Holiday Edit

I had a lot of fun with this edit. I first enhanced the saturation to make the colors very deep. Then I copied the layer and added a mask. I then added a radial blur and masked out the flag so that everything but the flag was blurred.

Fourth of July Weekend

I had a lot of fun taking pictures of the fireworks. Once I realized that I had to push the button early in order to capture the actual firework, my pictures turned out a lot better. The picture of the temple was taken at sunset after a rainy day. The sky was gorgeous and the lighting was great.

Temple; Rexburg; July 2, 2009; f/3.8; 1/8; Canon PowerShot A400

















Firework; Idaho Falls; July 4, 2009; f/5.6; 1.6 Canon PowerShot A400

Firework confetti; Idaho Falls; July 4, 2009;f/5.6; 1.6 Canon PowerShot A400

Water Edit

I cropped one of my water shots and added a fish eye effect to it. It wasn't anything dramatic but it gave the water a more exaggerated effect.

Water

This week's assignment was to take pictures of water with either stopped or blurred motion. Here is some of my work. All of the pictures were taken in the BYU-Idaho gardens. These pictures were taken while it was overcast.

BYU–Idaho Gardens: 6/11/09; 1 p.m.; Rexburg; f 5.0; 1/200; Sony DSC W120

1. BYU–Idaho gardens: 6/11/09; 1 p.m.; Rexburg; f 7.1; 1/80; Sony DSC W120

1. BYU–Idaho gardens: 6/11/09; 1 p.m.; Rexburg; f 2.8; 1/100; Sony DSC W120

Finished Panoramic

I used the photomerge tool in Photoshop to merge my 6 pictures together. I have to say I had my doubts about how well it would work with my pictures, but it turned out really well. After I did it, I had to flatten the image in order to eliminate the cracks.

Individual panoramic shots

Field1: 6/17/09; 8:30 p.m.; Rexburg; f 3.8; 1/500; Canon Powershot A400

Field2: 6/17/09; 8:30 p.m.; Rexburg; f 3.8; 1/500; Canon Powershot A400

Field3: 6/17/09; 8:30 p.m.; Rexburg; f 3.8; 1/400; Canon Powershot A400

Field4: 6/17/09; 8:30 p.m.; Rexburg; f 3.8; 1/500; Canon Powershot A400

Field5: 6/17/09; 8:30 p.m.; Rexburg; f 3.8; 1/500; Canon Powershot A400

Field6: 6/17/09; 8:30 p.m.; Rexburg; f 3.8; 1/500; Canon Powershot A400

So this week's assignment was to take several individual shots and then merge them together in photoshop. Here are the individual shots. They aren't anything special but in the next post you'll see how they turned out after the photomerge tool. I didn't use a tripod but used my hand and rotated it like I would have a tripod

Finished Template

Here is the finished product! I was a little sad because I had to crop out one of my friends on the Thursday square. Other than that it turned out fine. I didn't make any changes to the template because I really liked it as it was!