FArnes OCtober 2006

[Jules]

rather slow in getting these ready to show off so expect this report in stages....

first pic that looks ok




All the seal piccies are very green so require some playing with
jules

[triplefin]

colours have come out really nicely especially if you were using the lighting that you have noted by yr sig

[Jules]

no actually just the camera flash! The dive torch is now being used as a dive torch cos my other one broke!

[Ding]

Some spot healing would clean up this picture. I like the angle of the shot, not the usual side on view...He looks quit tame.

[TimIngmire]

Jules, to reduce the backscatter on a shot like this where the background is black isn't that difficult.

You need to select the fish using the magic selector tool, then inverse the selection (from the menus) and then you have a couple of choices, delete to black to get rid off all the backscatter; all although this can look unnatural. The alternative is to just darken the selection - a lot of the backscatter will dissapear and you can then choose how much to keep. Not too difficult. I can put up some screen shots if it helps

[Jules]

yes please, teach me how!

[Mark Davies]

He gets about a bit! I took a picture of the self-same fish in Mull in the spring!



Same pose! Must be a behavioural characteristic of the species.

[Ding]

Originally Posted by TimIngmire

Jules, to reduce the backscatter on a shot like this where the background is black isn't that difficult.

You need to select the fish using the magic selector tool, then inverse the selection (from the menus) and then you have a couple of choices, delete to black to get rid off all the backscatter; all although this can look unnatural. The alternative is to just darken the selection - a lot of the backscatter will dissapear and you can then choose how much to keep. Not too difficult. I can put up some screen shots if it helps

You can when there are a few spots burn them out..

[TimIngmire]

OK Jules a photo by photo step through the process:

Firstly, select the fish. In PS CS you can use the magnetic Lasso Tool as here:




The selection should look like this:




Once seleted, then Invert the selection so that everything other than the fish is selected:




Then darken the selection to 'remove' the backscatter:




You then get the result as follows:



Hope that helps

[triplefin]

Coooooooooooo thats great!
Doing it with the piccys is really helpful
Another one to file away
Many thanks