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Working on Photo Presentation "Skills" What do you think?

JapanJohnJapanJohn Posts: 2,030 ✭
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Not one of my better photos but played around with adding a reflected image in photoshop.

Does this work, or no? And it only took me about an hour to figure out how to do this so don't worry about hurting my extremely frazzled and sensitive feelings.

On the computer I'm sending this on the reflection shows up very poorly but on my mac that I did it on it's quite visible.

John

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  • morgansforevermorgansforever Posts: 8,465 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You don't need to hone your skills, you have already achieved stellar photo techniques.

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  • blu62vetteblu62vette Posts: 11,933 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I think it looks great...
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  • drwstr123drwstr123 Posts: 7,041 ✭✭✭✭✭
    JJ-Just about visible on my PC. Mike




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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    John, you are indeed a perfectionist... but I do not see how you can get any better ... Cheers, RickO
  • stev32kstev32k Posts: 2,098 ✭✭✭
    That's kinda neat. My only comment is that I would like to see more reflection. Those don't reflect much of the image and if you don't know it's there it might be overlooked.
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  • UtahCoinUtahCoin Posts: 5,359 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Great job! Makes mine look like I took them with a Polaroid....
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  • JapanJohnJapanJohn Posts: 2,030 ✭
    Okay rather than post a second image I increased the opacity of the reflection layer and loaded it up again. Refresh your browser and it shoud be a little brighter.

    Good? Bad? Go home and never come back?

    John
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  • shylockshylock Posts: 4,288 ✭✭✭
    John - great image as usual, but I'm not sure I see the PhotoShop enhancement compared to your website image.

    Please expain what you did - it may be my old ViewSonic monitor's lack of high def. Very curious!
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  • shylockshylock Posts: 4,288 ✭✭✭
    Ah yes...very cool presentation, I like it!
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  • mgoodm3mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭
    Looks good.
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  • mrearlygoldmrearlygold Posts: 17,858 ✭✭✭
    Excellent!

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  • IGWTIGWT Posts: 4,975 ✭
    Jeesh. I just figured out how to use drop shadows, and already I've been thrown back into the dark ages. Very nice presentation.
  • TrimbleTrimble Posts: 8
    Very nice photo JJ, impressive.
  • DuPapaDuPapa Posts: 495 ✭✭
    Real nice concept and execution.
    I like..... will copy...
  • MesquiteMesquite Posts: 4,075 ✭✭✭
    image Very nice!
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  • JapanJohnJapanJohn Posts: 2,030 ✭
    IGWT,

    The funny thing is I was following some on line guides and it was making me NUTS. Gradient this, reflect that. I knew all I wanted to do was create a layer, flip it, and lower the opacity (okay, I confess to doing a gradient once the image opacity was lowered).

    So I closed the browser with the so called help.....Created a layer flipped it. Resized the canvas, drug it where I wanted it and cropped. Then started playing around with the opacity slider.

    I think the guys who write directions just want you to know how smart they are. It's not that hard. At least not the second time.

    John
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  • SwampboySwampboy Posts: 13,051 ✭✭✭✭✭
    JapanJohn,
    Excellent effect. Your copyright is a competing design element and I think it's elimination would enhance the artistic effects you are perfecting.
    Rock on!!

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  • solidsolid Posts: 2,975
    Excellent job!!!
  • fcloudfcloud Posts: 12,133 ✭✭✭✭
    Great job!

    Did you make the mirror black or did it image that way?

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  • JapanJohnJapanJohn Posts: 2,030 ✭
    fcloud,

    It was imaged that way. The fields turned out black.

    John
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    Never view my other linked pages. They aren't coin related.
  • DuPapaDuPapa Posts: 495 ✭✭
    Created a layer flipped it. Resized the canvas, drug it where I wanted it and cropped. Then started playing around with the opacity slider.

    I've been doing the same steps to learn what about die clashes. Not artistic like yours, but helpful to me for its purpose. I gave up with the help topics too...


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  • DJCoinzDJCoinz Posts: 3,856 ✭
    Very nice presentation. image
    Here's my attempt:

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    aka Dan
  • cheezhedcheezhed Posts: 5,908 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I love that Morgan!
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  • BarbercoinBarbercoin Posts: 1,026 ✭✭✭
    Wow!

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  • stev32kstev32k Posts: 2,098 ✭✭✭
    Who is General Failure, and why is he reading my hard drive?
  • ModernCrapNutModernCrapNut Posts: 2,086 ✭
    I like it John. It shows up well on my LCD monitor.


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  • DieClashDieClash Posts: 3,688 ✭✭✭


    << <i>You don't need to hone your skills, you have already achieved stellar photo techniques. >>



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    John, for all of us shutterbugs out here, this is a pretty cool post. Thanks for sharing! image
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