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Trinidad Sunset
This shot was taken in Trinidad in Central Cuba. I used a levels layer to shift the black point. This ensures jet black silhouettes. I then used a Hue/Saturation layer to boost the colours to something...
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Benz Avatar
This was an interesting Photoshop challenge. You don’t need to be a Photoshop wizard to do this as long as you can get your head round Photoshop masks. I started by taking a self portrait while trying...
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Edwardian Seaside
It’s been a week since my last post as I’ve been kept busy making Avatars of friends for their facebook profiles. This is the second of my Grandfathers Pictures. I can’t tell you much about it other...
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Rasta Hut
This shot was taken on the west coast of Jamaica. The image did not need much doing to it due to the type of camera it was taken on. I shot it with a compact camera EX-Z3 bought in 2004. It is very...
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Jamaica Sunset
This silhouette was taken in Negril in Jamaica. The sunset was not that interesting so I decided to try out a technique called split toning I saw on this blog. Split toning works by making the shadows...
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Kedleston Bridge
This is Kedleston Hall Bridge in Derbyshire. I chose this shot because it reminded me of an oil painting by John Constable. I used a curves layer to bring out the grass in the foreground and a levels...
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Blue Bells
No signs of spring yet but these blue bells from 2008 were normally the first flowers to appear in our old garden. I applied sharpening to the small focused area and reduced the clarity in the rest of...
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Nottingham World
This world was made from a 360 degree panorama. Read this to find out how to make your own planet. The biggest problem with making planets out of city panoramas is you need to be far enough away from...
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Cuba Chevrolet
I shot this beautiful car in Cienfuegos in Cuba. This is my first attempt at using the Orton Effect. At this point I must mention the very cool photoblog zOOm and thank Florence for sharing this...
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Orange Burst
This is my most popular stock photo. It has been accepted at five agencies. Putting the same image at different agencies is a common practice as the photographer keeps the copyright to an image whoever...
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Petra Siq
This is the siq on the way to the Treasury in Jordan. To process this image I used Photomatix to produce an HDR image. I then layered the HDR with copies of the original image using various blending...
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Valentine Rose
This is a rose from our old garden in Nottingham. I used a time saving trick to desaturate the greenery. Normally you would add a Hue/Sat layer and cut out a mask to get this effect. Instead I added a...
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Sphinx Pool
This was our hotel pool in Dahab, Egypt. I used a tripod and a 30 second exposure to get the lights to sparkle. To process this image used a colour balance layer to make the pool a nicer shade of blue....
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Wind Surfer
This is another shot from Dahab in Egypt. The sun was in the wrong place to illuminate the surfer so I reduced the contrast with a curves layer then used a mask to boost the saturation of the surfer. I...
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Amman Night
This was taken from our hotel in Jordan. I used a Nodal Ninja to get the shots needed to make the panorama. I stitched them together using Panorama Studio. To process the image I used the Orton Effect...
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Syracuse 1926
Ciao ai miei lettori italiani. I’m not sure why this blog has had more visits from Italy in the last month than any other country. Especially as I’ve never photographed Italy. All I can offer is this...
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Cairo Museum
This red building is the back of the Cairo Museum in Egypt. I took the shot from the street looking up. I used Photoshops Filter>Distort>Lens Correction to restore the perspective. Making the...
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Caribbean Coast
This was taken on the west coast of Jamaica in a place called Negril. The Photoshop layers I used to build up the image are below.
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Ocean Rocks
This image from Jamaica is one of my very first stock photos. I received an automated email from dreamstime agency saying “image has been online for more than 4 years with no downloads up to the...
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Cuba Buick
Karen shot this 1950 Buick on the streets of Cuba. To process the image I used a similar technique to Cuba Chevrolet. I started by using the Orton Effect to give it a bit of a glow. I worked on the...
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