American Pipit

Rohirrim

I'd like to share another little guy. These guys were pretty cooperative the other day and came in very close. A bit overcast so the lighting was a little tough.


EXIF

No catchlight on this one, but a nice pose.

EXIF

Steppin' high!

EXIF

Thanks for looking and Happy Holidays!

windoze

Rohirrim wrote:

I'd like to share another little guy. These guys were pretty cooperative the other day and came in very close. A bit overcast so the lighting was a little tough.
EXIF

Thanks for looking and Happy Holidays!

i really like all three of them and I wish i knew how to make those frames!!!! Nice touch to really nice pics...


troy

Thusie

Lovely shots Steve. The framing is realy nice.

Harryb

Well done Steve, Excellent details in the shots.

Rohirrim

Hi Troy,
Thanks for the comments and here's how I make those frames. Let me know if my instructions aren't clear.

1. Lets assume were starting with a flattened background layer.
2. Double click the background layer to make it into a layer we can modify. If it's not a locked background layer skip this step. This layers name will now be Layer 0.
3. Create a layer below Layer 0. Short cut <ctrl+shift> + Create Layer button (on layer palette). This now becomes Layer 1.
4. Enlarge the canvas size by Image...Canvas Size. Increase the size by 2.5%. Both Width and Height.
5. Fill this layer with black.
6. Create a another layer below the other 2 layers. <ctrl-shift>+Create Layer button (on layer palette). This will now be layer 2.
7. Enlarge Canvas size again by 2.5% (same as step 4)
8. Fill this layer (layer 2) with white.
9. Now select Layer 1 (the one filled with black) on the layer palette.
10. Add a Gaussian Blur- Filter...Blur....Gausian Blur - Change the pixel size to get the look you want. 10 Pixels is a good starting point.
11. To add a White Edge on the bottom to add text to first select Layer 2 (the white one)increase the canvas size again - select Image...Canvas Size and add 10% to the Height, then click the middle, top button on the anchor box, the one pointed straight up.
12. Fill layer 2 with white again.
13. Add Text
14. All done

I made this into an action so with one click its all done except for adding text.

Layer 1 (the one filled with black) can be filled with other colors, different layer styles etc to come up with a lot of different effects.

Please let me know if this is clear. I can add pictures if needed.

Regards and Happy Holidays.

bfjr

nice crisp and detailed shots Steve
and thanks for the tutorial

jwear

very good shots sharp and a tut to boot maybe I will try a frame oh I need a good picture first :cry and troy if you do a search there are a few tuts on frames here at drgin ,Steves looks very straight forward

Rohirrim

Thanks Ben and Jeff.

If anyone is interested those frames are a modification of a Frame tutorial I found on http://thelightsright.com/home.html with the tutorial being => http://thelightsright.com/learning-gallery-frame.htm

This site has a good number of excellent tutorials and free Tools for Photoshop.

Regards and Happy Holidays,