Disappeared

Number 5 for me my duck But as seta go it's EFy 1 Sampras 0

Me

By: Fefe

Lakeland Detour

Great tranquil image capture here Alun with good composition.

Take care
Martin

By: Tynnwrlluniau

fun fair

Nice one Ken, I like the blurred people, for me it gives the image a sense of movement at the fun fair.

Take care
Martin

By: kenwil

Just a Sunset

Ronnie, you are of course right about the title. It's just me being a little flippant, I'll consider the back's of my legs have been well and truly slapped .

Thanks all for the comments.

Take care
Martin

By: mhfore

Red orchid

Hi Cynthia,

Nice colour and close up.

Take care
Martin

By: cmiller

Eye eye butterfly..

Hi Mel,

I like the capture of the inquisitive nature (is that spelt right )


Take care
Martin

By: MelGarside

Pirates treasure

Nicely set up and processed Alex.

Take care
Martin

By: Alex_M

A gaggle of ducks

Hi Dan,

A lot happening all at once I think the Mallards on the far bank are staying out of the way

Take care
Martin

By: danbrann

Maersk Resilient jack up rig

Hi Phil,

Well thought out, it works for me.

Take care
Martin

By: Phil_Restan

Wormhole To Another Universe

Hi Rob,

Water drops are fun to capture and this works well with the colour.

Take care
Martin

By: RLF

Easter Sunrise

Thank's guy's for the comments and thank you pdunstan_Greymoon for the UA

Martin

By: mhfore

Hawker Cygnet

Thank's Dave (bluesandtwos)

And thank's to you old lad, I've quite a few to go on but I've been to busy lately.

Catch you soon Dave.

Martin

By: mhfore

Branching Out

Thanks Dave, and a happy new year to you old lad

Take care

Martin

By: mhfore

Triple Time

Very good Triptych or should that be Ticktych

By: frank1283

SUNRISE OVER CANTLEY

Hi Dave,

Nice piece of artwork, well done.

Dave have you thought about cheating a little and by adding some extra canvas all round and spliting the image into three you will end up with a Triptych, ok, before anyone starts a Triptych should really be three separate images with a relating theme but does it really matter when your creating a piece of art. In the mod I have not split the image into equal thirds but it will give you an idea. After you've made a selection of a third (I started on the left) select you move tool and click inside the selected area, next hold down the "Alt" and use the left arrow on the key board to move the section, count how many times you press the arrow key. This will move that section to the left, then do the same to the right hand side pressing the right arrow key the same number of times. Then where these two selection have been move fron the center portion you will see two small stretched areas on your image, all you do now is select these areas and fill with the background colour.

Just another idea

Take care
Martin

By: davsamp

On top of Stanage Edge

Thank you to everyone for your comments.

I hope you all had a happy christmas and I wish you all a happy new year.

Take care
Martin

By: mhfore

memorial.

Hi Phil,

The camera you used had the capabilty to shot in RAW as well as jpeg, do you know if you have this image in RAW?. If you have then you should be able to remove a certain amount (if not all) noise in the Raw sharpening window. Enlarge the image to 100% and then slowly move the "Luminace" slider until the noise dissapears or the image starts to go a little soft, if that happens back the slider off a little. Another way to remove some noise from the sky is to add around 1-2% of "Gaussian Blur" (found under filters in elements) this will soften the sky but thats ok, although I would be very careful if using it in other areas (see mod).

Phil there may be many other ways to try and I'm sure someone will let you know, but these are the ways I use.

Take care
Martin

By: banders808

rusty quad

Billy how are you? I didn't know you where a rusty old fan

Billy give this a whirl for a touch of selective sharpening practice:
1. Make a copy
2. Go to "Filters" > "Other" > "High Pass" and I selected a value of 2.
3. Hold donw the "Alt" button on the keyboard while you click and select a layer mask (you will notice the layer mask will appear black and not the normal white.
4. Let go of the "Alt" key (just jocking)
5. In your blend modes select "Overlay"
6. Use a brush set to "white" at 100% opacity and brush it over the face plate and the four bolt heads only (you will see the sharpening effect of high pass and overlay coming through)
7. Set the opacity of the brush to 60% and go over back of the plate and bolt heads only where it's attached to the wall/floor. Leave the background as it is to make these bits stand out.

Go on give it a go. With a little practice you can use this method of sharpening to make things stand out in an image.

Thanks for the comment last night on my "No Hope" image it was a long climb by moonlight and a bit of a let down not to get a sunrise, but that worked OK.

Take care
Martin

By: williamsloan

sunrise

Hi Maria,

You have captured an image that has a lot of things for a pleasing sunset with the tree, water and background hill. The fact that the tree isn't sharp is not really the problem, it's where you have it in the frame. I feel that if you had turned a little more to your right placing the tree away from the centre and to the left it would work better (see mod). This is called "The Rule of Thirds", if you split your image into thirds both verticaly and horizontaly you would try and place certain parts of the image where the lines intersected. Maria do a simple search for the basic explination to the Rule of Thirds (ROT) and you will soon grasp this simple compostion rule to improving your images.

Take care
Martin

By: mariast

The Pine Cone

Hi Will,

Good DOF and to me there is something about the image that works. As Frank said in his comment I also think the cone should be placed slightly more to the right to put it more on a third (see mod). I would leave the background as it is and do a touch of selective adjustments to the post and cone. In the mod i've altered the midtones to the post and added just a touch of contrast to the post and cone to make them stand out a touch more, see what you think.

Take care
Martin

By: barefootwill

Messingham Ponds.

Hi Stu,

I have to agree with everything Frank has said in his comment but I feel your image would also work well with a little cropped off the bottom. Also with a few basic adjustments in PS you can make the reflections stand out a touch better (see mod)

Take care
Martin

By: stupot

Into The Valley

I never thought about being thrown in Dave but your right it dosen't give you much choice

Thanks Dave, Thanks Glyn

By: mhfore

Misty Valley

Thank you Jim.

Take care
Martin

By: mhfore

06.38 on Curbar Edge

Hi Paul,

Thanks for reading the description, I meant to put Baslow and I've altered it now. I walked down to Froggatt stone circle which I must admit was a little bit of a let down. I think I'll try again next week for a sunrise.

Thank's again Paul, take care

Martin

By: mhfore

Misty Frosty Malham

Hi John,

You've posted some good landscapes recently and you've captured the mist and frost well in this image, a man after my own heart. Keep them coming.

Take care
Martin

By: jdinne

"Two Big Birds"

Hi Ronnie,

You have good composition along with reflections and light in this image but what stands out to me is the water.

Excellent Ronnie.

Take care
Martin

By: RonnieAG

the wee door

Hi Billy,

I think this is the type of image that can lend itself to a mono conversion, and it works well.

Billy if you want to sign your name on your images to make it more personal there is a way of actually turning your signature into a brush (see mine on other site), if you want to know how get in touch.

Take care
Martin

By: williamsloan

Rosy Lee

Yo Di,

If ones called Rosie and the other is Lee what are the names of the other two?.

As you know this is not the kind of image i'm into taking but I know a good shot when I see one and you really have captured this well.

Take care and remember to always check the bushes for a fishermans friend

Me

By: Fefe