Artistic Shots

Reefbaby · 04-02-2006, 05:51 PM

Thought I'd share a cool photo I kind of "touched up".;-)

Here's the original, just for kicks!

...gotta love Photoshop! :-)

***Rob*** · 04-02-2006, 06:53 PM

awesome christi...
i love it

(btw, i just got .Mac with my new intel iMac..

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Reefbaby · 04-02-2006, 06:56 PM

no way! You got the new intel? I'll be interested to hear how you like it. After listening to one of the last maccasts (thanks for the link, btw), we decided to wait until 2007, since most of the software (for instance Photoshop) won't be intel-ready until 2007. So, please, let me know how you like it!
I figured out the linking problem...it was a setting on our iDisk preferences. .mac is great. Georg got me my own email address (reefbaby) for my birthday, because he got so sick of our family email mailbox full of TalkingReef emails alerts! He he :-) Now that I've figured out the iDisk problem, it's actually pretty great. I think we have like 500MB of space on the iDisk and we can mix and match how we like with the email accounts, so rather than using PhotoBucket, I can use the iDisk instead.

***Rob*** · 04-02-2006, 06:59 PM

yeah, its great so far...
i will start a new discusssion lounge thread.. so we dont clog up this thread with Mac stuff...

**Amphibious** · 04-02-2006, 08:43 PM

That's really neat stuff, Christi.

Dick

kj_yoda · 04-02-2006, 11:16 PM

awesome job christi

**CarmieJo** · 04-03-2006, 12:50 AM

Great image! Taken with the new camera I presume?

Reefbaby · 04-03-2006, 04:00 AM

:-) Thanks guys! I was fooling around with the image in Photoshop and came up with that..

Yes, CarmieJo, it's my new camera, although I'm still figuring out how to get good shots. The tripod I've got isn't stable enough to hold this heavy camera, so I'll need to get a new one to support the weight. Then, I think I can work with different f-stops to get more in focus...

pham411 · 04-04-2006, 01:43 AM

wow, it would be krazy if there were zoaz that color!! all you gene scientists out there. get kracking!!! hehe

Scott · 04-05-2006, 12:15 AM

Christi, great use of Photoshop. Looks really cool. Maybe one day I'll figure it out enough to come up with some cools pics like that. :-)

gwen_o_lyn · 04-05-2006, 12:44 AM

I'm trying to learn PS right now.. just following some online tutorials. I'm interested in the web design stuff

Scott · 04-05-2006, 12:50 AM

I've had a class in photoshop, started taking a web design class via the web...just haven't had time to get back to the classes for the certificate (bummer...AAS is only available on site).

Of course, you know about the podcasts (audio and video) some have out there covering photoshop...

DJGonzo69 · 04-05-2006, 04:40 PM

I learned Photoshop & Illustrator by just doing it on the fly. It's very tool oriented & up to now I still discover different tools that I can use. It's fun
creating & editing stuff.

DJGonzo69 · 04-05-2006, 05:16 PM

Here is one I edited in PS.

***Rob*** · 04-05-2006, 05:22 PM

awesome...
you guys rock..

Gonz,
i love the texture.. it almost makes it look like a puzzle..

DJGonzo69 · 04-05-2006, 05:36 PM

Rob..I got the idea from one of the canvas painting I did awhile back. I was using acrylic paint & I forgot to lay a clear coat on it. As the painting aged it started to crack & had a similar look to the photo I edited. I think I'll use this as my new avatar.

Scott · 04-14-2006, 12:31 AM

Ok, here's one I played with tonight....not super fancy, but it's a start/attempt.

and the original...