Page 2 of 5 FirstFirst 1234 ... LastLast
Results 11 to 20 of 48

Photo assignment - June 08 - The neighbourhood

This is a discussion on Photo assignment - June 08 - The neighbourhood within the Photo assignments forums, part of the Photography & Fine art photography category; Woops sorry Kiley, I thought A.L. had the surgery - hope you are feeling better. I like the way the ...

  1. #11
    Marko's Avatar
    Marko is offline Administrator
    Join Date
    May 2005
    Location
    Montreal, QC. Canada
    Posts
    14,870
    My Photos
    Please do NOT edit my photos
    Critiques
    Critique my photos anywhere in the forum

    Default

    Woops sorry Kiley, I thought A.L. had the surgery - hope you are feeling better.

    I like the way the plant looks like a heart. A bit of cropping here might help the shot. What is the background, is it the sky?
    - Please connect with me further
    Photo tours of Montreal - Private photography courses
    - Join the new Photography.ca Facebook page
    - Follow me on Twitter http://twitter.com/markokulik
    - Follow me on Google+ https://plus.google.com/u/0/111159185852360398018/posts
    - Check out the photography podcast


    "You have to milk the cow quite a lot, and get plenty of milk to get a little cheese." Henri Cartier-Bresson from The Decisive Moment.

  2. #12
    kiley9806 is offline Senior Member
    Join Date
    Feb 2008
    Location
    AB Canada
    Posts
    731
    My Photos
    Please do NOT edit my photos

    Default

    thanks marko - im feeling much better the past couple days.
    the picture is of a tree branch, that i actually turned 90 degrees, so it would look more like a heart. it went out to the side originally. the background is the sky. i had to edit some other leaves & flowers out of the one side, by cloning the sky, to make it look more cleanly like a heart. how would you suggest cropping it? i have about 3 other shots like this, that are untouched, that i could play around with more...

  3. #13
    Marko's Avatar
    Marko is offline Administrator
    Join Date
    May 2005
    Location
    Montreal, QC. Canada
    Posts
    14,870
    My Photos
    Please do NOT edit my photos
    Critiques
    Critique my photos anywhere in the forum

    Default

    the picture is of a tree branch, that i actually turned 90 degrees, so it would look more like a heart. it went out to the side originally. the background is the sky. i had to edit some other leaves & flowers out of the one side, by cloning the sky, to make it look more cleanly like a heart. how would you suggest cropping it? i have about 3 other shots like this, that are untouched, that i could play around with more...
    I would take a fair amount off the top since it just looks like blank space.

    Just so you know, I thought you may have brought this inside and shot it against a blue wall - I think if you try this again, try and get some clouds in the background which will make the shot even more interesting.

    Hope that helps,

    Marko
    - Please connect with me further
    Photo tours of Montreal - Private photography courses
    - Join the new Photography.ca Facebook page
    - Follow me on Twitter http://twitter.com/markokulik
    - Follow me on Google+ https://plus.google.com/u/0/111159185852360398018/posts
    - Check out the photography podcast


    "You have to milk the cow quite a lot, and get plenty of milk to get a little cheese." Henri Cartier-Bresson from The Decisive Moment.

  4. #14
    tegan is offline Senior Member
    Join Date
    Jan 2007
    Location
    Canada
    Posts
    948

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by marko
    I would take a fair amount off the top since it just looks like blank space.

    Just so you know, I thought you may have brought this inside and shot it against a blue wall - I think if you try this again, try and get some clouds in the background which will make the shot even more interesting.

    Hope that helps,

    Marko
    Or, of course, you could always add the sky in later in Photoshop or a similar program and cropping should be done with care, since nothing should be too close to the frame.

    Tegan

  5. #15
    tegan is offline Senior Member
    Join Date
    Jan 2007
    Location
    Canada
    Posts
    948

    Default Estate

    This is from the side of my backyard. Interesting flowering tree.

    Tegan


  6. #16
    kiley9806 is offline Senior Member
    Join Date
    Feb 2008
    Location
    AB Canada
    Posts
    731
    My Photos
    Please do NOT edit my photos

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by marko
    I would take a fair amount off the top since it just looks like blank space.

    Just so you know, I thought you may have brought this inside and shot it against a blue wall - I think if you try this again, try and get some clouds in the background which will make the shot even more interesting.
    i guess the blank blue background does make it a little simple, but sometimes simplicity is a good thing, right? if i took the top portion down a bit, would that help for the lack of clouds? i think the sunlight on the petals & leaves makes it look outdoors-y, but i can see how you may think it was taken against a blue wall. thanks for the input!

    Quote Originally Posted by tegan
    Or, of course, you could always add the sky in later in Photoshop or a similar program and cropping should be done with care, since nothing should be too close to the frame.
    I only have Paintshop Pro 9 - do you know, is there a way of doing this on that program? I've never tried to add something from another photo or source before - any advice on steps or technique? Basic & simple, since I'd be totally new to it... and if I'm adding in white clouds, how would I be able to keep the white petals clearly? Since I'd probably not crop it then, and add the clouds into the top & some behind the branches.
    Thanks!

  7. #17
    kiley9806 is offline Senior Member
    Join Date
    Feb 2008
    Location
    AB Canada
    Posts
    731
    My Photos
    Please do NOT edit my photos

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by tegan
    This is from the side of my backyard. Interesting flowering tree.
    very interesting tree - you must live where its humid?

  8. #18
    tegan is offline Senior Member
    Join Date
    Jan 2007
    Location
    Canada
    Posts
    948

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by kiley9806
    I only have Paintshop Pro 9 - do you know, is there a way of doing this on that program? I've never tried to add something from another photo or source before - any advice on steps or technique? Basic & simple, since I'd be totally new to it... and if I'm adding in white clouds, how would I be able to keep the white petals clearly? Since I'd probably not crop it then, and add the clouds into the top & some behind the branches.
    Thanks!
    Load up your sky image and your flower image on the same screen in the program. On your sky image use freehand select to outline the approximate amount of sky and clouds that you will need in the flower shot. Chose copy selection in the pulldown menu. Click on your flower image and using freehand select outline the sky. Go back to the edit menu and chose PASTE INTO (or it might say paste into selection) The sky selection from one photo will then be pasted into the sky of the flower photo.

    Tegan
    Last edited by tegan; 06-04-2008 at 03:55 PM.

  9. #19
    tegan is offline Senior Member
    Join Date
    Jan 2007
    Location
    Canada
    Posts
    948

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by kiley9806
    very interesting tree - you must live where its humid?
    I live where the weather is constantly interesting. I have been in a hurricane, tornado, draught, extreme fog, ice storms, caterpillar plague, grasshoppers, and humidity equal to 40 degrees Celcius forecast as coming soon.

    Tegan

  10. #20
    kiley9806 is offline Senior Member
    Join Date
    Feb 2008
    Location
    AB Canada
    Posts
    731
    My Photos
    Please do NOT edit my photos

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by tegan
    I live where the weather is constantly interesting. I have been in a hurricane, tornado, draught, extreme fog, ice storms, caterpillar plague, grasshoppers, and humidity equal to 40 degrees Celcius forecast as coming soon.

    Tegan
    canada, eh

Page 2 of 5 FirstFirst 1234 ... LastLast

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36