Rotala hippuris and Bacopa sp. 'Araguaia'

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 10:45 pm

Bacopa sp. 'Araguaia'

Rotala hippuris

Jamie G · Post by **Jamie G** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 1:24 pm

good stuff

Post by **krisw** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 1:34 pm

Both plants look great: healthy and in-focus! I can, however, notice that you did a lot of photoshop work on the background, especially on the second picture. I suspect you have the brightness set fairly low on your monitor. On mine, I can see all of the brush strokes of black, verses grey in the background. That said, I'm not sure how I'd approach cleaning up the picture with a fine leaved plant because there's just too many edges to worry about. Any photoshop pro's know?

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 2:05 pm

Yeah, I was wondering if the brushstrokes were noticeable. I did my best with the setup I have.

Ghazanfar Ghori · Post by **Ghazanfar Ghori** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 9:43 am

There are a few different Photoshop techniques on how to darken
the background and remove imperfections to make the subject
stand out more. Hm. Maybe at one of the future meetings?

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 10:35 am

Ghazanfar Ghori wrote:There are a few different Photoshop techniques on how to darken
the background and remove imperfections to make the subject
stand out more. Hm. Maybe at one of the future meetings?

That would be a great talk. Kris, Jeff and I just went to the one at the CCA meeting and I already learned a lot, but they kinda ran out of time before getting to much photoshop stuff. All in all it was a great workshop though.

Cristy Keister · Post by **Cristy Keister** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 1:42 pm

I've been using Photoshop for several years and could probably show you a few new tricks. I don't know how I would do at an organized talk, but I'd be happy to sit down with you and show you how I would work on a photo.

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 2:52 pm

Yeah, I'd love that sometime. I was thinking of getting Photoshop Elements 5.0

Is that what everyone else is using? I can get it cheap at UMBC with my student discount.

Post by **krisw** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 2:58 pm

I think most "pro's" use Photoshop CS2, but I believe the latest version of Elements will have most of the basic stuff you need. I use a copy of Photoshop 7 that my work purchased me. It's missing some of the CS2 stuff, but still does a lot. I think the GIMP has most of what you need to do, but the biggest difference is the ease in doing it in photoshop. I've tried GIMP a number of times, and just don't like the interface.

Ghazanfar Ghori · Post by **Ghazanfar Ghori** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 3:09 pm

CS2 baby!

Rotala hippuris and Bacopa sp. 'Araguaia'

Rotala hippuris and Bacopa sp. 'Araguaia'

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