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Photographing your Bokeh

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woodmancy

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I redid "Mosque Bush" using the advice of Mike's (mregier) post - I put texture into it by merging a couple of photos together. I think it is a better image. In these OOF shots it does indeed help the eye to have something it can focus on.
Original "Mosque Bush" is in post 528

Keith

 
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mregnier

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hi Keith,

I like this version much better. It really does help to have something for the eye to focus on. You might try playing with the blend modes on the texture. I sometimes come up with some nice accidents this way.

mike
 
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woodmancy

Subscriber Member
mregnier said:
hi Keith,

I like this version much better. It really does help to have something for the eye to focus on. You might try playing with the blend modes on the texture. I sometimes come up with some nice accidents this way.

mike
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Thanks for providing the help to get me here, Mike.

I've only used the program for just the basic stuff, do you have any books, etc to recommend on this issue of working with multiple images in Photoshop?

Keith
 
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mregnier

Senior Subscriber Member
woodmancy said:
Thanks for providing the help to get me here, Mike.

I've only used the program for just the basic stuff, do you have any books, etc to recommend on this issue of working with multiple images in Photoshop?

Keith
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Keith,
Are you familiar with a site named http://www.chromasia.com
He does tutorials that are a fair price, and he actually did 2 tutorials on my work with textures that goes in depth in to my work with my examples and how I did it. Here is a more direct link. http://www.chromasia.com/tutorials/online/wwt1_info.php
It is a two part tutorial using my work and his work. However, if you don't want to get involved with that, just keep playing with different images and try different blend modes on the texture and opacity changes as well as masks to alter part of the textures. I sometimes use multiple textures on top of each other at different strengths. It's not uncommon to end up with 10 or more layers and huge files.
The chromasia tutorial would be better than a book. I don't make any money from this by the way, so I'm not trying to push his tutorials. He does do a great job of teaching though.
Hope this helps

mike
 
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woodmancy

Subscriber Member
mregnier said:
Keith,
Are you familiar with a site named http://www.chromasia.com
He does tutorials that are a fair price, and he actually did 2 tutorials on my work with textures that goes in depth in to my work with my examples and how I did it. Here is a more direct link. http://www.chromasia.com/tutorials/online/wwt1_info.php
It is a two part tutorial using my work and his work. However, if you don't want to get involved with that, just keep playing with different images and try different blend modes on the texture and opacity changes as well as masks to alter part of the textures. I sometimes use multiple textures on top of each other at different strengths. It's not uncommon to end up with 10 or more layers and huge files.
The chromasia tutorial would be better than a book. I don't make any money from this by the way, so I'm not trying to push his tutorials. He does do a great job of teaching though.
Hope this helps

mike
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Mike

Just what I needed - thank you!

Keith
 
m3photo

m3photo

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Re: Photoshop Layers

woodmancy said:
I've only used the program for just the basic stuff, do you have any books, etc to recommend on this issue of working with multiple images in Photoshop?
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I confess I haven't read it as I'm more of a self-taught type but this one by Matt Kloskowski is well recommended:
Layers: The Complete Guide to Photoshop's Most Powerful Feature
 
m3photo

m3photo

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Re: Texture

woodmancy said:
I redid "Mosque Bush" using the advice of Mike's (mregier) post - I put texture into it by merging a couple of photos together. I think it is a better image. In these OOF shots it does indeed help the eye to have something it can focus on.
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I'm very intrigued to know what steps you took to get texture from merging a couple of photos together, if I may be so bold as to pick your or M Regnier's brains on this (I really like his image in post #532).
I fully agree about helping the eye to catch focus on these OOF images, I have worked on many but I usually boost the Clarity slider up all the way, I haven't seen the texture effect done so well before.

Scratch that and thanks to M Regnier and his link.
 
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woodmancy

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Re: Texture

m3photo said:
I'm very intrigued to know what steps you took to get texture from merging a couple of photos together, if I may be so bold as to pick your or M Regnier's brains on this (I really like his image in post #532).
I fully agree about helping the eye to catch focus on these OOF images, I have worked on many but I usually boost the Clarity slider up all the way, I haven't seen the texture effect done so well before.

Scratch that and thanks to M Regnier and his link.
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m3photo:

I loved the images on Mikes site, and figured that I had to do something with mine. You can only push clarity to the limit - then, you have to add the texture through another image.
I found a stock image site and down loaded a few "textures", then I blended the texture image with my original. Now, I know, that you know much more about photoshop than me, so it's over to you. But, of course, the devil is in the details. You can blend textures, create your own, or whatever - I'm enthralled with this stuff. The ultimate goal is to create the image you are looking for.

Keith
 
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mregnier

Senior Subscriber Member
Keith,

you can also start shooting textures and then combine the textures to make new textures, color,b&w etc. I make many variations of my textures. I also carry a camera all the time to shoot foregrounds,backgrounds,sky,textures etc.

mike
 
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weaselboy

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Finally got around to grabbing a couple of the better ones I've got. :D These are both taken with the stock Oly 14-42 and 40-150mm lenses (don't remember which is which, though, I'd have to double check. >.<)

I'm relatively new to photography (this is my first DSLR, an Oly E-620) and even newer to "bokehgraphs." So hopefully this is in-line with the thread. :D



 
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woodmancy

Subscriber Member
weaselboy said:
Finally got around to grabbing a couple of the better ones I've got. :D These are both taken with the stock Oly 14-42 and 40-150mm lenses (don't remember which is which, though, I'd have to double check. >.<)

I'm relatively new to photography (this is my first DSLR, an Oly E-620) and even newer to "bokehgraphs." So hopefully this is in-line with the thread. :D

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Welcome to the thread Weaselboy - I especially like the background bokeh in this one

Keith
 
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