Week 10 Edits

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1. Edited Purple Flower: see previous post for image details
2. Edited Rose Bud: see previous post for image details

For my edits to shot 1, I first used the Super Sharpening tutorial in our Custom Images books to define the edges the flowers. I put the Amount of the Unsharpen filter at 200, the Radius at 4 and the Threshold at 0. I masked out the effect one the leaves and background to add contrast. Then I added a double fade border.

For shot 2, I added levels and saturation adjustment layers to increase the colors of the rose bud. Then I added a burned border with two copies of the image and the multiply blending mode.

Week 10

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1. Purple Flowers: 7/3/09; 2 p.m.; Rexburg; f 2.8; 1/125; Sony CDMavica; Macro
2. Rose Bud: 7/3/09; 2 p.m.; Rexburg; f 2.8; 1/320; Sony CDMavica; Macro
3. Blue Flower: 6/11/09; 2 p.m.; Rexburg; f 2.8; 1/320; Sony CDMavica; Macro

My family had tickets to the Idaho Falls fireworks this week, and I hoped to get some great fireworks shots, but my camera is just not that great. I took some macro shots of flowers earlier, though, which turned out all right, so I decided to post them.

The lighting wasn't fantastic the afternoon I took these, but I made some adjustments and added borders. Check out the next post for my edits.

Water

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1. BYU–I Gardens Falls: 6/11/09; 1 p.m.; Rexburg; f 8.0; 1/10; Sony CDMavica; Shutter Speed Priority
2. Sparkling Water: 6/24/09; 4:30 p.m.; Rexburg; f 5.0; 1/1,000; Sony CDMavica; Shutter Speed Priority
3. Stream: 6/24/09; 1 p.m.; Rexburg; f 5.6; 1/1,000; Sony CDMavica; Shutter Speed Priority

I took the first shot in the BYU–Idaho gardens the day we went as a class. To blur the water, I set the shutter speed to 1/10 and steadied the camera against a rock. I adjusted the levels slightly in Photoshop, but because it was a cloudy day I was able to get this effect without much trouble.

I took shot 2 by the stream in my parents' backyard. It was too bright outside to blur the water, so I set the shutter speed to 1/1,000 to freeze it. I didn't notice the spots of light as I was taking the photo, but I decided I liked them. I also took shot 3 by the same stream using a 1/1,000 shutter speed.

Posters

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1. Final Bridge Poster
2. Bridge1: 6/23/09; 10:30 a.m.; Rexburg; 3.5; 1/1000; Sony CDMavica
3. Bridge2: 6/23/09; 10:30 a.m.; Rexburg; 3.5; 1/500; Sony CDMavica; -1 Exposure Compensation

I originally took this picture in the BYU–Idaho gardens the week we went as a class. It was rainy that day, but I loved the composition, so I went back and tried it again when the flowers were blooming and the light was better. I took three shots using Auot Exposure Bracketing. I decided to combine just two of those using Dynamic Photo. I used a vignette filter and added a Levels Adjustment Layer in Photoshop.

I will be framing an 18x24 version of this.



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1. Final Sarah Poster
2. Original Sarah: 6-2-09; 4 p.m.; Rexburg; f 2.2; 1/125; Sony CDMavica

You've all seen this before in my portrait post. The only changes I made were to the styles and sizes of the fonts in the lower right corner. I tried incorporating greens and blues into the gradient to match Sarah's room, but I didn't like any of them as well as the pink.

I plan to frame an 18x24 version of this and give it to my sister.

Photomerge

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1. Evening- see previous post for photo information

I used the Photomerge tool in Photoshop to combine the three evening pictures in the the previous post. To I used a levels Layer Mask to enhance the color of the sky and make the lower portion of the photo a silhouette. You can see the spire of the temple on the right side of the photo and the water tower on the left.


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1. Daytime- see previous post for photo information

I also used the Photomerge tool on the three daytime shots to make this panoramic. It's not my favorite, but I had a lot of fun taking these shots, and I was amazed by how well this Photoshop tool works.

Panoramics

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1. Evening 1: 6/16/09; 8:40 p.m.; Rexburg; f 8.0; 1/800; Sony CDMavica; Tripod (of sorts)
2. Evening 1: 6/16/09; 8:40 p.m.; Rexburg; f 8.0; 1/500; Sony CDMavica; Tripod
3. Evening 1: 6/16/09; 8:40 p.m.; Rexburg; f 8.0; 1/800; Sony CDMavica; Tripod

I took these three shots from the back deck of my parents' house right before sunset. I didn't have a tripod, so I put the camera on the railing of the deck and rotated it slightly for each shot. I actually found the railing easier to work with than the tripod.

The pictures don't look amazing on their own, but I used the Photomerge tool and ended up with a decent shot. You can see the panoramic in my next post.


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1. Daytime 1: 6/17/09; 11:30 a.m.; Rexburg; f 8.0; 1/1,000; Sony CDMavica; Tripod
2. Daytime 2: 6/17/09; 11:30 a.m.; Rexburg; f 8.0; 1/1,000; Sony CDMavica; Tripod
3. Daytime 2: 6/17/09; 11:30 a.m.; Rexburg; f 8.0; 1/1,000; Sony CDMavical Tripod

I took these three shots from my parents' backyard as well. I used a tripod and rotated my camera slightly with each shot, so I could combined them with the Photomerge tool. The panoramic version of these pictures is fine, but I like the panoramic of the evening shots better. Check them both out in my next post.