Posted in Birds, Fractalius, tagged artistic renderings, bird photography, Birds, common loons, creative effects, fractalius, muskoka, nature photography, ontario, photography, stock photography on July 10, 2011 | 3 Comments »
A Common Loon image from the archives that I applied the Photoshop plugin Fractalius for creative effect. I chose the ‘Glow 100′ preset as a starting point and immediately saw the potential to create an outline of the bird and then mask back in the red eye for a touch of color. I have been slacking off on posting some of my more recent Fractalius work, but promise to post some soon.
Posted in Fractalius, Software Solutions, tagged creative effects, fractalius, landscape photography, nature photography, photography, photoshop plugins, stock photography on March 26, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Fractalius is such an addictive Photoshop plugin. I can’t help myself! Here is a collection of some recently fracted images.For most of the photographs I used either the “Glow 100″ or the “Rounded” presets within the Fractalius plugin and then tweaked the sliders for the desired effect. I always apply this plugin on a background layer in photoshop so that I can reduce the filter’s effect further by reducing the opacity of the background layer if I choose to do so. Most often I do reduce the effect further.
Icicles
Highway 634 in Ontario’s remote boreal forest
Robin
Smooth Green Snake
Spider Web
Barred Owl
Ring-billed Gull
Cuban Iguana
Brown Pelican – juvenile
Ornamental Inukshuks
Posted in Creative Visions, tagged creative effects, creative visions, junkyards, old trucks, Parry Sound, photography, photoshop plugins, stock photography, winter on October 23, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Yesterday we received our first snow of the year. About 2 inches lay on the ground in the morning, but melted quickly when the sun rose. Later that day, I found myself scrolling through images from past winters. Often I will look back at past images to see what I have photographed and how I might improve upon what I have already captured. Sometimes it can be as simple as trying out a different Photoshop plugin. I always liked the above image, captured during a snow flurry, of this old truck that sits in a junkyard near Parry Sound, Ontario. I liked the colourful storage crates in the background and how snow from past storms was clinging to the body. Today I was using Topaz Adjust and created the above effect by selecting the “Detailed” preset and then fine tuning the results with the adjustment sliders.
