Lisa Auerbach
About the Image(s)
Nothing says spring like the bloom of the Cherry Blossom Trees in the DC area. For this image I added texture and clarity in Bridge. In Photoshop, I blurred and lightened the background, and added a vignette. Finally, in Topaz DeNoise, I checked for noise.
One specific problem I faced is refining a selection. After I selected and masked the blooms I viewed it at 200% and refined the edges. I added an inverse and blurred and lightened the background. I found that there was still a ring around the flowers from before I lightened the background. I tried cloning, and it worked to a degree. I’m interested if you have suggestions that help refine edges.
Hand held; 55mm; 1/40; f/29/ISO 100/
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I am a bit distracted by the branch which drags my eye to the upper left. I brought your image into PS and lightened that corner, so that it was more consistent with the rest of the background, and added some blur.   Posted: 04/08/2021 16:52:28
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Feathering. That is what I meant. Should be an option in your tools to reduce the strength of the mask/layer edges.   Posted: 04/15/2021 10:28:46
  Posted: 04/15/2021 11:41:33
When I tried to remove the unblurred edges from the flower, I might have softened the edges more than I wanted to.
This process involves the refine edge brush, which I am still trying to learn.   Posted: 04/23/2021 06:19:50