by Sherri on October 7, 2009
View of Utica Reservoir in Alpine County, CA at sunrise, from inside our tent.
Fall has arrived. That said, I will be wrapping up my summer series on Utica Reservoir soon. Then, my focus will be on Fall images.
This photo was shot from inside our tent at 5:30 in the morning. I didn't feel like messing with the tripod, so I shot this at ISO 3200. My camera (Nikon D300) does very well at the higher ISO's. I can also reduce the digital noise using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. Even so, I couldn't reduce the noise enough for my liking.
So, what did I do?
I took this image into Photoshop CS3 and applied "Cutout," one of my favorite artistic filters. It did exactly what I hoped it would. It covered up all the noise and rendered an image that was pleasing to the eye.
I hope you like it!
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by Sherri on June 22, 2009
Photo #1 - Kayaking on the South Fork of the American River, near Coloma, California.
Today's makeover is just for fun. This photo probably wouldn't cut it for publication, but we don't have to be serious all the time do we?
Every since I started using Lightroom 2, I haven't done much with PhotoShop CS3. I used to love playing around with the filters and the distort filter Spherize was one of my favorites.
Photo #2 - This is what the photo looked like straight out of the camera.
(Lightroom)
- Created a Virtual Copy.
- Set White Balance to daylight.
- Used the Nikon D300 preset.
- Increased the Highlight Recovery to tone down the hot spots.
- Increased the Luminance Smoothing to reduce the unwanted noise.
The Makeover - (PhotoShop CS3)
I used the distort filter Spherize. What I like about this filter is that it brings the subject in closer. It also kind of looks like the photo has a frame around it.
I hope you enjoyed this "Monday's Makeover." Opinions are always welcome!
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by Sherri on June 15, 2009
Photo #1 - Paragliding in the Sierra Foothills.
Photo #2 - Paragliding in the Sierra Foothills.
Sometimes I have a hard time tossing out a photo just because it's out of focus. This photo is one of those photos. What I like to do when this happens is to apply my favorite artistic filter in PhotoShop CS3 "Poster Edges."
Photo # 1 - In Lightroom 2, I set the White Balance to daylight and applied the Nikon D300 preset. Then, in PhotoShop CS3, I turned this out of focus photo into a digital art photo, by applying the "Poster Edges" filter.
Photo #2 - This is the way the NEF looked straight out of the camera.
Does this work for you? I'd love to hear your comments.
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