June 2024

[John Geerts]

First one! I have been blessed with a very good life...so far 

Congratulations Paco !!   

[John Geerts]

A branch of the Keria Japonica
D3S  135/2 DC

[Ian Watson]

Old path leading up to St Michael's church in Macclesfield.

Nikon Zf, 35mm f/2 AI.

[Fons Baerken]

Machine at work

Zf  -  Z35mm f/1.8S

[golunvolo]

Thank you both,  truly

[golunvolo]

A branch of the Keria Japonica
D3S  135/2 DC

Careful use and positioning of the beautiful background colors makes for an interesting visual collage. Softness, balance and subtlety becomes a quality and an atmosphere here.

[armando_m]

This might be a bit controversial, but here it goes:

This photo is a long exposure with a black background, consisting of three poses, each lit with a handheld flash. I took it last week, but I found it a bit boring and thought it would be good material to experiment with in Photoshop's generative AI.

I asked Photoshop to remove the background and regenerate it as a steampunk room with window light coming from the right side of the image.

I had to do some retouching on the layer mask because it was messing up the hands

[Chip Chipowski]

Armando - a very engaging photo - I like!

[John Geerts]

This might be a bit controversial, but here it goes:

This photo is a long exposure with a black background, consisting of three poses, each lit with a handheld flash. I took it last week, but I found it a bit boring and thought it would be good material to experiment with in Photoshop's generative AI.

I asked Photoshop to remove the background and regenerate it as a steampunk room with window light coming from the right side of the image.

I had to do some retouching on the layer mask because it was messing up the hands

A nice experiment, Armando.  It has something artificial to my feeling, but that are perhaps the three poses. It's very busy however

[John Geerts]

Careful use and positioning of the beautiful background colors makes for an interesting visual collage. Softness, balance and subtlety becomes a quality and an atmosphere here.

Thanks Paco

[John Geerts]

Armando - a very engaging photo - I like!

I like it Chip, beauty of a background, greatly separated. Did you use the 300/2.8 or a longer lens?

[armando_m]

A nice experiment, Armando.  It has something artificial to my feeling, but that are perhaps the three poses. It's very busy however

John, Thank you for your comment

[Thomas Stellwag]

This might be a bit controversial, but here it goes:

I like the result very much

[Chip Chipowski]

I like it Chip, beauty of a background, greatly separated. Did you use the 300/2.8 or a longer lens?

Thanks John, it was the 70-200 2.8VR with a TC-17.  340mm @ 5.6

[armando_m]

I like the result very much

Thank you Thomas