'Give me flowers..'
(I so want to write 'or else...!' after that)
These are hyacinths in a pot in Cath's garden
'Visual Contrast'
Small cat, big garden, or black and white cat amidst greenery - take your pick.
This is Cath's cat Henry in her garden
(you can sense a theme developing here can't you?).
'Friendship'
I used this in the previous post on Pusskins, but I like it
so much I thought I'd get some more mileage out of it.
'Before and After', and 'Dark'
I thought I would cunningly combine these two titles in one.
It's a pic of Charlie and is woefully underexposed in the original as I had
to be quick when I took it (hence the 'Dark' title!).
Through the magic of using RAW files I was able to lighten it, then I turned it
into a b&w image and cloned out the scratch on his nose.
Oh my, I love all these pictures!
ReplyDeleteFantastic pictures, every one of them.
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The friendship shot is fantastic! Wonderful purple flowers!
ReplyDeleteReally great job - I love your friendship shot - I also really like the first photo. Love it!
ReplyDeleteOf course I love your cat pictures ! I just had the time to read the presentation and description of all your cats ! Charlie looks a bit like Rosie, but they don't have the same character at all ! Rosie can be a little bitch and is female from top to bottom ! She does with Arthur (the white cat) whatever she wants !
ReplyDeleteI want to sit at your feet (or, maybe, on a chair beside your computer) and get you to teach me all the wonderful things you do with RAW and Photoshop and stuff like that! I LOVE your photos; can't begin to choose a favourite...
ReplyDeleteThanks all :O) Penny - LOL! I've only recently started shooting in RAW but it does give you much better images and much more leeway to alter them. I use the software that came with the camera to download and alter white balance/exposure etc. For anything else I use the very old Paint Shop Pro 7. It's much cheaper than Photoshop!
ReplyDeleteI love the B&W shots, wonderful pictures!Friendship is brilliant!
ReplyDeleteHugs and purrs for you all
Luna - WE LOVE LUNA and mommy Léia
So I should stop skipping the pages about shooting in RAW in my (many) how-to camera books? I'm scared! What if I destroy them all??? They're humble photos, but mine own!
ReplyDeleteI have Photoshop Elements 7, but I've heard a lot about Paint Shop Pro...
Penny
Hi Penny, Elements made my PC run very slow (and I was a bit frustrated about what it could and couldn't do). With Paint Shop you get 'Curves' (which Elements doesn't have but the full blown Photoshop does). Have you had a look at GIMP (free photo processing software)? It's not bad and I think you can process RAW files with it too.
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