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March 16, 2007

Friday Feathers - Using Filters

I typically don't tweak photos I've taken unless the image needs a bit of fine tuning via Photoshop's brightness/contrast or the Curves tool. I never used the filters in Photoshop and one day decided to test each one using this photograph of a Blue Heron.

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Though the Heron is frozen mid-flight (yay!) the focus is off and the quality of the image a bit muddy. After applying a number of different filters to the image, I then tried the Artistic/Poster Edges filter. I really liked the effect this particular filter had on the image; it made muddy areas a bit sharper and converted the image into one that looks like it was hand-painted.

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I liked the effect of this particular filter so much that I tested on my entire folder of Heron photographs and plan to have one of the photos enlarged and printed for framing. :-)

Cindy

Comments

Omg is this cool Cindy!

BTW 13 days I am counting ;-)

Brain matter deposited by: Joost on March 17, 2007 12:47 PM

that's just mind-blowing ....

and yes, march 30 is fast approaching .... no idea why, though.

Brain matter deposited by: zed on March 17, 2007 5:45 PM

Astounding!

Brain matter deposited by: Ted on March 19, 2007 6:04 AM