Horses and techniques
posted on 6th of february, 2011
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By way of introduction, I'm not keen on horses. They are lovely, beautiful, great animals, but I've had no chance in my life yet to keep myself close to them. In spite of this, you can see many photos about horses in my portfolio. No, I'm not a liar. :) Horses are easy to shoot (with camera, of course :)), they're calm and funny in same way, so really good models for an amateur, too.
Second stage, I'm not a Photoshop guru. I don't like hard modification in an image - but now I realized that good, small things can help you. I never use layers (don't laugh loud! :)) – once I tried it and I did not like. I’d like to share you some simple tools to get better photos without that “duplicate layers” function.
In first photo, I simply use Distort/Lens Correction/Remove Distortion to flex the scene: black horse get into the middle and closer to you and photo became more dynamic than before. You can see original scene on next shot.
In second photo, sun was not there originally. The middle of shot was darker and clouds burnt out there because of noon lights. A little Lens flare effect (on 35 mm) could help me to remove those problems from my photo. It’s not a big deal, but counts a lot.
In there, background was too sharp, horses simply disappeared in photo. I should might use Blur tool simply, but I decided for Magic Wand tool – I simply select the background and hit Blur option a few times…
There I must used high ISO because of low light – but window in background burnt out anyway. So I use 15% sepia filter to undetect blurred window. In the meantime, I create three images from original with simply +/- exposures and create a fake-HDR from them in my free program Photomatix Basic. I bet you can’t tell that!
Have you got some more tips for a layer-hater?
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Tags: animal horse photo photoshop technique
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Comments (24)
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Great article and very nice photo! Thank you !!!
- posted by
Peregrine
on March 05, 2011 |
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Hey, please be aware of advertising...
- posted by
Aginger
on March 03, 2011 |
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nice pics,thanks for share
- posted by
Uptall
on February 28, 2011 |
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:) Thank you
- posted by
Aginger
on February 28, 2011 |
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Some good and useful hints here.
- posted by
Joezachs
on February 28, 2011 |
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That first manipulation was very interesting. I've only used that tool with architectural images a few times in the past.
- posted by
Wordplanet
on February 24, 2011 |
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Thank you, good to hear that! :)
- posted by
Aginger
on February 14, 2011 |
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Thank you! You get a 'useful' from me. Good shots.
- posted by
Ponytail1414
on February 13, 2011 |
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Neat tips! Thank you! :)
- posted by
Eclecticelegance
on February 12, 2011 |
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I love horses. Don't own one. I love to photo them. Thank you for the advise. I am no Photoshop guru either. Beautiful images.
- posted by
Kittycat
on February 10, 2011 |
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great tips!
- posted by
smartview27
on February 09, 2011 |
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Yes, Shadow/Highlight is good, but with limited usage. hahh, for panos I never used Distortion...I even not thinking about that however it's logic...
- posted by
Aginger
on February 09, 2011 |
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Photomatix basic free! hummm, nice tip :)
When I have no other way I use shadow/highlight of PS, but I must be really carefull or it degrades too much the image.
In general I avoid using tools that distort pixel geometry, except in panos where it can't be avoided. But I should try some of your tips when I have the chance.
Thanks :)
- posted by
Digitalg
on February 09, 2011 |
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I love horses. It was interesting to see how you corrected the first image. Thanks for sharing!
- posted by
Maigi
on February 08, 2011 |
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Great animals this horses. Sometimes they look smarter than many people I know :P
Great photos! Thanks for sharing!
- posted by
Thanatonautii
on February 07, 2011 |
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Very beauty images,congratulations!
- posted by
FabioConcetta
on February 07, 2011 |
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beautiful horses. i used to love riding when i was a child.
- posted by
Mythja
on February 07, 2011 |
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:)))
- posted by
Aginger
on February 07, 2011 |
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Beautiful images, good luck with sales. :)
- posted by
Scottysally2
on February 07, 2011 |
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Amazing images, congratulations and good luck with them.
- posted by
Egomezta
on February 06, 2011 |
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Very beautiful photos of horses! :)
- posted by
Mariaam
on February 06, 2011 |
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i love horses, although i never owned one. maybe one day i will buy me a horse with my earnings with DT ;)
- posted by
Tan510jomast
on February 06, 2011 |
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Good Shot!
- posted by
Gennaro86
on February 06, 2011 |
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Well done shots! And I love horses, I won't dare to say the opposite or my daughter would hate me! :)))
- posted by
Mani33
on February 06, 2011 |
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confidential info
>I've started photographing a few years ago with a compact cam. I liked it but I interested more for it, so I changed to a bridge cam to learn basic settings and rudiments. In 2008 november I decided to buy a DSLR cam, and I chose a Pentax k10d. Now I'm ready to learn to use and enjoy it.
I rarely use hard Photoshop effects, I'd better see the real world in my photos.
My main interests are travelling and towns - and nature, of course. I think I'm good at nightscenes - however, I don't like to take photos about people, so my pics sometimes seems a little static - mainly for Stock photographing, but I don't give up. :)
Lots of my photos are based on Raw files so if you need it just contact me by adding a comment on the image and I will upload it.
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