Use Topaz Studio 2 to Add an Artistic Look to your Nature Photographs
Topaz Labs has combined several of their legacy photography processing plugins (Impression, Texture Effects, and Clarity) into one plugin for Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom – Topaz Studio 2. Topaz has also added some new, powerful editing filters in Topaz Studio…
How to Blur the Background of your Bird Photographs using Photoshop
Sometimes you get really sharp photograph of a bird but the background is distracting because it’s not blurred enough. A blurred background (also called Bokeh) can bring more attention to your subject (the bird) and really make your bird photographs…
Add the Photoshop Select Subject tool to Your Nature Photography Workflow to Make Your Images Stand Out
Adobe added a “Select Subject” tool to Photoshop in Photoshop CC 2018 and has continued to improve the tool in future versions of Photoshop. The Select Subject tool in Photoshop isn’t only for Portrait and Model photographs? Turns out that…
How to Easily Add Textures to your Nature Photographs using Photoshop
Adding texture to your nature photographs can make your images more interesting and give them an artistic look. This works well on flowers, macro photographs, even landscapes. I know there are plug-ins you can buy that can add textures to…
Next Steps in Learning Deep Sky Astrophotography – An Equatorial GoTo Mount
One of the next pieces of equipment I purchased that really improved my astrophotography was Equatorial GoTo Mount. A GoTo Mount will improve and assist your astrophotography in several ways: Precise location and slewing (moving) to Deep Sky Objects in…
Does the Sky Replacement Feature in Photoshop Work for Bird Photographs?
There are plenty of blogs written on using the Adobe Photoshop Sky Replacement feature on landscapes. But does Photoshop’s Sky Replacement feature work on bird photographs? A lot of times in bird photography, you get a really good, sharp image…
Flood 2 Plug-in for Photoshop – an Easy but Powerful Way to Add Water Reflections to your Images
You can create realistic water reflections in your photographs using Adobe Photoshop. But this can take quite a few steps and involves creating and using a displacement map. If you’re interested in creating water reflections in photoshop, here’s a blog…
Testing Sky Replacements on a Variety of Photographs – Adobe Photoshop CC 2021 vs Luminar
Luminar 4 by Skylum Software was the first of the major photo editing programs to automate sky replacements. They did an excellent job with this feature, easily allowing skies to be replaced in landscape images. With the release of Photoshop…
How to Create a Water Reflection in Adobe Photoshop
Water reflections are a popular subject for photographers. But sometimes you just can’t get the best reflection in camera. Adobe Photoshop can create a realistic water reflection image and it’s not that difficult to do. This technique can be used…
How to Create a Displacement Map in Photoshop for Ripples in Water Reflections
A displacement map can be created in Adobe Photoshop to create the effect of ripples in your water reflections. We want the ripples in the reflection to be more pronounced at the bottom of the screen than the ones farther…
