Assistance required with Photoshop

Hi guys & gals,

This is my first attempt at capturing moving water, ie dripping tap. I appreciate that the colours are not great but practice, practice as they say!

Can you offer me some advice on how to remove that annoying shadow in the centre of this cropped picture or generally improve it?:o

Thanks

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That looks like a perfect job for the Clone Stamp tool.

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There is a lot you can do.

Here I cloned out the shadows, de-noised it using Noiseware, increased the contrast and density by duplicating the layer and blending it using Overlay at 50%, and finally, added a smidgen of yellow using the Photo Filter.

Rad

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Just for fun...

Graham

Noise Ninja
Clone stamp
Curves
Blue Color Overlay layer- banged the opacity down to 17%

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anyone care to share what settings they used in Noise Ninja?

To save time I usually just chose which noise I need to get rid (lum or color) then I invoke the "profile image" method - all of which are located under the profile image tab.


The noise ninja also has profile settings you can download for your particular camera here. [LInk]

These work pretty good, but sometimes you will have to use the noise brush for those pesky areas.

So far, every version of that image is absolutely exciting. No wonder you were disappointed with that shadow.

Great shot!

HI guys,

Thanks for the feedback and the improved images. Just a couple of questions though.

How do you remove that shadow? Vjack mentions 'That looks like a perfect job for the Clone Stamp tool.'

Exactly, what is that and how do I use it?

Also, how would I improve the colours etc of the shot when taking the picture? Would that be with the aperture setting?

Thanks again for all the responses, it really is appreciated.

I am going to assume that you are using Photoshop to edit this picture. Select the Clone Stamp tool (looks like a rubber stamp) and set the diamater to something of similar size to the shadow you want to cover. Now position the tool next to (but not touching) the shadow. Hold Ctrl and click your mouse. Release Ctrl and paint over the shadow.

See here: http://iit.bloomu.edu …nhancing/clonin​gstamp.htm

Hi Vjack,

Thanks for those instructions.

I am using Photoshop CS and your instructions worked a treat! It takes a little of getting used to but seem to have got the hang of it now.

How would I know what the aperture setting should be?

Thanks

Aperture is something you determine with your camera as you take the shot. Aperture, ISO, and shutter speed interact to determine the information your camera captures. I have never tried to shoot water drops, but I would guess that you'd want to be in Shutter Priority mode. The exact settings will be different for each shot.

Post-processing can work wonders, but it is limited by the information captured by your camera when you took the shot.

Thanks