I've been playing around with lighting and taking zoom shots, various things with my camera and my last bunch of takes, a couple of pictures came out really cute. So today I dove in and tried my first photo manipulation to make something out of a real picture. Nothing fancy and the differences are standing out big time as to the differences between virtual photo manipulation and real photo manipulation. But it's a start. The biggest thing I had to do, which I hadn't successfully done before was, in the very center of the manipulation it was glaringly bright white and yellow...so with a -layer mask- (i'm learning!)...i fiddled around with color levels and layer modes and got it to a state that blends in with the rest of the background. The edge is a bit sharper yet than I'd like though I smudged and blurred..but also realized that it always would be due to the fact the light was hitting at that angle...but..it is way better than I used to do...and than the way it looked before.
I just had to show it off....
By the way..this is one of my outdoor kitties, the shot just came out way to precious to not do something with it.
The Original Picture
Looking Coy by
Jorden, on Flickr
The Manipulation
He did it! by
Jorden, on Flickr
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