Post Your Best Nature Shots!

[Jon Ruyle]

I'll say it was. Very nice!

[Dann Thombs]

Any slight technical issues can be overlooked with a shot like that.

[Rodger]

First off,cian3307, amazing timing! I love (and hate) when I get an accidental perfectly timed shot. On one of my first ever bird pictures I was randomly lucky with an old Canon AV-1 and caught the bird perfectly in flight. It's on this thread somewhere haha. All in all, nice job

wat do you use to create that border?

Madison, I made a photoshop action that gives the same basic vignette affect. Here is an example and you can decide whether to use my settings or not haha. Critique always welcome, but not looking for it as this is just an example of an affect. (Plus it doesn't quite fit the 'Nature' category.)









-In photoshop, you change the "Background" layer to "Layer 0" or rename it however you would like.


-Then, you add a "Layer Style" to "Layer 0"


-Make sure in the Layer Style dialogue box, that only "Inner Glow" is checked.


-Under the "Structure" heading: Blend Mode = normal, Opacity = 100%, Noise = 0, Check the color square (for lack of a better term) and make sure it is pure black (or whatever color you want the vignette to be).


-Under the "Elements" heading: Technique = softer, Source = edge, Choke =15%, Size = 250px


-Under the "Quality" heading: Contour = a box with a diagonal split going from bottom left to top right. Dark side was on bottom (I was I knew how to put a picture of it here rather than try to describe it). , Anti-aliased = not checked, Range = 46%, Jitter = 0%





Hope this works for you! (You can see why I made it an action rather than do this each time I wanted a vignette!)


-Rodger

[RBarrz]

I used to do the same thing as posted above but not all pics allow me to use my saved settings so I got edge efx and it works around pic when its close to border I like it alot.

[Dumien]

This is just a little something from my garden, yesterday.





Canon Rebel XSi
Canon EF 70-200 F2.8 L
1/1250
200mm @ F5.0
ISO 100

[Madison]

I used to do the same thing as posted above but not all pics allow me to use my saved settings so I got edge efx and it works around pic when its close to border I like it alot.
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Does that exist for Mac and do you have the website of the manufacturer? When I Goodle Edge Efx I get loads of tutorials but not a specific software package. (PS: Sorry for the off topic). Your effect looks great. It looks more refined than a regular vignette.

[RBarrz]

I will get on searching in the archives for it.

[Sinh Nhut Nguyen]

Hello everyone another addition to this very popular thread. []


Reddish Egret in afternoon lighting, taken at Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve.





40D &amp; 400 f/5.6L, f/6.3, 1/1250 sec. ISO 250, AWB, Al Servo, Evaluative Metering.


Larger Version


http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9376187&amp;size=lg

[Dann Thombs]

Great pose, comp, lighting, and background separation. Technically perfect all around.

[cian3307]

OK Nate, I'm beginning to suspect that you are training these birds to pose for you[]


Yet another masterpiece!