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11April06 Shadow Play - 10716

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Photo a Day, 11 April 2006...
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A shadow I noticed this morning and played around with it in Photoshop. I couldn't decide which I liked better...
Oringal shot (center) has only had some sharpening nothing else.
Selective Color (left) used color range (SELECT > COLOR RANGE) to select just the green leaves and then using channel mixer to create b/w (will automatically apply the color range as a mask if done in right after color range - invert (CTRL-I) to get the effect of changing the bg vice the leaves) then added a Hue/Sat layer clipped to the Channel mixer layer to give sepia tone (clipping to the channel mixer layer prevents changes to the greens - hold down ALT and click between the two layers in the Layers Palette).
Watercolor (right) applied a watercolor filter to the selective color image.
The title font is a new one from P22 called Allyson

ACR, Resize, Masked channel mixing (b/w), Hue/Sat (toning), Watercolor filter, Framing, Sharpening - Photoshop CS2 (read above)

Canon EOS 20D ,Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
1/80s f/3.5 at 40.0mm iso200 full exif

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David Clunas16-Apr-2006 20:10
Nice series!
Mom 12-Apr-2006 15:49
It is hard to decide, as each shows details the others don't. The effect of the three of them, side by side makes for an interesting print.
laine8212-Apr-2006 01:37
What a gorgeous triptych this is !! Vote
Elaine (etfitz)12-Apr-2006 00:51
I think the middle one! Thanks for the photoshop explanation!
chrisse11-Apr-2006 19:46
Think I like the left one best, sounds pretty complicated though to a photoshop newbie. Well done.
chrisse
Steve Price11-Apr-2006 17:21
Why choose. I like all three and the three together.
Guest 11-Apr-2006 16:41
Fun chasing the light around the house isn't it
I had a hard time picking a favorite but if I had to make a decision, I believe I would choose the one on the left,...........Or............the original one, ...........or....... Gee Connie they are all very nice. lol
purpod11-Apr-2006 15:11
Great time playing, I see 8^D I like the middle one bestest, altho it loses some of the bg shadowing... They're all good ~