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Liberation Square
This is Tahrir Square in Egypt. This part of Cairo saw the start of the Pro Democracy marches which ended Hosni Mubarak’s reign and started a chain reaction which is now sweeping across North Africa...
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Jelly Ear
We went for a walk today and Karen spotted this Jew’s Ear Fungus in a small patch of trees. It was taken around midday on a cloudy day in the shade. These are all factors which make it the bluest that...
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Luxor Sunrise
This sunrise was taken on a balloon flight over the west bank of the Nile near Luxor in Egypt. In order to compensate for the cameras White Balance Guess a colour balance layer was used to bring back...
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Austrian Clouds
These are the Austrian Alps. It was taken on a family holiday in 2008. I used Camera RAW to do the heavy lifting then once in Photoshop I used masks to selectively adjust the colours in different areas...
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Hawthorn Blossom
This is the Hawthorn Blossom at the end of our garden in the UK. I tried to get the focal plane through the Stamen but is in front of the petals. To emphasize the anther at the tips I needed to...
View ArticleBig Moon
The moon is the closest it has been to us for 20 years. 14% bigger and 30% brighter than normal apparently. Time to dust off the telephoto lens and try to capture as much detail as possible. Although...
View ArticleSpring Bud
The first signs of spring at the end of our garden in the UK. I’m not sure what this is a bud of but it could be this Hawthorn Bush I shot last summer. I used a macro lens to shot this small subject....
View Article100th Photoblog
This is the 100th post since this photoblog took on its present form. It may be a cheat to use the last 99 images to make this post but I wanted to look back and review the work so far. Techniques...
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Nile Boats
This was shot on the Nile in Egypt. Instead of using Split Toning Actions in Photoshop I used the split toning in Camera RAW. The advantage of this method is it gives you a lot of flexibility over the...
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First Bluebells
The first Blue Bells have started. This shot was taken 3 days ago in Barnsdale Wood Rultand, England, UK.
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Carlton Mitre
This was the venue of my cousin Nikki and Paul’s Wedding reception. This shot of the Carlton Mitre was taken from the bridge. I tried a few settings and found a 1/6sec produced the best results getting...
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Purple Aubretia
This Purple Aubretia was shot at londonthorpe in the UK just over one month ago. I used Camera RAW to process the image.
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Nile Fishing
This was taken near Luxor in Egypt. The image was processed using Photoshops Camera RAW developer. The effect was created using the inbuilt split toning feature in Camera RAW. You access the panel by...
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El Qasr
This is part of the ancient desert capital of Bahariya which is in present day central Egypt. The scene had a very wide range of tones and looked a little dull. In order to capture the detail one copy...
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Ladybird Spot
This simple use of spot colour is achieved by painting black on the layer mask of a Black & White layer. The Hue/Saturation layer above was used to make the ladybird nice and red. It was a little...
View ArticleFive Pups
These puppies were photographed on a family holiday to Wales in 2010. They are either Border Collie Sheep Dogs or Jack Russell Terriers. If you know please leave a comment. The main task for this image...
View ArticleEnhanced Ride
This shot was taken in Bournemouth when Karen and I were on the Great British Poker Tour. It has just sold as my eighth Enhanced License. These licenses allow the image to be used for unlimited runs....
View ArticleWelsh Pub
This is another shot from a family holiday to Wales last summer. I can’t remember the name of the pub but if you recognise it please leave a comment. Photoshop gives you many ways to make black and...
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Evening Fishing
This was taken at Rutland Water in 2010. As with most images these days I used Camera RAW to do the main processing. Camera RAW produces higher quality images than If you did the same adjustments in...
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Edible Asteroid
This image shows what you can do by compositing images in photoshop. I started with a shot of me biting into a ball. This shot of the moon was added on a layer above and a mask was applied to reveal it...
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