John Larson, FPSA, MPSA2  


Three in a Row by John Larson, FPSA, MPSA2

September 2020 - Three in a Row

September 2020 - John Larson, FPSA, MPSA2

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My fiance and I went to near Woolrich, PA to take some shots in a sunflower field. I always look for images that have three flowers or three of whatever I am shooting. I then took this RAW image into Lightroom and boosted the vibrance way up to eliminate the white spots in the JPG image. I then went into PS and used Select|Subject to select the three flowers. I then gaussian blurred the background to my liking. I then went around and cleaned up different spots using mostly the History Brush.


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5 comments posted




Allen Calopisis
good job on blurring out the background. It would further help to clone out the dirt at the upper left corner. I would also darken the background a bit more which would bring the sunflowers forward and also add some separation. A little ghosting to the right of the large sunflower.   Posted: 09/21/2020 18:43:16



David Garrison
(Group 82)
I like it the way it is except for the ghosting. Like the background   Posted: 09/22/2020 09:57:28



Priscilla Farrell   Priscilla Farrell
(Groups 17 & 63)
Hi John, You did a good job with the background. I sometimes forget abut the Gaussian blur tool. Thanks for the reminder.
I like the brightness of the three sunflowers. The bees are an added element to this very nice image.   Posted: 09/23/2020 11:45:25



 
I like what you have done to achieve this photo. The new background does bring the flowers forward and I really love the bees. There is a bit of ghosting but I don't think it distracts. Will say Allen's idea of darkening the background could really pop the sunflowers. Glad you're having fun!!   Posted: 09/23/2020 13:21:55



 
John-You have blurred the background nicely using gaussian tool. I noticed last bottom Sunflower in not sharp as other two while the same flower in original image is sharp. I wonder what caused this unsharpness while other two flowers are dead sharp! I also noticed some black spots are still around on each flower if you see them minutely.I would also like to fill the black on top left with green background on right bottom.
Shaikh Amin   Posted: 09/25/2020 09:23:25