ICM floral

[Dagwood56]

This is a finished image. I prefer to use more muted pastel colors rather than bold harsh colors, at least in most of my floeal images. This is a single shot ICM, done totally in camera. Minimal editing for crop, color etc. iso 100, f\13 at 0.6 seconds, natural light from a window on

 

[Dagwood56]

Did I post too large.? My images [most] for flickr are 1000 on the long side

 

[dxqcanada2]

Nope, size is right.

 

[ragdollpins]

If there were 'color' BTW at least you could saturate it a bit. This is actually just a color-blind test for Microsoft.

 

[Derrel]

Looks good, size-wise. Cloning out the dust-bunnies would elevate this photo, IMO.

 

[Dagwood56]

Looks good, size-wise. Coning out the dust-buunies would elevate this photo, IMO.

Thanks Derrel. I was afraid there might be dust spots I missed. Sorry about that. I know my camera sensor needs to be cleaned, but have not been able to to get it done. I only go over images with a fine tooth comb now that I'm posting to galleries to sell. Its quite difficult for me to do as.....well, I'm a few months out from being declared legally blind. I manage but it's difficult. I keep losing the brush as I search for the spots, and thats' with using a magnifying glass and being a few inches away from the monitor. I do the best I can with stuff I post to flickr and facebook.

 

[Dagwood56]

If there were 'color' BTW at least you could saturate it a bit. This is actually just a color-blind test for Microsoft.

Sorry you feel that way. I prefer pale faded color and do many of my images this way. It's just an artistic choice.

 

[Derrel]

There is a sort of "reverse the image" type of one-click image filtering that makes ALL image flaws super-visible..perhaps one of TPF's knowledgeable members will provide us with details?

 

[Dagwood56]

Nope, size is right.

I'll go smaller next time. I am reacquainting myself with forum procedures and just rejoined flickr which seems a bit different now that smugmug took over. I never used flickr before for posting to forums, so I'm still learning.

 

[smoke665]

There is a sort of "reverse the image" type of one-click image filtering that makes ALL image flaws super-visible..perhaps one of TPF's knowledgeable members will provide us with details?

Can't say I'm knowledgeable, but I stayed at Holiday Inn Express once. Are you talking about the Visualize Spots feature in the Camera Raw filter???

With an image open in Ps, choose Filter > Camera Raw Filter. Select the Spot Removal tool from the toolbar, and then down at the bottom of the dialog box on the tool select the "Visualize Spots" checkbox. The image will be converted to B&W and inverted, with only the outlines of the image's elements visible. Use the Visualize Spots slider to vary the contrast threshold of the inverted image. By moving the slider at the bottom of the dialog box left or right you can vary the contrast levels to make the imperfections more visible. Hover the spot removal tool over the imperfection and click. When you're done uncheck the "Visualize Spots" Checkbox.

 

[Derrel]

Not the same ( as I recall) but sounds good!

 

[tirediron]

Lovely (aside from the dust bunnies! )!

 

[SquarePeg37 8]

Love the soft colors and curved lines you’ve got in this. I know how difficult it can be to get a balanced image using ICM. Nicely done!

 

[Dagwood56]

Nope, size is right.

Sorry, I read this wrong yesterday. I saw is as it...oh well no harm done. lol

 

[Dagwood56]

There is a sort of "reverse the image" type of one-click image filtering that makes ALL image flaws super-visible..perhaps one of TPF's knowledgeable members will provide us with details?

Can't say I'm knowledgeable, but I stayed at Holiday Inn Express once. Are you talking about the Visualize Spots feature in the Camera Raw filter???

With an image open in Ps, choose Filter > Camera Raw Filter. Select the Spot Removal tool from the toolbar, and then down at the bottom of the dialog box on the tool select the "Visualize Spots" checkbox. The image will be converted to B&W and inverted, with only the outlines of the image's elements visible. Use the Visualize Spots slider to vary the contrast threshold of the inverted image. By moving the slider at the bottom of the dialog box left or right you can vary the contrast levels to make the imperfections more visible. Hover the spot removal tool over the imperfection and click. When you're done uncheck the "Visualize Spots" Checkbox.

Thanks, but I don;t shoot in raw [gasp I know], and I only have PSE10 which I don't believe has what you're talking about.. I appreciate the info though.