract) (58)
Silke

(23588)

Original with colour saturation only

(23588) [2008-07-31 05:09:45]

This is the version with just the colours and hues adjusted

United Kingdom

Are there any fish? (14)
jean11-3

(4623)

colour saturation

(23588) [2008-07-26 09:16:34] [3]

Grasses and trees tend to be more yellow than green, even though our mind's eye wants them to be green. So - in order to make the capture fit with *my* mind's eye:
I opened up the image in Photoshop CS 2 and opened the colour saturation pallet.
I selected yellow and moved the "hue" slider slightly to the right, which made the greens more intense and then increased the colour saturation of green alone by 15%.
I also increased the colour saturation of red by 25% so that the few red flowers are a bit more visible.
Finally I added a very narrow black frame at top and bottom, 25% thicker at the bottom than the top.
The colour saturation alone would have been enough to make the image pop, as you can see if you cover up the framing. The bit of framing simply helps separate the image from the blue BG on TrekLens

Time Lapse (20)
RSK

(7054)

Hue & Saturation

(23588) [2008-07-17 12:38:12] [1]

This is only a quick fix, Ronald - so it is NOT perfect.
What I did was to select just the frame area and adjust both the hue and the saturation to try for a rustier look. What do you think?
I don't know what software you use, but another way to do this would be to apply a green filter with minimal luminosity just to the frame.

India

Good bye my Dear (41)
Arindam_1984

(245)

clone

(23588) [2008-07-16 05:19:36] [4]

This is a fairly simple correction - using photoshop, I simply sampled the clouds close to the wire and painted over the wire. the best way to do this is to sample many times so that you can imitate the texture of the clouds and not get a repeating pattern that shows that you have indeed sampled from another part of the image.
I hope you like the result
TFS
Silke

United States

Title: Hello, I am just dropping in ....panasonicDMC TZ3

Hello, I am just dropping in .... (8)
jvachon

(3422)

Hue, shadows/highlights

(23588) [2008-07-08 07:50:34] [4]

HI Joni
What I did in Photoshop was simply to open Image > Adjustments > Colour Saturation and then just the Cyan and move the Hue slider to the left to cool down the cyan to a more blue tint (about 10%). Then, in Image > Adjustments > Shadow/Highlight, I adjusted the shadows by 5% and the highlights by 12% so that you can see a little more detail in the shadowed area of the balloon
Thanks For Sharing and I hope you like the result.
Silke