Panther Chameleon

[Stan]

We did another Reptiles Plus photo day today with some very different creatures from the last time

This one is a panther chameleon

Stan

1/160, f14, ISO 100, 98mm

[Dave s]

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First for me,very impressive

[colin C]

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Amazing Chameleon,great perch, but that background leaves a lot to be desired.

[Stan]

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Thanks Dave and Colin

but that background leaves a lot to be desired.

the photo day has evolved quite a lot since last year when we were on one of the first ones and they were just using either pink or blue studio backdrops so i thought this was a lot better and a bit more natural colour. We also shot against a high key white background. What do you think would be more suitable ?

Stan

[colin C]

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What do you think would be more suitable ?

Green in itself is fine Stan, but that particular one gives the effect of heavy noise and Jpeg artefacts. Is this better?

[Stan]

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That is better - have you replaced it or just smoothed it

but that particular one gives the effect of heavy noise and Jpeg artefacts.

these needed very little processing butb the background is a watercolour painted card, not a lot of distance between it and the chalemeon and then of course the effects of the studio flash all conspiring to give it that mottled noisy look. Looks like i will have to sort out all the green backgrounds

Stan

[mikep]

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Liked the originals, love the 'Colin Master Class' version. Really makes you focus on the subject!

Very, very nice... both of you!

Mike

[tesarver]

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Nice work Stan & Colin

Tom

[Stan]

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Cheers Tom and Mike

Here is a similar shot but with the background smoothed using smart blur and then desaturated slightly. not quite as smooth as Colins but better I think ?

Stan

[Cyberman]

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That's a good improvement, good image.

But what I want to know is when is Colin running the Photoshop courses for us? Loads of great tips and advice posted on various threads.
How much for a days tuition!

[wayne2418]

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But what I want to know is when is Colin running the Photoshop courses for us? Loads of great tips and advice posted on various threads.
!

Oh YES !! Great question. Saying that you could copy and paste (into a folder of your own making) all the advice given by Mr C. Thanks for it all by the way Colin.You too Stan.

[Stan]

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Cheers Cyberman

stan

[Stan]

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Here is another shot, one of Dee's where this time i have replaced the background

Stan

[mistral105]

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Hi Stan - very colourful - interesting to hear about the backgrounds used - prefer your edited backgrounds. I had to do the same when I went to one of their sessions last August. Regards John

[Stan]

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Cheers John

The backgrounds are better than last year when they were mostly mottled studio cloths

Stan