{"id":524,"date":"2005-09-11T22:09:13","date_gmt":"2005-09-11T21:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/524"},"modified":"2013-12-07T23:38:34","modified_gmt":"2013-12-07T23:38:34","slug":"im-going-to-be-busy-with-photoshop-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/im-going-to-be-busy-with-photoshop-tonight\/","title":{"rendered":"I’m going to be busy with PhotoShop tonight…"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

Actually I'll be using PhotoImpact, but that has less of a ring to it. <\/p>\n

The fox turned up on cue, but the light drizzle and dark night played havoc with the camera, so most of the pictures I managed to get were covered in orbs caused by rain droplets, as in this shot:<\/p>\n

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Orbs are fairly common and don't just happen in rain. Dust can cause them as well. They are quite distinctive but if there aren't too many it's relatively easy to use the clone brush to remove them, and I very occasionally do that. The other main tweaks I make on pictures are generally just to improve the lighting, or remove our washing pole if it gets in the way of a decent shot. The fox itself is never retouched, though I do crop quite a number of photos to get closer in and have been known to clean up any stray rubbish that's crept into a shot. Just for reference, the very close-up images in the albums are nearly all taken without any zoom. The fox and the cub allow me to get within a couple of feet, and the main problem is managing to frame the shot to fit them in to it. I've plenty where they are simply too close or where I'm shooting in the dark and have angled the camera inaccurately. Taking photos at night is pretty hit and miss as the viewing screen is invariably black.<\/p>\n

Anyway, to demonstrate the effects, here's another of tonight's photos complete with distinctive orb. This is the full frame taken, no zoom. I was sitting on the ground just below the raised patio where the fox is, maybe 5 or 6 feet away (at most):<\/p>\n

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Now here it is after some editing. I've cloned out the orb, cropped slightly, retouched the leaves on the far right which had a slight orb effect, and enhanced the lighting:<\/p>\n

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And finally, I decided to have some fun with it:<\/p>\n

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