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Superimposed image using Photoshop

Fun with Photoshop

Just occasionally I can breakout from the mould of my photography, and this image shows just one such occasion. The challenge set by the local u3a Photography group was selfies – but with a difference. I must admit I faced the challenge with quite some reticence. It seemed silly; I didn’t want to take photos …

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Focus stacking again – VoR at Devil’s Bridge

An exercise to see how good a result I could achieve in focus stacking some images, hand-held without a tripod. The technique chosen using Auto ISO, with Aperture Priority set at f22, at a fixed 64mm focal length was to use Auto-Focus and half-depress the shutter to focus on immediate foreground, then move focus point, …

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Des-Res (Sky 1)

Sky replacement – your choice?

There was something about this view that somehow made me think “there’s an image there, if only I can find it”. So in post-processing I did just that, I cropped it, and enhanced the sky a little and got the image I wanted. I published it to Flickr … However, I got the comment that …

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Foreground interest -3 (with focus stacking)

Focus stacking

Volunteering to do a short spot on focus stacking at a u3a afternoon Photography session yesterday, I showed the following sequence of pictures of some orchids using a tripod and a macro lens … [Please note I didn’t edit the images prior to applying the software which I should have done. I could have removed …

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Wow! Photoshop delivers Super Resolution and Sky Replacement

There’s not much that I need/want to do in post-processing that I can’t do in Lightroom, but with the latest release of Photoshop 2021 two features have been introduced which have introduced a “wow factor”. Both are upgrades to the Adobe Camera RAW engine (which sits under both Photoshop and Lightroom), but neither are available …

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Celtic Ring, Mermaid Quay and the Pierhead - Cardiff Bay

Panos at The Bay

A set of three images, chosen from a Cardiff U3A Photography Group shoot – the last one before Covid-19 lockdown. The theme was “Panoramas”, the location Cardiff Bay. Knowing the location you’re going to gives you the opportunity to do a bit of research on Google Maps to work out exactly the shots you want …

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