Forums: Out Of The Box, In Camera Techniques and Post Processing Techniques

This is my first Frac image that turned out like I wanted out of several I tried it on so that made me happy! He was posed for takeoff and had a...

A composite posted in Cityscapes etc. etc. Robert suggested I post here also. So here it is. An abandon church with a grave site behind it. Most...

I added Topaz Simplify to this Sanderling. It's walking uphill . I added some saturation to enhance the image.

Since posting my giraffe collage, I've tried countless base images trying to find a technique to pick a subject which will work. This is the closest...

Please correct my ID if need be - my shorebird skills are poor. This was taken at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. I used an Orton effect,...

Canon 7D, Sigma 150, f8, 1/250, HH, nearly FF. The original, nearly unmolested image is displayed in the Macro forum. PP: selected the flower,...

The sunset was really that color. Amazing. I just wish there were a few more birds flying. This was the largest flight. At Anahuac NWR, Canon...

Finally got a moment to sit down and upload a shot. This came from the large pond at Longwood Gardens. Shot with an IR converted 20D and 100-400mm...

This is an older photo but I always liked it and others in the series. I hope the head angle is correct ;) I used Pixel Bender and Topaz adjust and...

Also captured at Bosque. :) I loved the November light.

I created this one from a 1/15 sec. original blur using Fractalious Sketch B W O1 with a few tweaks. You can see the original and learn how being...

Wedge Pond, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, August 2010 The loon came over to investigate me early one misty morning. The ripples he made were...

I added the FP Swerve filter to this. It was originally an in-camera blur. I was trying to make it appear more like an abstract.

I'm not sure this will appeal to anyone. I've been out a couple of times with the IR camera - hope to practice a lot more next week while I'm on...

Following the coffeecups, these are 3 small 'tefal' coated pots stacked on top of eachother. Sprayed with a bit of water and lit with just a red...

Sorry for my absence, but life is still in the way of fun. Took a break to see what visions I could find and this is the results. This image, of a...

A backlit opportunity Sony a800, 70-400mm 1/2500, f5.6, ISO320 Added sepia filter in PS Thanks for looking Connie

Hopefully this looks like a watercolor using bold colors. I first duped the layer and used Pixel Bender and masked back the eyes and bills. then I...

Snow geese and sandhill cranes captured at one of the ponds outside the reserve. The treatment was with DAP using the "realism" preset with some...

I just got the Fractalius plugin, which I do not even know how to pronounce :p I have limited photoshop skills, but I am trying to learn. I think...

I learned this technique from Arthur Morris. He first showed it to me in Florida and I was fascinated by the results. He advised the following: set...

I used Topaz Adjust, Medium Sketch on this little guy. Thanks for looking. C&C welcome:)

Canon 7D, 150 Sigma f2.8, ISO 100, f22, .4s, tripod, FF. PP: removed another flower from upper right and output sharpened. So little PP that I'm...

Here are the winners for this week. A slow week, but all the entries were terrific! :) First place - "Split Rock Lighthouse...

Don posted a very nice, bold blur image, thought I'd go with one of softer quality. This is a technique I have never used, so I hope to get Denise's...

Started with a wild rose, squared image, applied polar coordinates and found a butterfly :) . Image blended with frac layer. All C&C welcome.

I thought I will try something different with fract... this is an image I had taken last year while driving through Klamath Basin. These geese were...

Okay, after Roam's workshop, and watching Connie , decided it was time to jump in and "Get Some Out Of The Box".:2eyes2: Even the serious guy can...

The dawn "flyout" at Bosque del Apache NWR is something that you must experience to believe. This is from last November when I visited there. I...

This is a picture of a tern that caught a pipe fish had Nickerson beach in Long Island while I was at Artie's IPT. In Photoshop, I ran Topaz simplify.

I used a program by Flaming Pear called Twist. I liked the unusual look. You can download a free trial from the link below. The company has many...

I made the photo in January when nearly the whole large lake created by the Stennis dam on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway here froze over. The...

Hi all. Sorry I haven't been around much. Work schedule turned beastly. I have been popping in and seeing all the wonderful creations though. I...

I've missed the whole week but I did have time to work on one (2 - I'll post it tomorrow) images for this week's theme. This is a zinnia from my...

I took this image at Jamaica Bay. I am always trying to find something different or special that catches my eye. I loved the way this Mute Swan was...

I photographed this iris this past spring. I used a slightly different technique than my norm for this image. I applied one of my textures three...

Hand holding the 400 DO at 1/8 sec. assured a nice degree of blurring as it is impossible to make a sharp image with that set-up hand held :) ...

The starting image and usual stats are shown here - http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php?70881-Just-another-rose After reading...

Another of my lotus pads with Topaz and Pixel Bender.

I used a program to do multiple flips to this image. I first ran the fractalius filter on this. I think this may need a slight rotation.(whoops)

Here is a Barn Swallow... i used fract filter then changed the opacity of the upper layer, added a layer mask and painted with different blacks to...

Spinning moth. I think it's a hummingbird moth. 3 textures applied, all blue tones and one with a "star field" look.

Canon 7D, Sigma 150, f11, 1/25, tripod, FF, no flash. Original photo taken at Roman and Denise's workshop at Longwood. PP: Ctrl-J, rasterized,...

I photographed this frog in the very dim light of the Costa Rican rain forest. I added dry brush texture and I belive this improved his looks:). ...

This is my first time photographing this species. I like the juxtaposition of the two and the overcast/drizzly day added to this look. I added a...

Here's a rose image that I recently processed with some of my textures. I applied two textures over the whole image using soft light blending mode. I...

Started with a wild rose (offset slightly to bend your mind a little :)) and added 2 texture layers and masks for BG color and leaf "veins" @ various...

This image of the bad hair egret was previously posted during another theme week. I resurrected it, for this week's theme to improve it's pride, to...

No macro :confused: on this hike in the rockies so... Big crop and rotation. Somewhat different view as it completely covers the flower it sits on....

Canon 7D, 400 DO with tubes, f6.3, 1/1000, ISO 1600, monopod, cropped from horizontal. Reduced noise and blurred background, sharpened butterfly,...

I played around with this image in Topaz Adjust, using one of the drawing filters. Then transferred the image to Photoshop, from there I worked with...

Here's a new barn image that I've been working on the last few days. I converted the image to B&W and added a sepia tint using hue/saturation. The...

40D. 400f5.6L at f/5.6. in-camera. This one inspired by the cactus silhouette in Artie's recent blog entry. He calls this technique '11am...

This is one of my favorites of the lotus pads I've been working on. Pixel Bender and Topaz Adjust.

This BCNH is glowing! Fractalius of course, then some layer masking and adjustment layers. :)

It seems in Barrow,Ak I was always looking at the backside of action, but hey that was fine. This Steller's Eider had finished preening and moving...

Here are the winners for this week. First place - "Turks Head Iris...

I normally do not go to the kitchen, other than getting a beer :cheers:. Not really, but that was just the opening line. The reason for going to...

This image of a Hibiscus is slightly modified. ;) Modifications in CS4 included; Topaz Simplify; Topaz Detail; Topaz Adjust, Shadow & Highlight...

Sony A700~Sony70-400G@400mm~ISO640~1/500sec~F8~Hand Held~~Houston,Texas~CS4~Redfield Fractalius comments and critique welcomed. regards~Bil ...

I've been photographing lotus lily pads and blossoms at the Waterway. I made some late in the day when I went out for sunsets and a few nights ago I...