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Better B&W Conversion Using Multiple Hue/Saturation Layers in Photoshop & Elements It was requested that I republish a blog I did on using Hue & Saturations Layers in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements to do more realistic Black & White conversions (i.e. not just desaturating) without using...

(Note to self - perhaps you should take note that shots must be taken every day, but not necessarily posted every day, because there are times when you're more creating first thing in the morning, particularly when you're not quite sure what to do with something after a "day" of work.) Or if...

I'm not quite ready to trade my integrity for some lousy clouds. LOL That said, just to show that things can always benefit from sleep and a sharp mind, as I started typing these words popped into my head, "Why the heck didn't you just use Content-Aware Fill to take out the houses?!" What a...

The birds were a hodge-podge, Rick. I started in Lightroom where I took what was way too busy a flight shot and cropped it so that it allowed you to focus on individual birds. Otherwise the exposure was pretty good and all I needed to do was drag out some details. Here's the cropped but...

2014-008: Today I managed to get outside for 10 minutes to feed the birds, so I brought the camera. 5 minutes in my fingers were numb, 8 minutes in they were in pain. 9 minutes in I shot this. Some days I suppose it's just good enough that you shot something. I'd been listening to some late...

I've been a member of NAPP for the last 9 months, and I have to say that I have definitely benefited from the various teaching videos and the 10x a year Photoshop User magazine that comes with membership. I've always been curious about Kelby Training and have had a free 24 hour pass for a while...

2014-007: Learning Expedition #1 - Focus Stacking Way too cold and way too busy today to bother to try and go out and shoot something. But I did get my focus rails yesterday, so I decided I needed to try and do some focus stacking. What did I learn? Focus rails aren't made for larger objects...

Bipolaroid. Thank you. I'm here all year.

2014-006: LR Only First one of the Geese. We went from 2 degrees F yesterday morning to 50 degrees and rainy this morning, causing the ice that had formed over 3 days to split apart and rush downstream as 7 inches of snow melted when combined with the temps and an inch of rain. Tonight...

2014-006: Flickr link: Cleared For Landing | Flickr - Photo Sharing! We get these snow geese locally every year, and I never get a chance to shoot them. This year, I've made it a priority to stop and take a photo if I have my camera with me, even when it's not convenient. So when I looked...

@hark, here's a close crop of a photo from yesterday that didn't work out, but it shows the feathery nature of these ice/snow formations. Quite beautiful, and if it hadn't been so blasted cold and treacherous there I would have spent a lot more time trying to capture it.

Just an extremely cold morning, the sun was still behind the clouds, and there was a faint layer of fog on top of the water. I was careful in post to preserve the original look of the water while bringing out the detail in the trees and sky. Here's the image straight out of camera if you'd...

2014-005: A Couple Winter Landscapes Flickr link: Staying In By The Fire | Flickr - Photo Sharing! Flickr link: Running Waters Don't Freeze | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

I like it a lot better. Now if you can just Photoshop in an old couple walking hand in hand away from you, about 1/2 way between the front of the photo and the shelter, dressed on warm coats with her scarf flopping in the breeze... :) Are you using the fully detailed sliders in Silver Efex...

I like it. Might be a little over-structured, particularly in the bright section of the sky. Use the negative control points to back out sections that get too hot in Silver Efex. I burned in the sky a bit and then used Viveza to back out structure throughout and I find it a little less...

Re: Wud's project 365 I like the bottom one from Day 4. I also agree that the image from Day 3 might be a little too dark, at least on the size image we're seeing here. I like what you did, but the light is too compressed. I don't think you have to go too much brighter, but there's a lot...

Thanks. That's all the onOne software. Perfect Effects 8 has a filter called Dynamic Contrast that is very interesting. It's not so much a traditional contrast filter as it is a selective detail extractor, allowing you to increase and decrease details based on size (small, medium & large)...

One more. This one is also under my 365 thread, but it came out better than the others so I wanted to include it here. Edit information is included in the 365 post. I'm so glad @wud posted this. :)

So thankful to @wud for pointing out the frozen bubble blog a week ago. Did my best to try it this morning and did alright for a first effort (forgot to add karo syrup to the mix). If it stays cold enough I may try again just before sundown. I strayed from my Nik work this time and tried...

2014-004: sooc For the curious, here's a Flickr link to an edited version. Frozen Porch Light | Flickr - Photo Sharing!