 - Harriet Feagin  Contact Harriet Feagin Harriet Feagin's Gallery |
Birds I have noticed several photos with flying birds in the distance. Since the same birds appear in other photos, they must have been added. Is there a plug in or a template that can be downloaded to add the birds to photos? Thanks, Harriet Feagin
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- Carlton Ward Contact Carlton Ward Carlton Ward's Gallery |
I am guessing at the type of image you are asking about but it is easy to copy/paste birds or anything else onto an image. I use Photoshop and for something like this I would use layers to add them to an image. I believe Elements can do this as well. What kind of editing software do you use ? Being able to edit & enhance images is fun and essential for digital photography. There are several courses for Photoshop and I have taken a few from Jim Zuckerman (Creative Photoshop), Jon Canfield (Camera Raw), & Lewis Kempers Toolbox classes. Some people believe in minimal editing and prefer images captured as they shot them while most like the creative aspect of using editing tools. Ansel Adams was a darkroom master and spent long hours & even days/weeks working on a single image as his opinion was that a captured image is not a photograph until you see the print. Photoshop is the Digital Darkroom and the editing tools were designed by film photographers. I too love an image that is exposed and composed so perfectly that all I have to do is save my raw file to a tif/jpg and then print it BUT I also love creating and using different software and filters to create my art in different ways. I believe you are new here at BP and I dont know what level you are at but I used to take 2 classes at the same time when I started at BP with one class being about exposure/composition/shooting techniques and the other for Photoshop as I feel you need to master both aspects to have complete creative control. Lewis Kempers toolbox classes are very thorough and he will take you through the paces and you will learn more than you ever thought you ever know about Photoshop. Jims classes are more geared for the expressive & creative side and he too will teach you so many ways of creating art with your photos. I also took a Corel painter class from Jim (that one was so fun). Taking these classes enhanced my learning curve very quickly and I have enjoyed the journey and love my improved abilities even more. Hope this helps. Carlton
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- Harriet Feagin Contact Harriet Feagin Harriet Feagin's Gallery |
Thanks Carlton. I do believe that these birds are some sort of filter or layer or template. I guess I need to ask the photographer next time I see a photo with these birds. One such photo was one of November's winners. It was of the Moulton Barn in The Grand Tetons. I am not a novice but am still learning to say the least. I will consider the classes and I thank you for the suggestion. Best wishes, Harriet Feagin
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Nicholas Semo |
Harriet, Do a google search for free photoshop brushes, you may find what your looking for. Nick.
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- Carlton Ward Contact Carlton Ward Carlton Ward's Gallery |
Hi Harriet, I found the image by Terry Cervi and it is a fantastic image. I would email Terry and ask her what editing/filters she used and if she copied the birds from another image or used some type of template. They may have actually been in the original capture as well :) http://www.betterphoto.com/gallery/dynoGallDetail.php?photoID=12543009 Carlton
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Nicholas Semo |
Or, you could do a Google search for free PhotoShop brushes. That's how I got mine. Nick.
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- Harriet Feagin Contact Harriet Feagin Harriet Feagin's Gallery |
Thanks to all. I discovered some "stickers" of birds in Picnic then I did a Google for free brushes and found several. I will download one but will have to learn how to use it. For me this is a huge learning curve! Harriet
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David B. Spooner |
Harriet, for what it's worth, your gallery is beautiful and you definitely have a very creative, artistic bent to your photos!
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