Shall we try another seascape, this time in daylight which will make manipulation more difficult??

Gerry.

Gerry thats a good one to try thanks that will make it hard.

2 to play with, slightly higher res. Open to allcomers, please feel free to contribute.

Gerry.

!st attempt. Increased size of water iggie for effect

Gerry

Gerry thats looking brilliant so natural. Hey you are getting the hang of it. I didn't know the galapus island was so pictureque and green.(LOL!) I will be on to play myself in a little while I am just painting some cupboards.

Still finding shadows and reflections a problem. Sugestions welcome. Should I paint with grey or should I use colour burn or what?

Speed of Light, Speed of light
 

My first of this one
Speed of Light, Speed of light ? :D

John, I think it looks right I have just had a play and can't get it any better than you have.

Spoilsport, Christine! Make it bigger.
John, your reflection looks good to me. I usually just put a shadow instead but maybe after this we will see things differently.

Gerry.

Another one. The ladies where taken from the CD fine art photo's which was with DCM magazine.

Looks great; I like it better in colour. Will dig out some more pics to add tomorrow. Great fun, Haven't had so much interest for ages.
Your turn John.

Gerry

When you have finished with previous submisions you may like to have a go at adding some foreground interest to this one.

Never Mind
 

Never mind its behind me, I'm trying to get a picture of the scenery.

Sorry Manjeet couldn't resist.:D :D
Christine

Like you said Christine "Speed of light," but I'm not far behind you.

Regarding your submision Christine, I like the way the white water shows around the rocks. Is that a creature sitting on the rocks? I know that the shadow side of the rocks are facing the observer but, I just wonder if they would show more detail if they were a tiny bit lighter. The rocks are nicely placed.

I really like this Gerry. I would not have guessed that it was a montage.

Hi again,

Love the ideas and execution from you both; I see Christine's "rocks" as a shark and the photographer idea is neat. Likewise the frogmen is a good idea; now I must come up with something????
Back soon.
Gerry

Ok, here goes with my Windermere attempt-not a speed record!!

Gerry

The church and boat look brilliant so natural, it looks like they where there when you took the photo and not added in.

John if you are referring to the one with Manjeet in thats a the killer whale in the background not a rock.
Your photo of the divers look great you have good water movement around them.

Thank you Christine, I thought I was over-reaching then. Where to Now??

Gerry.

Here's one of my son Ian. Yes, he's very normal. I took this with a wide angle lens to inlarge the face. I've been trying to do something with the background, but seem to be having a problem. I would like to see what you guys can do.

I give-up with the background...So, I did this instead.

Christine,
Sorry about the mistaken identity, please don't set the whale on me. My eyes are not what they used to be. Oh no! sorry, it's my monitor.

Gerry thats a beauty really natural looking.

Thanks John, the practice has been really good for me.

Mike, what do you want doing...plain background or something suitable putting in??

Gerry.

His Other Half
 

Used his other half to fill the frame - hope he does'nt mind.

I didn't think of that...Thanks! :o

Well done Prostie, I have an image for you also re your tit-house.
Mike I have given you your son back and cured the occasional skin blemish.

Gerry

All I have done on this one is use the gausion blur.

You guys are playing with faces while i'm still working on Windmere. I will get better and faster, meanwhile I'm really learning a lot about PS.
Comments on the attached, please. To me, the lighthouse is ok but the guillemots don't appear natural, they need to blend into the water far more.

The lighthouse looks great but like you said the gullimots need to be smoothed into the water use the burn tool then the blur tool with about 3% under the belly untill it looks like it will fade them into the water.

Nice one Gerry

Snowyowl, congratulations and thanks for joining us and joining in the fun whilst learning together. The lighthouse looks great but along with the guillemots could be a bit bigger. Who says the birds should be lifesize, sometimes for effect a little larger is good especially in the front of the picture. Art cannot be constrained by physics!!!

To join edges together, e.g in the windsurfer & church in my earlier effort, I turn down the opacity of the layer and\or use the clone at a low setting-20'ish- to blend the surrounds. Notice the reflection of the sail, how it appears to be under the water. Practice makes perfect so back to the grind.

Gerry.

I've been part of this from some of the earliest posts. Thank for the tips. I was deliberately trying to keep the add-ons in the scale of the lake as it appears to me.

A storm has sprung up on Windermere, the windsurfer escaped safely.

Gerry

I think that the guillimots are nicely placed. For me they would benefit from being slightly larger. Anyway they certainly do the job of giving foreground interest and improve the overal experience.

Nice one Gerry that looks really good, now you will have to find a windsurfer to add to it.

No windsurfer will this do
 

Trainee Navigator, determined to get back to sea.

Spot on, waves are perfect.