Today Adobe released an update to my favorite photo processing software. Here are the changes:
Photo of the Day
In my quest to capture some Fall colors I wandered up to a local resort called Woodloch. I don't think anyone saw me trespassing on their grounds. It just started to rain so I set up quickly on a tripod and fired off three exposures of the most interesting angle of the lake.
oodloch Resort
Photo of the Day
t's my favorite time of the year, Fall! We always venture up to the Poconos Mountains to catch some of the leaves changing. This season is no exception.
As I am just beginning to learn a Nikon D800 I thought it would be a good learning experience to head out and shoot some local rivers and streams as the sun was setting. I have a lot to learn. One of my big mistakes was using the flimsy tripod I bought for a lighter camera. The problem was that even when taking bracketed photos with a 2 second timer it still managed to shake the tripod. The result was some ghosting between my five images. The Nikon D800 is a beast!
Anyway I climbed down to this rocky outcropping to grab this shot. I spent sometime in Photosho trying to fix some ghosting using layers. This is the first photo I've ever exported from Photoshop and I'm proud that I got over my intellectual fear of using it.
imble River, PA
Photo of the Day
I'm slowly going through my Germany photos and I'm putting them out at a trickle. I snapped this picture in downtown Heidelberg just as the rain had stopped. A group of soldiers were walking by in weird historical looking costum. I ran to set up this shot just as they were entering the frame. Their costumes were a nice blue color but I thought this photo was better served with a historical look to it. What do you think?
eidelberg, Germany
Snapheal 2 a review
Want to remove or fix some objects in your photos but you're scared to death of Photoshop? Then Snapheal 2 is for you (and me).
Snapheal using some really impressive algorithms to erase and heal objects in your photos. You can use either a lasso tool or higher precision eraser modes. I found the lasso tool to be my favorite.
Snapheal 2 is a sequel to Snapheal 1. Imagine that! I never used the original but I'm hearing that it's twice as fast. Faster is always better when dealing with photos. I found the software to be lightening fast. I tested it on a variety of photos including the example below of this church in Heidelberg, Germany. In this photo you can see two women who were wandering slowly through my photo and I wanted to get rid of them. I used the lasso technique and one click later Snapheal artfully removed them from my photo and my life.
I used Snapheal on both my new Retina MacBook Pro and my 2009 iMac. It worked just as well on both computers and it's optimized for the jaw dropping Retina display so that's an added bonus. It's available in the Mac App Store for only $7.99. It's worth it!
efore Snapheal
fter Snapheal
Portrait Photo of the Day
hen my son was born a few years ago my wife asked me to take photos of him each month on his "birthday". I know, I know, but as a smart husband I obliged. And now that my daughter is 5 months old today i snapped another round of "birthday" photos.
shot this with a Nikon D800 and some nice afternoon sunlight.
va at five months