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Category Archives: Photoshop
Chill Cheetah Texture Blend
Cheetahs are my favourite animal. They always appear so chill and relaxed. This mother was poised on a termite mound, casually scanning the savannah for her next meal. There was some gentle back light, and the background was nice and … Continue reading
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Preening Ostrich Texture Blend Fine Art
I am excited to be preparing for my first fine art exhibition in April. This is pushing me to dig deep into my photo archives and re-process some of my old favourite images from the past. This ostrich image was … Continue reading
Posted in blend modes, image editing, Photoshop, Uncategorized
Tagged photoshop, texture blend
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Zebra Herd Texture Blend
Yesterday I went for an “African Photo Safari’ with two of the 13 year old boys from our dorm. Now, in reality we just walked around the guard trail that encircles our campus. But, it was in Africa, and we … Continue reading
Posted in image editing, photography, Photoshop, Silver Efex Pro, technique
Tagged photography, photoshop, safari, Silver Efex, texture blend, tutorial
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Color and Tonality
It is a marvel of modern engineering that allows microscopic red, green, or blue filters to be placed over individual light-sensitive cells on a camera sensor allowing us to capture the full range of colours of the scene in front … Continue reading
Posted in blend modes, image editing, Photoshop, Silver Efex Pro
Tagged elephant, photography, photoshop, safari, Silver Efex
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Use Luminosity Blending to Combine Color and Black & White
While on a long drive yesterday I was listening to some old podcasts of Nik Radio episodes. They were interviewing Australian fine art photographer Tony Hewitt. Tony mentioned a image editing technique that I thought sounded interesting. He suggested using … Continue reading
Posted in blend modes, image editing, Lightroom, Photoshop
Tagged lion, photoshop, tutorial
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Editing Long-nose & Crooked-tusk
Vision A 50mm lens is not commonly considered a go to lens for an African photo safari. But I was determined to come back with something different from this safari. With this in mind I was intentional to pull out … Continue reading
Posted in image editing, Lightroom, photography, Photoshop, technique
Tagged elephant, lightroom, photography, photoshop, tutorial
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Layer Stacking: HDR Alone Is Not Enough
For years I have been searching for the the right HDR program, the right combination of sliders, the perfect preset that would work magic with my bracketed RAW captures and spit out an image that matched what I had in … Continue reading
Posted in HDR, image editing, photography, Photoshop, technique
Tagged HDR, photoshop, tutorial
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New Gallery of Fine Art HDR Landscapes
It is impossible for any camera to capture in a single image all of the levels of brightness that our eyes can see when we look at a scene. Using several different frames of varying exposures it is possible to … Continue reading
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Tagged HDR, photography
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Drawing the Art out of the Image
It is always exciting when you round a corner in a game park and come upon a group of animals interacting with each other. This happens all the time with zebra, buffalo, gazelles and such. These guys find safety in … Continue reading