My Backyard Edited
by TCGuru

Comment:
I LOVE me some clouds! Me thinks this would also make a very nice black and white! ;-)

spiderhopper_edit.jpg
by yanko

Comment:

Originally posted by yanko: Originally posted by Ann: I'd really like to know how you did the reflection. That's exceedingly cool. I used the transform tools (scale, distort, perspective and skew) to warp it into shape. I used a duplicate layer for this and I also flipped it. Basically what I did was squeeze the image using the scale transform and then I used the perspective and distort tools to align the details so that it matched up with what is suppose to be creating the reflection. What also helps is to transform the image in parts which is what I did here. In other words, after I resized it into place I then selected part of the layer where the leg detail was and then transformed only that using the perspective and skew tools so that the legs parts would align right. What I did was pretty sloppy. I should have done it later in the editing process which I didn't do so when it was flatten it got a little messed up after I started doing some other things. Ideally the reflection should have some color of the subjects that are supposedly causing the reflection rather than just take on the all of the color of the surface.

Oh, that's all? :-)

Crazy how much detail you were able to pull out of both of these. The eyes on that spider are freakin me out!

day1_after.jpg
by love

Comment:
The crop and processing were definitely the right decision. It gives the photo a completely different feel from the original. Very mysterious.

nat-bw-after-1-web.jpg
by gwe21

Comment:
And there wasn't a challenge going on that you could have shoe horned this in on? What a great black and white! Her face is so smooth, and those big brown eyes almost jump out of the picture. Very nice!

1-june 08. before&after. paper wasp
by roz

Comment:
I really like how much of the color you were able to bring out, particularly in the face! (bugs have faces, right?)

You can pick your friends and you can pick your nose but you cant pick your friends nose
by timfythetoo

Comment:
You totally should have entered this in partners! Possibly the funniest thing I've seen on DPC thus far. Oh, and nice editing as well! :-)

IMG_1902lily-before-crop
by sfalice

Comment:
I think this middle picture is actually my favorite! For some reason it accentuates the lighting work you did on the flower better than the final. :-)

midhurst 3-June.jpg
by wehrmacher

Comment:
Wow! If you hadn't posted that middle image I would have called shenanigans! That's an amazing amount of seamless cloning. Very, very well done!

Sammy Bird
by MelonMusketeer

Comment:
Hello, and welcome. I think the difference in the before and after on this is pretty striking. I want more people to see it, so please copy and paste your post into the images thread here June B&A Images thread

I would have just done it for ya, but I didn't know if that was considered good form. :-) I added you to the list, and am looking forward to seeing some more over the next few weeks!

After.jpg
by FotoMunki

Comment:
I think I really like the crop on this as well, and I agree with yankothat darker glasses with just a hint of eyes behind them would make her even more mysterious. Want me to add you to the list for the month? C'mon...You know you wanna!