The Official non-auto Image thread

typeOnegative · 6th April 2011, 06:58

@robi, which lens do you have? Is it a 500mm? I get frustrated shooting with my 70-300. LOL. Awesome snaps!
@gd, boss, you are not following your own principles!

A bird this time - red vented bulbul. And this is the best I have been able to come up with in a month. I mean in terms of patience, luck and size of image. Taken with my 70-300, no photoshop, just light GIMP contrast adjustment. Not the best composition, but these guys fly off the moment I come close! Bah!

pjay_in · 6th April 2011, 08:51

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Originally Posted by gd1418

Pjay, I've an idea. You can easily clone out the electric line in the background since it is in the sky.

The electric line in the foreground can be cloned right upto the point where it seems to be touching the structure and then after the structure.

when you do so, the black line on the structure shall appear like a crack in the architecture adding mystery to it..

Thanks gd I had thought about it but right now I am without PS so can't do anything more than basic PP

Great shots, Robi. Interested to know what lens you use.

Here goes another pic from me, pretty mediocre technically but I like it for the subject (love those old temples in Kerala).

Varahamurthi temple, Panniyur, Kerala:

gd1418 · 6th April 2011, 09:35

I wouldn't have done it for sure. I looked at the picture with a different perspective, hid the electric lines with a piece of paper and viewed. It somehow added mystery to the picture.

Then in Google searched for how to erase something in a picture. There I learned the term cloning...

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Originally Posted by typeOnegative

@gd, boss, you are not following your own principles!

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Originally Posted by pjay_in

Thanks gd I had thought about it but right now I am without PS so can't do anything more than basic PP

typeOnegative · 6th April 2011, 09:41

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Originally Posted by pjay_in

Here goes another pic from me, pretty mediocre technically but I like it for the subject (love those old temples in Kerala).

Varahamurthi temple, Panniyur, Kerala:

Loved the picture. Do it in Sepia or Black and White. It will be stunning imho.

robimahanta · 6th April 2011, 18:02

Great shots, Robi. Interested to know what lens you :[/quote]

Thanks..its a 500mm

shajufx · 6th April 2011, 19:20

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Originally Posted by robimahanta

Motherly love : Spotted deer with fawn

Your Sigma is doing some fantastic works lately. Great going.

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Originally Posted by gd1418

....Then in Google searched for how to erase something in a picture. There I learned the term cloning...

Now you have entered the batch of 'dangerous' men

, I am yet to figure out how it works. My CS4 shows error whenever I try clone tool.

One routine morning in March 2011 !

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Please tolerate with me for some more time, I am still on the ABCD of PP. But brickbats, eggs and tomatoes welcome anytime !

pawan_pullarwar · 6th April 2011, 20:27

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Originally Posted by shajufx

One routine morning in March 2011 !
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I feel this one is the one of the best of your many images.

gd1418 · 6th April 2011, 20:44

Shaju, I mentioned that from Google I learned that cloning is the way to erase something. I've CS3 and use it only for cropping. I searched in the menu and did not find the cloning menu. so, I'm still out of the danger zone..

That sunrise is awesome...Love it..

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Originally Posted by shajufx

Now you have entered the batch of 'dangerous' men

, I am yet to figure out how it works. My CS4 shows error whenever I try clone tool.

One routine morning in March 2011 !

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kpzen · 6th April 2011, 20:58

Fantastic shot, Shaju !

vivekiny2k · 6th April 2011, 21:37

you can use retouch tool from picasa, cloning from GIMP, or free-form select, copy and paste in good old MSPAINT.

typeOnegative · 6th April 2011, 21:40

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Originally Posted by shajufx

Please tolerate with me for some more time, I am still on the ABCD of PP. But brickbats, eggs and tomatoes welcome anytime !

Ever the modest one. If I had a rose (or a Full Frame) I would give it to you. Superb shot!

kaushik_s · 6th April 2011, 22:33

That's a lovely shot Shaju. Love the colors and composition.
A small niggle though, a slight tilt correction will make it complete I feel..

aburagohain · 7th April 2011, 00:40

@shaju
Use Alt/Option on Mac+Click to chose where to clone from first and then clone

Nice shot there! BTW, one question, is the boat planted?

punterccrx8s · 7th April 2011, 06:45

A photo of the sunset from my side.

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typeOnegative · 7th April 2011, 07:31

@punter: Is the sunrise photoshopped? Especially with respect to the rays breaking over the clouds? Looks good.

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typeOnegative Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Vikhroli, Mumbai, India Posts: 1,503 Thanked: 27 Times	Re: The Official non-auto Image thread @robi, which lens do you have? Is it a 500mm? I get frustrated shooting with my 70-300. LOL. Awesome snaps! @gd, boss, you are not following your own principles! A bird this time - red vented bulbul. And this is the best I have been able to come up with in a month. I mean in terms of patience, luck and size of image. Taken with my 70-300, no photoshop, just light GIMP contrast adjustment. Not the best composition, but these guys fly off the moment I come close! Bah! Attached Thumbnails

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kpzen Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Faridabad Posts: 5,610 Thanked: 1,876 Times View My Garage	Re: The Official non-auto Image thread Fantastic shot, Shaju !

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vivekiny2k Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: cincinnati, jabalpur,chennai Posts: 1,264 Thanked: 209 Times View My Garage	Re: The Official non-auto Image thread you can use retouch tool from picasa, cloning from GIMP, or free-form select, copy and paste in good old MSPAINT.

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kaushik_s Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 1,088 Thanked: 164 Times View My Garage	Re: The Official non-auto Image thread That's a lovely shot Shaju. Love the colors and composition. A small niggle though, a slight tilt correction will make it complete I feel..

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aburagohain BHPian Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 153 Thanked: 2 Times	Re: The Official non-auto Image thread @shaju Use Alt/Option on Mac+Click to chose where to clone from first and then clone Nice shot there! BTW, one question, is the boat planted?

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robimahanta Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: BLR/GAU Posts: 833 Thanked: 6,494 Times	Great shots, Robi. Interested to know what lens you :[/quote] Thanks..its a 500mm

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punterccrx8s BHPian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 760 Thanked: 170 Times	Re: The Official non-auto Image thread A photo of the sunset from my side.

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typeOnegative Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Vikhroli, Mumbai, India Posts: 1,503 Thanked: 27 Times	Re: The Official non-auto Image thread @punter: Is the sunrise photoshopped? Especially with respect to the rays breaking over the clouds? Looks good.