Photo assignment - June 08 - The neighbourhood

[Marko]

Woops sorry Kiley, I thought A.L. had the surgery - hope you are feeling better.

I like the way the plant looks like a heart. A bit of cropping here might help the shot. What is the background, is it the sky?

[kiley9806]

thanks marko - im feeling much better the past couple days.
the picture is of a tree branch, that i actually turned 90 degrees, so it would look more like a heart. it went out to the side originally. the background is the sky. i had to edit some other leaves & flowers out of the one side, by cloning the sky, to make it look more cleanly like a heart. how would you suggest cropping it? i have about 3 other shots like this, that are untouched, that i could play around with more...

[Marko]

the picture is of a tree branch, that i actually turned 90 degrees, so it would look more like a heart. it went out to the side originally. the background is the sky. i had to edit some other leaves & flowers out of the one side, by cloning the sky, to make it look more cleanly like a heart. how would you suggest cropping it? i have about 3 other shots like this, that are untouched, that i could play around with more...

I would take a fair amount off the top since it just looks like blank space.

Just so you know, I thought you may have brought this inside and shot it against a blue wall - I think if you try this again, try and get some clouds in the background which will make the shot even more interesting.

Hope that helps,

Marko

[tegan]

I would take a fair amount off the top since it just looks like blank space.

Just so you know, I thought you may have brought this inside and shot it against a blue wall - I think if you try this again, try and get some clouds in the background which will make the shot even more interesting.

Hope that helps,

Marko

Or, of course, you could always add the sky in later in Photoshop or a similar program and cropping should be done with care, since nothing should be too close to the frame.

Tegan

[tegan]

This is from the side of my backyard. Interesting flowering tree.

Tegan

[kiley9806]

I would take a fair amount off the top since it just looks like blank space.

Just so you know, I thought you may have brought this inside and shot it against a blue wall - I think if you try this again, try and get some clouds in the background which will make the shot even more interesting.

i guess the blank blue background does make it a little simple, but sometimes simplicity is a good thing, right? if i took the top portion down a bit, would that help for the lack of clouds? i think the sunlight on the petals & leaves makes it look outdoors-y, but i can see how you may think it was taken against a blue wall. thanks for the input!

Or, of course, you could always add the sky in later in Photoshop or a similar program and cropping should be done with care, since nothing should be too close to the frame.

I only have Paintshop Pro 9 - do you know, is there a way of doing this on that program? I've never tried to add something from another photo or source before - any advice on steps or technique? Basic & simple, since I'd be totally new to it... and if I'm adding in white clouds, how would I be able to keep the white petals clearly? Since I'd probably not crop it then, and add the clouds into the top & some behind the branches.
Thanks!

[kiley9806]

This is from the side of my backyard. Interesting flowering tree.

very interesting tree - you must live where its humid?

[tegan]

I only have Paintshop Pro 9 - do you know, is there a way of doing this on that program? I've never tried to add something from another photo or source before - any advice on steps or technique? Basic & simple, since I'd be totally new to it... and if I'm adding in white clouds, how would I be able to keep the white petals clearly? Since I'd probably not crop it then, and add the clouds into the top & some behind the branches.
Thanks!

Load up your sky image and your flower image on the same screen in the program. On your sky image use freehand select to outline the approximate amount of sky and clouds that you will need in the flower shot. Chose copy selection in the pulldown menu. Click on your flower image and using freehand select outline the sky. Go back to the edit menu and chose PASTE INTO (or it might say paste into selection) The sky selection from one photo will then be pasted into the sky of the flower photo.

Tegan

[tegan]

very interesting tree - you must live where its humid?

I live where the weather is constantly interesting. I have been in a hurricane, tornado, draught, extreme fog, ice storms, caterpillar plague, grasshoppers, and humidity equal to 40 degrees Celcius forecast as coming soon.

Tegan

[kiley9806]

I live where the weather is constantly interesting. I have been in a hurricane, tornado, draught, extreme fog, ice storms, caterpillar plague, grasshoppers, and humidity equal to 40 degrees Celcius forecast as coming soon.

Tegan

canada, eh