Taylah and Zen

[skade]

Taylah and Zen at the beach today. A little bit of cloning on the water as the horizon was wonky lol I hope its not too noticable. Im not very good with PS.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y140/skade2/Frame_IMG_3441copy.jpg

[jtalaiver]

Not too bad on the cloning... prolly would try to sample from other areas so as not to be so repetitive using the cloning tool... like draw ur sample area from farther away...

[witchy]

Sandi, that's a nice pic..Is Zen settling in well?

[skade]

Yes he is doing really well thanks witchy. He is so much fun to have around!

[marie]

Sandi, this is absolutely gorgeous
really so lovely
I love the photograph
(you've guessed):lol:

wonderful natural shot
beautiful daughter
and the dog is very happy :cool:
:cool: :cool: :cool:

[jtalaiver]

BTW... i was completely rude and forgot to add that the picture otherwise is great... I like an idiot just talked bout the PS work... your shot is wonderful I would like to see it in its original state, the horizon might be interesting in its own way... great shot though...

[skade]

Thats cool Jtalaiver...I appreciate your comments! Here is the original as requested.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y140/skade2/Taylahzen.jpg

[BlueTit]

Great shot, your daughter is a natural, she still looking for $5 per shoot :-) which I think is very fair :-):-):-)

Hope she reads this.

[skade]

Shhhhhhhhhhhh!! Ive talked her down to 50 cents lmao... but then she said 50 cents for every click!! Lmao She is rorting her own mother. I think I owe her about $8.00 at the moment... I really need to find a new subject that works for zilch! Lol

[ayotnoms]

I wouldn't have thought to look if you hadn't mentioned it but the original would have been OK, IMO.

Either way, a great photo of your daughter; lovely composition.

Cheers.

[BlueTit]

... I really need to find a new subject that works for zilch! Lol

Well I am sure Zen will work for free, but is not as pretty as your daughter!! You have to pay for quality. :-)

[skade]

Lol with the amount he eats, he is far from free! Oh well I enjoy taking the shots, thats the main thing! Here is another I got today of them both.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y140/skade2/Frame_IMG_3442copy.jpg

[Lotto]

Lovely daughter and cool dog, nice job.

I often told my two young kids that I would take them to Mcdonal's if they hold still for my pics. If I kept my end of the deal to the fullest, they would had over 2,000 Happy Meals.:lol:

[stoneylonesome]

Those are beautiful shots Sandi. The cloning was very well done. It sure looks like Zen is settling in very nicely with the family. :) :)

[bikerider]

Lovely shots Sandi, Zen looks like a mischeivous little devil and Taylah photographs well, I really like the lighting.
Roger.

[bikerider]

Sandi, I played a bit with the cropping, hope you don't mind,
Roger.

[skade]

No I dont mind at all!! How on earth do you straighten the horizon like that? Thats just awesome Roger!

[Henry Low]

Seems straight horizon :D looks nice though :D

[MTalley]

Select "Image" / "Rotate Canvas" / "Arbitrary". You can enter a decimal degree amount to rotate the entire picture and make the horizon level. You'll end up having to crop a little around the edges to make the frame horizontal again, though.

I'm the worst at having horizons about 2 degrees tilt, usually with the left side of the horizon lower than the right (as in your original pic).

By the way, lovely pics, and both subjects photography nicely.

[skade]

Thanks for that info MTalley. Ive got a notebook next to computer full of little "how to's" for photoshop that im slowly learning. Ive jotted down your method and im sure i will find it helpful in future pics. Thanks again.

[Keiffer]

Nice shot. Cute girl and cool dog!

[bikerider]

Hi Sandi, I just use the crop tool in PS.....I dropped the crop in the frame and expanded it out using the mouse, then I took the cursor outside the square and at the top a little double-sided rocking arrow appears. I then just rotated the arrows to the desired angle and then finalised the size and hit enter, all done. As you can move the dotted square in and out at will it's easy to bring it down to the horizon so you know the angle is right, then just take it back up again.

[skade]

ah k will have a look at doing that! Thanks for your help Roger!

[Titus213]

ah k will have a look at doing that! Thanks for your help Roger!

Skade,
Make it easy on yourself. Select the measure tool. Draw a line across the image following the water. Select Image>Rotate>Arbitrary and the degrees needed to level the line will already be entered for you.

Very nice stuff BTW - and your daughter is a great model...

[skade]

This place is just so helpful! Thanks Titus213. I now have on my notepad "MTally version of how to straighten a horizon" scribbled under that one is Bikeriders version.. and under that is Titus213 version. Lol Thats how I remember who gave me what lol This notepad is full of PS scribble, I dont know how I follow it sometimes! Thanks again for your help!

[stoneylonesome]

No I dont mind at all!! How on earth do you straighten the horizon like that? Thats just awesome Roger!

Not sure in Photoshop, I use Paint Shop Pro. But there is a "straighten Tool". I'm sure photoshop should have a similar tool.

Just found this in Photoshop elements2, which I have and don't use. :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

To straighten and crop the image, choose Image > Rotate > Straighten and Crop Image.
Note: The Straighten and Crop Image command may not produce good results if the edges of the rotated scan are too close to the image window boundaries. In this case, you can use the Canvas Size command to enlarge the work canvas.

To straighten the image and leave the canvas size the same, choose Image > Rotate > Straighten Image. Using this command results in an image with a transparent border at its edges.
Hope this helps.

[skade]

Thanks Sandy! Another way to add to my list! Thanks for your help.