I shot this image a few years ago and almost threw it away. It was a bad exposure, but then I looked at it in the graphic sense and it was my Christmas card for that year. I did some touch up in Photoshop Elements 2 and went from discard to the card.
I especially like the large drop exploding from the lake.
I don't have all the details of the shot, or the process. It was shot with my Canon EOS-1 film camera and the print was scanned on a flatbed. Taking images that are graphic and giving them new life is one of my joys of photography. Combining that with nature is another win.
Hope you enjoy.
My signature image is another Photoshop Elements 2 graphic image, of a toss away. It is not a mirror creation. that is how I shot it. However I just tweeked it until it became viewable.
I have both Ver 2 and 4 and have looked at 7. But personally I do most of my work in Ver 2 as 4 and 7 have too many bells to ring and some of the simple tasks of Ver 2 outdo both of them in my view. Only problem I've found with using Ver 2 is it does not recognize my 2 T external harddrive for saving images, so I have to save to "C" and transfer to the HD. Then I move into Ver 2 and do the work needed and return to "C".
Mark
Last edited by Mark Fuge; 04-14-2009 at 05:41 PM.
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Well first of all Welcome to this forum sounds like you are in the right place, your love for taking graphics and giving them new life combined with your love of nature! Great job on this one I especially like the dramatic water. I like your composition it is well balanced, do wish you would post a larger image for viewing you can upload a max of 200kb at 1024 x800 pixels -there is more info for that here http://www.birdphotographers.net/for...read.php?t=839 Hope that helps- that way everyone can see the details of your work. You'll find in this forum we have just started a THEME based image every week (that is eligible for IOTW)but members wishing to post other things are still welcomed and encouraged!! You can see the sticky at the top of this page for any info on the THEME contest. Any questions you might have feel free to ask!!
I tried it at 1024x800 but it blew the lines out. It was created for a 3"x5" Christmas card so it is big as shown. I didn't do an 8"x10" version yet. Graphics are a sideline for me, but enjoyable when I don't want to throw away an image and find a second life for it. This is one of the best for that alternative.