I've just had the ribbons for the PSA Individual Portrait Division Competition round 1, one Merit and one Honorable Mention. Now for round 2.

>3 other medals this year in PSA recognised competitions, 2 Bronze medals and a Judges Choice, plus assorted ribbons, so what will 2021 offer?
  Posted: 12/30/2020 11:47:22

From Jim Hagan's September 2020 entry--
Jason Kravitz--This gives you an idea of the gray area that I used to paint in the dark areas.
Jim Hagan --Many thanks for your revision and for explaining your 50% gray layer. I do use dodge and burning but will have to try your technique.   Posted: 09/27/2020 19:06:02

There has been some interest in Digital Dialogue to start an Underwater Photography group. If you have an interest in joining an underwater photography digital dialogue group, let me know, and I will pass it on to the organizers.

Also, I just learned that if you are in 2 or more Digital Dialogue groups, you are not allowed to enter the same pic in multiple groups. I actually have done this several times, as it gives me even more ideas. But, obviously, won't do that any longer. Just passing that on, if any of you are in multiple Digital Dialogue groups.   Posted: 08/23/2020 12:42:58

Here are the basic steps Stephen Levitas (Group 32). used in PS Elements.
1. Open a new blank PS document, with lots of space to receive two copies of your image. Later you can crop down to just the final image.
2. Crop your original image (if needed, as in this case) to just the portion of the image you want, and copy it into layer 1 of the new document.
3. Go back to the Step 2 image, flip it horizontally, and copy that to layer 2 of the new document.
4. Move the images to touch, crop the composite to get rid of excess empty space, and save as a JPEG if you want.
Lots more creativity is possible with copying, transforming, and pasting into a new document, and we have seen some fantastic stuff (much more than this basic technique) throughout the Digital Dialogues over the months and years. Some folks are fantastic with their imaginative transformations.   Posted: 08/20/2020 15:47:52

One of my images, "Decisive Moment", has been posted to the Digital Dialog Member's Showcase home page for this month, go Group 78 :)
http://psadigital.org/
  Posted: 08/16/2020 05:25:29

Brenda was asking for some moon photography tips.

I usually try to get out every full moon, especially in the summer when it stays lighter out and you can get more photo opps with the moon interacting with foreground elements without it being too dark.

Most of what I've learned has been from photographer Don Smith who shared some of his techniques in an article posted on Aminus3 a while back.

You can see it here : https://www.aminus3.com/threads/amazing-moon-photography/

  Posted: 08/10/2020 17:33:06

I'm testing out our bulletin board. This is where we can discuss camera gear, a specific technique, etc. I'm hedging a bit and putting my latest version of my July entry, as I didn't get it posted before the discussion closed on it. I started from scratch and went a whole different direction with tools and processing. I wanted to get the blue HDR halo off the yellow rope that Jason had pointed out.

You'll find our bulletin board button in white right above "PSA Digital Dialogue". Anyone have a topic?   Posted: 08/02/2020 17:18:09