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| Roma Tomato - I 2010 |
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| Roma Tomato - II 2010 |
After hurriedly snapping photos, I ate the whole thing...
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| Roma Tomato -III 2010 |
Showing posts with label Adobe PhotoShop Elements 8. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Adobe PhotoShop Elements 8. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
FIRST HARVEST
After hurriedly snapping photos, I ate the whole thing...
Wednesday, June 02, 2010
CREATIVE LICENSE
The blog of an accomplished photographer [Small City Scenes of Smallwood] has reported the theft of some of her work, used by a site, called PHOTO WORLD NEWS. Apparently this has occurred more than once.
I could not find a link to the site, but decided I really did not want to provide one. There are lots of illegitimate sites purporting to deliver news, stealing others' creativity and practicing outright plagiarism.
No matter what you think of your own creativity, whatever it is, you own it and deserve at least a nod of recognition.
Recently, I purchased an inexpensive collection of nearly 1 million pieces of clip art, photographs, and other graphics. The software collection has specific instructions how it may be used, primarily non-commercial use. Using this software's graphics which are recognizable logos and likely trademarked is prohibited except in very elementary situations like home-made greeting cards. To be responsible, I have adopted the extra precaution of crediting the software, when I use its contents.
Now photography is a 1st love of mine, but I know despite my limited skills I'll never make a living at it. So I have, on more than one occasion asked for attribution if used by others.
Apparently stealing photos by PHOTO WORLD NEWS is habitually, not an unintentional oversight.
When I started blogging I used the Internet for illustration, too, but I soon realized even web pages are copyrighted. On occasion in my zeal to have graphics in my blog, I overlooked a copyright mark. Sometimes I discovered it after posting, or much later. I tried to make corrections.
As a substitute for posting possibly copyrighted creativity myself, I have adopted a policy of linking to the site where proper attribution is already given. My blog may be less attractive in layout, less I unintentionally offend or slight someone's creativity.
There is a fee free (I think) license called Creative Commons some bloggers use. Whether it is a deterrent to unauthorized use of your creativity, I cannot say.
P.S. For those following my current malady, Dizzy as a Dingbat, Drunk as a Skunk, I am improving.
I could not find a link to the site, but decided I really did not want to provide one. There are lots of illegitimate sites purporting to deliver news, stealing others' creativity and practicing outright plagiarism.
No matter what you think of your own creativity, whatever it is, you own it and deserve at least a nod of recognition.
Recently, I purchased an inexpensive collection of nearly 1 million pieces of clip art, photographs, and other graphics. The software collection has specific instructions how it may be used, primarily non-commercial use. Using this software's graphics which are recognizable logos and likely trademarked is prohibited except in very elementary situations like home-made greeting cards. To be responsible, I have adopted the extra precaution of crediting the software, when I use its contents.
Now photography is a 1st love of mine, but I know despite my limited skills I'll never make a living at it. So I have, on more than one occasion asked for attribution if used by others.
Apparently stealing photos by PHOTO WORLD NEWS is habitually, not an unintentional oversight.
When I started blogging I used the Internet for illustration, too, but I soon realized even web pages are copyrighted. On occasion in my zeal to have graphics in my blog, I overlooked a copyright mark. Sometimes I discovered it after posting, or much later. I tried to make corrections.
As a substitute for posting possibly copyrighted creativity myself, I have adopted a policy of linking to the site where proper attribution is already given. My blog may be less attractive in layout, less I unintentionally offend or slight someone's creativity.
There is a fee free (I think) license called Creative Commons some bloggers use. Whether it is a deterrent to unauthorized use of your creativity, I cannot say.
P.S. For those following my current malady, Dizzy as a Dingbat, Drunk as a Skunk, I am improving.
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| First Rosebud of Spring - 2010 NitWit1 photo |
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Time-out to Play!
After a hectic schedule today, where we left home at 9:30 a.m. and were essentially gone until nearly 5 p.m. with a brief stop by the house to change clothes, I needed some down time.
Our schedule today included (1) church services, (2) Life Group fellowship, (3) delivery of items to help my house cleaner with her Volunteer Spay and Neuter Clinic scheduled for May 25-27 in Yellville at the Marion Co. Fairgrounds. We also had to return (4) a long-distance phone message of my half-brother who just had heart surgery and finally (5) we finished a business transaction with my best friend around 4:30 p.m. Too much retired life for me!
For some relaxation in the midst of stress (see previous post), I decided to play around with Adobe Photoshop Elements 8.
But today I play: [Hope Jinksy at napples notes, sees I can create rhyme on occasion, albeit almost too short to read!]
In order above of insertion are a number of creations from a single photo: The first shot is straight out of the camera [SOOC]: no corrections like crop, contrast, white light, color, noise, etc. Crop would have been minimumly~probably the tip of white at the bottom of the SOOC photo. This is backlit photo which I love with flowers and other semi-transparent subjects. Although not a MACRO, the Zoom lens helped give that appearance. I suppose Close-up is a better adjective.
The rest of the photos are effects applied to the SOOC photo. Since there are probably 100s of variations, I did not bother to remember which I used. Remember I am playing! I did take note these same effects can be applied to text, clip art, and projects, not just photos.
I only applied one effect to each photo. Imagine the fun of mix-and-match, as well as the degree to which each is applied. WOW!
Having always been a realist insofar as photography is concerned, I can see I may find an artistic leaning with this program, as well as FUN~ FUN~FUN!
Nothing could be better for a NitWit......
Oh yes! I have an inexpensive light box with LED daylight balanced lights ordered. Imagine the fun I anticipate with this, especially in the winter.
I could have built a light box. At this point in my life I don't need to be worried with details. Building is easy to do insofar as the box is concerned. Building a lightbox in a la DIY mode allows for sizes not found in commercial offerings: usually 1"x1", 16"x16" (most common), 24"x24", i.e., basically square. The larger the box, the more it costs.
Buying daylight balanced lights is tad harder and the expense part of a project. But it is possible and the newer energy saving (curly cue ones) are even available balanced for daylight.
Back to my Play Today~~~Which photo effects do you like best?
[Besides SOOC, I like #4. The texture reminds of palette knife oil painting. If I had applied a slight blur to it, I would really have a piece of amateur art.]
Our schedule today included (1) church services, (2) Life Group fellowship, (3) delivery of items to help my house cleaner with her Volunteer Spay and Neuter Clinic scheduled for May 25-27 in Yellville at the Marion Co. Fairgrounds. We also had to return (4) a long-distance phone message of my half-brother who just had heart surgery and finally (5) we finished a business transaction with my best friend around 4:30 p.m. Too much retired life for me!
For some relaxation in the midst of stress (see previous post), I decided to play around with Adobe Photoshop Elements 8.
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| SOOC |
I have only completed 1.5 lessons in a textbook for this software. I am a tad impatient it doesn't dive right into the creative processes I know this program has.
Instead it has 135+ pages of nearly 500 pages on the ORGANIZER feature of the program. I prefer to do my own organizing, which is nil or none. However, I can see some advantages to the organizer, especially tags. It's just that I want to choose what to organize in true NitWit wisdom and not necessarily the way dimwit ORGANIZER decides. So I'll plow through the chapters but may take a peek ahead now and then.
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| Effect 1 |
In order above of insertion are a number of creations from a single photo: The first shot is straight out of the camera [SOOC]: no corrections like crop, contrast, white light, color, noise, etc. Crop would have been minimumly~probably the tip of white at the bottom of the SOOC photo. This is backlit photo which I love with flowers and other semi-transparent subjects. Although not a MACRO, the Zoom lens helped give that appearance. I suppose Close-up is a better adjective.
[All photos should be clickable to enlarge.
This post is created in Blogger In Draft,
so don't guarantee!]
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| Effect 2- Lens FLare (I think) |
I only applied one effect to each photo. Imagine the fun of mix-and-match, as well as the degree to which each is applied. WOW!
Having always been a realist insofar as photography is concerned, I can see I may find an artistic leaning with this program, as well as FUN~ FUN~FUN!
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| Effect 3- subcategory of some effect called zoom |
Oh yes! I have an inexpensive light box with LED daylight balanced lights ordered. Imagine the fun I anticipate with this, especially in the winter.
I could have built a light box. At this point in my life I don't need to be worried with details. Building is easy to do insofar as the box is concerned. Building a lightbox in a la DIY mode allows for sizes not found in commercial offerings: usually 1"x1", 16"x16" (most common), 24"x24", i.e., basically square. The larger the box, the more it costs.
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| Effect 4 |
Back to my Play Today~~~Which photo effects do you like best?
[Besides SOOC, I like #4. The texture reminds of palette knife oil painting. If I had applied a slight blur to it, I would really have a piece of amateur art.]
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