Hostetter Design: January 2010

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Plants and Animals

Plants and Animals
01/25/10 10:00pm
Taken at home

I took these pic's at my home, fortunately my wife loves plants and i love animals. So I had some good subjects. The lizard really turned out well, there is a heat lamp on his cage that I could position as I needed to get really nice lighting. I did not edit any of these, they are as taken.

Adjustment Layer and a Smart Filter and Mask

Not a Griz
05/21/10 7:30pm
Taken in Yellow Stone

No this is not the Griz I thought it was when I first found it, and I don't think I can count Yellow Stone as in the wild. Every time I do see a bear in the wild I hardly ever have my camera, and when I do it is not what I am pointing at it. This photo was very bury so I added the adjustment layer twice to darken it, then I used the mask to brighten it up the grass, and left the log and the river and bear dark. This helped a lot next I used the brush stroke color pencil smart filter to hide the rest of the blur on the grass. I think it cleaned up well.

Smart Filter and Mask

Red Plant
01/25/10 10:00pm
Taken at Home

This pic was easy to adjust. I saved it as a smart filter added the Fresco artistic filter to it then erased some of the mask on the green stem. I really like the color.

Adjustment Layer and Mask

Smile the Sun is Out!
01/25/10 10:00pm
Taken at Home

This was a cool pic to start with. It was also neat to add this effect, I added the level adjustment layer to it then erased the mask over the body of the lizard. It made him pop out more and gave more detail to the pic.