scobert Workshop Photos Received

Title: 2008 March Pow Wow No. 7Nikon D300

2008 March Pow Wow No. 7 (56) *
scobert

(5321)

Sharpened Face Slightly

(5321) [2008-04-15 11:08:21]

The human face is the toughest type of photo of all to sharpen, especially for a tiny web photo. It is tougher than all other types of photographa combined. I usually err on the side of a softer rendition and I am probably too cautious with sharpening. I used a small amount of "Smart Sharpen" on the subject's face only.

Title: Native American FlutistNikon F-100

Native American Flutist (34) *
scobert

(5321)

Brush

Wandering_Dan

(3133) [2008-04-13 10:49:10] [3]

I selected a 5-pixel brush, then used Linear Burn on the face, taking one of the colors in the face as my foreground color. Then I did Color Burn on the silver bracelet. See my reply to Stan for more details (WS notes have limited space).

Title: Lunar Landscape No. 2Nikon Coolpix P5000

Lunar Landscape No. 2 (38) *
scobert

(5321)

Nikon D300 with 60mm Macro

(5321) [2008-03-18 04:26:52]

I also included a closeup of my Nikon Coolpix P5000 digicam, and the Televue 28mm eyepiece adaptor coupled with the Nikon UR-E20 adaptor and my Televue 5mm Nagler eyepiece. This setup is lightweight and simple to use and much easier than trying to couple a much larger and heavier DSLR. The digicams have another advantage; they have leaf shutters and are not prone to "mirror slap" like SLRs are.

Lunar Landscape No. 2 (38) *
scobert

(5321)

Nikon D300 with 60mm Macro

(5321) [2008-03-18 04:20:43]

This is my complete setup, excluding my telescope mount. Included are my small telescope, CoolPix P5000 digicam, the Nikon UR-E20 (28mm threads) adaptor, the Televue 28mm eyepiece adaptor, 5mm Televue Nagler eyepiece and the 90 degree mirror diagonal (optional).

First TE Anniversary (62)
scobert

(5321)

Slow fash sync with redeye reduction

(5321) [2008-03-09 21:17:15]

I metered the ambient light and used about -1/3 fill flash to match Jorge's portrait with the background. I used a tripod and he had to stay very still for a fairly long shutter speed.

The Big Apple (48) *
scobert

(5321)

Bracing the camera on the wire mesh

(5321) [2008-02-20 21:37:55]

This is a terrible photograph but I wanted to give you an idea about the wire mesh which separates the crowds from the open air.

Title: New York Waterfall04Nikon Coolpix P5000

New York Waterfall04 (42)
scobert

(5321)

PS CS2

JPlumb

(3119) [2008-02-12 23:02:37]

Hi Stan, in this workshop, I wanted to soften the water a little. To do this I selected on the rock by excluding the water with quick mask (hope that made sense). I then inversed the selection so I had the water. I duplicated the original layer, then applied a Lens Blur with radius 4 to the water. Since I applied this to the duplicate layer I could tone this down (by eye) through use of the opacity for the layer. I set opacity to 50%, then saved to give what you see here now. I hope this meets with your approval. I have removed the copy from my terminal.

Regards, John