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Last post by Mhayes - August 17, 2024, 12:23:44 PM
Thanks Shujen! I didn't know this either and hopefully good on PS CS5?
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Last post by schen - August 17, 2024, 11:43:35 AM
Here is my process of creating a GIF file from photos in Photoshop.



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Last post by Shadow - August 16, 2024, 10:28:19 AM
Wonderful Shujen!! Thanks for sharing.
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Last post by Hannie - August 16, 2024, 04:05:31 AM
That looks great Shujen, I didn't know about the auto aligbment for layers in Photoshop, great tip! Will have t try that myself sometime.
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Last post by schen - August 15, 2024, 11:30:33 PM
Last week, I stayed in Chicago downtown for a week. One morning, I got up early and sat on the east balcony, taking skyline pictures. I had no idea where the sun was going to rise but I used a wide-angle lens to take multiple pictures. Didn't bring my tripods so the shots were all over the place. I tried to use 50% opacity to align the layers manually but the resulting GIF was lurching ever so slightly. Then I realized Photoshop does auto-align for layers.


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Last post by Mhayes - August 12, 2024, 09:37:27 PM
Beautiful shot, but now I'm wondering about your love of macro photography. LOL Okay, I share the same feelings as it's a lot of fun.
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Last post by Hannie - August 07, 2024, 03:45:37 AM
Beautiful (if somewhat naughty)shot Shujen, you are having a lot of fun with the macro lens!
Very interesting meal you had at the Rosetta Restaurant, I have a feeling ants are healthy and good for joints etc.  I love purslane.
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Last post by schen - August 05, 2024, 05:21:07 PM
I love macros! Didn't mean to catch them in the act. With my old eyes, I only saw one when I took the picture.

Macro photography is getting more challenging as my eyes age. Due to the shallow depth of field, auto-focus often does not focus on the right place.



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Last post by Mhayes - August 02, 2024, 06:46:51 PM
Schen, what great shots and I love the one of you in the restaurant. That is great that you didn't miss your chance after being late. I love taking macro shots. Interesting about the white sheet.
 
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Last post by schen - August 01, 2024, 02:03:45 AM
Forty-five years ago, I had a 24-hour layover in Tokyo. My sister gave me a couple hundred dollars worth of Japanese money and I spent it all on a 55mm lens that would focus down to 2:1. I used it for the picture of the white moth. It was a real pain to use a manual-focus lens on a moving subject. We hang a white sheet and shine various wavelengths of light on the sheet. The moths will rest on the sheet. We wait for them to stop moving but when the wind blows, the sheet moves! After a laborious evening in May, I bought a used 60mm micro lens with autofocus for $130 which I used last Monday. It made the job so much easier. It was so easy that I took 400 photos of moths in a couple of hours. I am still doing selection and postprocessing and only finished a third of them so far.

This one was taken with a white background and the moth didn't look as mean as the other.




My son and daughter-in-law planned the trip to Mexico City. I was told it was difficult to make reservations but they scored one at the opening time for lunch. We were having too much fun at the Museum of Anthropology in the morning. By the time we left the museum, we were late for the reservation. Kids were disappointed but I suggested that we still give it a try. When we arrived at the restaurant, the hostess still held the reservation for us.



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