Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/08/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Montie. I came to the same conclusion. I just took it too far. I appreciate your looking, and the good advice. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Montie Talbert" <montoid at earthlink.net> To: <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 10:21 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Reworked Butterfly > The stems/grass in the orig are a bit distracting for me, Jim. > I like the re-work more. If you could remask it so a bit more detail > shines thru from the background, the compromise might just do it! > > Excellent shot regardless. > > Montie > >>I've been trying to learn to use PS tools that I haven't tried previously. > One that has challenged me previously involves Layers and Masks. Since I > use Elements, which doesn't include masks directly, such work has been out > of my league. > > Thanks to a friend on another list, I have been taught a work-around to > use > in applying masks. I applied this to my last butterfly post, to cleanup > the > background, and updated the image in the gallery. Some may like it, some > may not. But it was a learning exercise that I thought I needed to > perform. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Gulf+Fritillary+on+Orange+Cosmos.jpg.html > > Comments and critiques are, as always, welcomed. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >