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Photoshop is pretty fun

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Can I ask how you got photoshop to enhance that picture so much? It looks great and I am just getting started in Photoshop. Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Thanks. I mostly just played around with this one until something worked. I used the unsharp filter to make things crisper, the darker top and bottom are two separate gradients set to overlay, and what brought out the sun color and contrails was a duplicate layer w/guassian blur set to overlay. Also there is some slight vignetting around the edges through the lens correction tool.
 
Thanks. I mostly just played around with this one until something worked. I used the unsharp filter to make things crisper, the darker top and bottom are two separate gradients set to overlay, and what brought out the sun color and contrails was a duplicate layer w/guassian blur set to overlay. Also there is some slight vignetting around the edges through the lens correction tool.

another with most of the above

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Thanks. I mostly just played around with this one until something worked. I used the unsharp filter to make things crisper, the darker top and bottom are two separate gradients set to overlay, and what brought out the sun color and contrails was a duplicate layer w/guassian blur set to overlay. Also there is some slight vignetting around the edges through the lens correction tool.

Thanks for replying. I will try some of that stuff with my pictures. But where can I find info on the "gradient overlay" and "duplicate layer?" I want to read up on those as to what they are and how to use them. Thanks.
 
Thanks for replying. I will try some of that stuff with my pictures. But where can I find info on the "gradient overlay" and "duplicate layer?" I want to read up on those as to what they are and how to use them. Thanks.

I've just learned what I know through playing around and random google searches.
 
Thanks for replying. I will try some of that stuff with my pictures. But where can I find info on the "gradient overlay" and "duplicate layer?" I want to read up on those as to what they are and how to use them. Thanks.

Everything you want to learn is available through your manufacturers website. Plus you can also visit http://www.fredmiranda.com/ for help on learning anything involving photography.

image overlay
http://www.nikonusa.com/Learn-And-Explore/Photography-Techniques/ga5bvjav/1/Image-Overlay.html

image editing
http://www.nikonusa.com/Learn-And-Explore/Photography-Techniques/Image-Editing.page

where many pros shop for cameras & lens, plus these two vendors offer photo editing classes and have several tutorials available online for the amateur & advanced shooter. You can also rent a camera or lens before purchasing.
http://www.samys.com/
http://www.calumetphoto.com/
 
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I wasted waay to much time on this
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These were all taken using the Retro Cam app from the droid market. It's pretty fun to mess around with, and it's free!
 
A bunch of random pictures from my Droid over the last couple of weeks.

#1. Look really closely...
#2. Carne Asada Burrito combo from Federico's here in Phoenix...9 bucks gets you all that, and it's damn good!
#3. "Do not Penguin?"
#4. The huge hail from 2 weeks ago that destroyed Phoenix just passing South Mountain on it's way to the center of town...cool shelf cloud.
#5. I dunno, always liked this airplane.
#6. Cactus 2 descending into PHX from ORD last week...cool clouds.
#7. I guess kids aren't human?
#8. One of my cats...the stupid one. "I love suitcase?"
 

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check this link out, ton of good info-

http://www.pslover.com/tutorials/basics/1

Everything you want to learn is available through your manufacturers website. Plus you can also visit http://www.fredmiranda.com/ for help on learning anything involving photography.

image overlay
http://www.nikonusa.com/Learn-And-Explore/Photography-Techniques/ga5bvjav/1/Image-Overlay.html

image editing
http://www.nikonusa.com/Learn-And-Explore/Photography-Techniques/Image-Editing.page

where many pros shop for cameras & lens, plus these two vendors offer photo editing classes and have several tutorials available online for the amateur & advanced shooter. You can also rent a camera or lens before purchasing.
http://www.samys.com/
http://www.calumetphoto.com/

Thanks everyone, I will check those out. Can't wait to start posting some of my own pictures on here.
 
#5. I dunno, always liked this airplane.

I love Shamu! I seem to see him everytime I fly over or go to ANY Southwest hub. He's following me. I was flying out of the gate next to him in Orlando once, and I've seen him the last 3 times I've flown out of KHOU.
 
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