got inspired...

[justleesa]

I went diving yesterday and took a picture that inspired me to play...

This is the picture before

First I wanted to try to adjust the levels and it just didn't have the right lighting...maybe if I could get rid to the back scatter, but that didn't look good either. Then I thought about blurring the background, a regular blur looked ok, but it didn't thrill me...so I used motion blur...to give the feeling of speed the little buggah have dodging from here to there and that looked really cool. Now what if I turn it into a black and white? you might still recognize the silver of the scales...I didn't even get that far because I happened on to the hue and saturation button first and this is how it turned out after all that playing

 

[Warren_L]

The second one looks pretty cool. The first an third ones are neat too, but the highlights are slightly blown out.

 

[justleesa]

Thanks Warren

 

[Warren_L]

How did you get the blurr effect on the background? That's a pretty neat effect.

 

[justleesa]

it's called motion blur. You can determin the angle of the blur effect. I used the selection tool and selected the back ground (masking the fish) blurred it. This caused the outer edge of the fish to drag a bit...pretty neat

 

[Cacia]

very cool. I guess it was on photoshop?

 

[justleesa]

Thanks Catherine.... Yeah, but just elements 3...I have CS, but am too chicken to put it on my computer. It's already dragging with the giant files from my canon.

 

[justleesa]

Do you use photoshop Cathrine?

 

[ch0ppersrule]

pretty cool Leesa. Now you have to show us some more.

Melissa

 

[justleesa]

Thanks Melissa :blush: I've been up since the wee hours...brought my gallery up to date, plenty more there