I understand - you have a quick-release plate. I hope you find it!!Pauline wrote:the bit I am missing is a little oblong bit that clips onto the monopod
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I understand - you have a quick-release plate. I hope you find it!!Pauline wrote:the bit I am missing is a little oblong bit that clips onto the monopod
Hours of fun there!!! You can learn the basics from books but, after that, it's down to experiment and experience. I've been using PSE for years and still keep discovering new features and new ways of doing things!Pauline wrote:I have recently purchased Photoshop Elements
Try using the 'eye dropper' tool to pick up the background colour close to the edge of the leaf, then use the 'brush' tool to paint this colour over the leaf. Now use the 'Clone' tool, with opacity set to about 50%, to blend the colour in from above and below until the joins don't show. You'll need to experiment with brush sizes for the best effect and to avoid damaging the nearby antenna.Pauline wrote:still can't work out how to get rid of that bit of foliage
Looks great to me. Just a tiny hint of 'deception' around the tip of the antenna. Be careful,though, and don't talk about these dark arts above a whisper, or the 'purists' will get cross!Pauline wrote:How about this Mike?
Hi Pauline,Pauline wrote: I am itching to see a couple of the rarer and more far flung species
Were you shooting JPEG or RAW? It is in situations like these where RAW comes into its own. The key difference is that RAW has many more brightness steps between light and dark than are possible in JPEG. With a RAW image, it is possible to pull detail out of the shadows, without 'blowing' the highlights, but it means more work with Photoshop. If you have the time and patience (which I think you do), then RAW allows much more post-processing than is possible with a JPEG image.Pauline wrote:And so it went on with me trying to resolve this apparent dichotomy between dark butterfly and white flower.
I have recently added a technical note about RAW images to my website at http://home.btconnect.com/mike.flemming/usingraw.htm It's a bit 'techy' but you may find it helpful.Pauline wrote: I didn't know the difference between them or what the advantages were