Leaves

[Diminished29]

OK, I was really bored today, but I thought these came out nice. Which one do you like color or b/w? C&C welcome on the b/w conversion!

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e347/Diminished29/Nature/leafs2_filtered.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e347/Diminished29/Nature/leafs3_filtered.jpg

[pup]

I like the color shot much better.

I only use b/w if I'm "setting a scene"

[yakbut]

Nice detail and bokeh, I prefer the colored one.

[Diminished29]

Alright cool stuff guys. So, now I gotta question, I got this really creative idea of wanting to "combine" the two images say in photoshop, but I want the b/w one to be upside down right beside it so that the limbs meet up and it kind of gives it a "strange surreal" look to it, would any of you guys know how I could do that or would it be too much trouble for one of you guys to do it? I wanna get it printed off and put it over my room with the rest of my pictures.

Again, thanks guys for commented! Glad you enjoyed them.

[Diminished29]

Actually, nevermind about the whole upside down thing, I don't think I can do it that way. I think I'm just gonna have it back to back. Tell me if you think this would look pretty cool.

[beckybun]

I like the color one...or what if you did a shot B&W and then did a touch up w/ some color? just a thought....

[Diminished29]

I like the color one...or what if you did a shot B&W and then did a touch up w/ some color? just a thought....

Yeah, I should've thought of that. Anyone know how to make the leaves green and the background black?

[md_129]

1. Open the two images up in Photoshop. Next press "V" to utilize the move tool, and drag the grayscale image on top (and into) the RGB image. (At this point you should have two layers in the original RGB file) Close the grayscale image.

2. Hit Ctrl + A, to select all.

3. Next, with the top most layer selected, hit the Align to Vertical Centers button82481 in the options bar of the move tool dialog and then the Align to Horizontal Centers Button82485. Now press Ctrl+D to deselect all.
(The images should now be fully aligned center.)

4. Now press "C" for the crop tool and drag the crop extension handles beyond the border (to the right). Be sure to drag the extension handles far enough to have room for the 2 images to exist side by side.

5. Now with grayscale image selected, go to the Edit Menu and chose Transform> Flip Vertical. Next Edit> Transform>Flip Vertical.

6. Now press "V" to select the move tool once again and press the arrows keys to align the two images up to your satisfaction. Note: If you hold down the shift key while pressing the arrow keys you will be able to nudge the object faster at 10 pixels a pop.

7. Now press "C" to call up the crop tool and crop off any excess you may have in the frame. Save.


Hope this helps,... Also you may want to adjust the curves and levels a bit.




http://www.michaelduvall.com/POTN/leafs.jpg

[md_129]

A different version similar instructions:

http://www.michaelduvall.com/POTN/leafs2.jpg


Looks like you may need to resize them a bit to get a good match up.

[Diminished29]

Great stuff man, Thank you very much. I'm still a beginner at all that stuff. One more thing that "beckybun" brought up is she thought it would also look good if the leaves we're left green in the picture and the background was monochrome how hard exactly is that to do?

Again, thanks for the help! I've finally learned how to USE my A610 pretty well, and am actually 4th place in the rankings in the powershot challenges BUT I hardly know anything with Paintshop and Photoshop, which I feel hinders me at times.

[md_129]

Great stuff man, Thank you very much. I'm still a beginner at all that stuff. One more thing that "beckybun" brought up is she thought it would also look good if the leaves we're left green in the picture and the background was monochrome how hard exactly is that to do?

Again, thanks for the help! I've finally learned how to USE my A610 pretty well, and am actually 4th place in the rankings in the powershot challenges BUT I hardly know anything with Paintshop and Photoshop, which I feel hinders me at times.

After step three just add a layer mask to the graysacaled image, Press "D" to default the colors to black and white.

Next Press "B" to select the paint brush tool and paint over the leaves( in the layer mask) with a soft brush.

By using black you will cover up the leaves via the layer mask, if you make a mistake Press "X" to switch the color to white and paint over the area you want to bring back.