Sunday, May 8, 2011

Flora & Fauna

Colorful Bouquet; 5-8-2011, 4:34pm; Rexburg Temple Grounds; f/5.5; 1/500; Nikon Coolpix P500

Rain Drops; 5-8-2011, 4:43pm; Rexburg Temple Grounds; f/5.0; 1/100; Nikon Coolpix P500

Swimming Fowl; 4-28-11, 2:41pm; Porter Park, Rexburg, ID; f/5.7; 1/1500; Nikon Coolpix P500

This weeks assignment was to take Flora and Fauna shots. For both of my shoots, I was working with poor lighting outside. Both days were really over cast, so I had to do some post shot editing to bring some more light into the shots. For both of the flower shots I used Camera Raw to bump up the saturation and brightness. I then used adjustment brushes to darken the background so the focus on the flowers. For the bird shot, I used Camera Raw again. I brought adjusted the levels to add some blue to the water, and then brightened the bird itself.

3 comments:

  1. Great pelican shot! Is that a bird in his mouth? I also love your NDE photo of the money jar. Great work!

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  2. I really like your picture of the bird. The colors are so rich and exciting. It feels s dramatic, like there is a storm about to come in. But there in peace in looking at the purity of the white bird. Also, I really like the way you used the adjustment brush. That tool is so cool.

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  3. The bird shot (as afore mentioned) is phenomenal! I love that your edits for it to make it brighter than the surrounding area. Great images over all!

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