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Wow bindi-boo that grasshopper picture is amazing, so sharp and clear. I like the reflection in the entertainment doors as well, I would never have guessed that's what it was. I thought the black and white version was a sort of negative effect. The red looks other worldly. The horse looks like it's saying "what the" at whatever it is on him. The bed looks comfortable but there's no room for you with all those cushions. :rolleyes: And a dog that won't stand still. I can relate to that. Mine are hard to catch a good shot of too. If they aren't moving around, they're napping and that's pretty boring.

My camera hardly ever comes off auto and the auto focus takes so long to set that half the time when I am trying for something alive (like my birds) I end up with nothing in the picture but the background. ;)

These two obliged by sitting perfectly still.

A couple of kookaburras on my neighbours fence. The fluffy one is a baby.

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And another from my jungle. A bromeliad flower.

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BB love the effect on your grasshopper pic. (Oh and the nipple :champagne: ) What did you do to achieve it?

montall the colour of your bromeliad is lovely. Gott a love those Kooks too ;)

Warley that is one type of pic I would love to get. I find the fog/low cloud fascinating and at dawn such beautiful colours against the mist. Great pic :rolleyes:

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'Twas a little bit of a fog this morning... Made it difficult to see anything, let alone take a pic of it :laugh:

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PPS this is really lovely ! Where are u located ? Are they the tops of trees at the bottom ? Luv the colours :laugh:

BindiBoo that grasshopper close up looks alien-like !

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BB love the effect on your grasshopper pic. (Oh and the nipple :rofl: ) What did you do to achieve it?

montall the colour of your bromeliad is lovely. Gott a love those Kooks too :cool:

thank you Jag.

Umm bear with me here, I am still very much learning Photoshop. :laugh:

I clicked on the image button, then adjustment, then gradient map.

I then clicked on the black and white, pressed ok and this made the picture black and white.

Went to history brush and spent eons just going over the grasshopper til, I was satisfied.

Clicked save as, and opened photobucket and edited it in there.

Used the blur, played around with it, then clicked on borders and used the vignette ( i think ) and played with that, till I was happy.

these do it much the same way, but use desaturate instead. goodluck it is very addictive. :laugh:

http://digital-photography-school.com/mono...op-cs2-tutorial

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Gorgeous pics Warley. I do envy you having an area that you can go to for those early morning pics. We are sunset positioned so miss those nice crisp shots first thing. Not to worry I will sit back and enjoy your starts to the day :laugh: You can see my endings :laugh:

Thanks for the info BB. I will have a play later today shhhh don't tell the boss though..

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PPS - next time you have a fog like that hanging around when it is still mostly dark, try making the apeture as small as possible so around (F22 - 32 depening on your lens), drop the iso as low as it will go (iso 100 or 200 depending on your camera) and set your camera on a tripod or something sturdy so it can do a long exposure. The mist will start to look more like smokey water the longer you can get your exposure.

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PPS - next time you have a fog like that hanging around when it is still mostly dark, try making the apeture as small as possible so around (F22 - 32 depening on your lens), drop the iso as low as it will go (iso 100 or 200 depending on your camera) and set your camera on a tripod or something sturdy so it can do a long exposure. The mist will start to look more like smokey water the longer you can get your exposure.

also forgot to say that it's a great photo :laugh:

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Hahaha, what a beauty Terranik! I am having similar trouble inasmuch as I need an extra hand. It's hot, I was lying on the bed eating a Heaven icecream, as you do in the heat and Penny was waiting expectantly for her share. This was the best I could do under the circumstances, you get the idea.

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TerraNik awesome pics :mad With the first one is it a baloon that you have burst (I know stupid question) just you cant see the skin - that's all. Such clarity in the fluff shot. I guess it makes a difference with you have several colours in the face as opposed to just black. Black poodles are very tricky to photograph...

Kirislin - where's mine? Love the movement of the tongue :(

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