First out of frame attempt

[Tina_B]

This is my first out of the frame attempt and it was harder than I thought . I had a hard time with the butterfly wings and getting close enough to them to remove all the unwanted color from the background. Not the best but a baginning point.
Tina B

[Chuck S.]

Tina, that is AWESOME!! Fantastic job! Love the way the stamens and pistils of the flower project above the image of the rest of the flower. GREAT!!!

[msbrad]

Tina, I love looking at breakout photos and yours is fantastic.
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[Wendy]

Hi Tina ...

Oh you made a great job of doing that ... it looks fantastic !!

Well done :)

Wendy

[Tina_B]

Thanks for all the positive things you have all written, it makes me feel encouraged to keep going and striving to do better.
Tina B

[Inspeqtor]

Tina,

Your breakout photo is absolutely wonderful! You are right it is harder than it looks. I have tried it but finding the right photo for it is not easy (at least for me)

[Tina_B]

Photo selection is a big part of it I think. The butterfly one worked out good. I just took the photo yesterday at the Botanical Garden that is about 1 block from my house. The butterflies were more than happy to cooperate for photos. I am working on some of them for my gallery.
Tina B

[Rusty]

Tina, that's a great job.

The hardest thing for me with breakouts is trying to figure out what I want the canvas to look like. If I pick away at it long enough, I can get the selection to look OK. Then, I'm usually lost with ideas for the canvas and end up with a so so image.

You nailed it with this one.

Rusty :)

[tnwaltz]

Never, never give up. You did a fantastic job!

[hukari]

Tina, you did a fantabulous job! Funny, my first one was a butterfly, too. Yours turned out prettier.

[CarolR]

Tina - that is great! You did good!!!

Another subject: How did you do your "ice flower"?

[Tina_B]

For the ice flower I used a filter called colorful center that made the color in the center of the flower bright and removed the color near the edges. Then I used a ice filter on it. The ice filter was somethng I downloaded it was called MezzoForce Ice. I have no idea where I found it and it was a plug in that I downloaded. I hope this helps. It was just one of those pictures that just happened when I was playing with filters.
Tina B

[CarolR]

Thanks, Tina. Is the colorful center filter one that you downloaded, also? I'll check into the ice filter. I really like the effect. :)

[Chuck S.]

Photo selection is a big part of it I think. The butterfly one worked out good. I just took the photo yesterday at the Botanical Garden that is about 1 block from my house. The butterflies were more than happy to cooperate for photos. I am working on some of them for my gallery.
Tina B

Tina, which camera did you use for your butterfly picture??

[Tom K]

Tina, your selection and perspective are perfect... Wish I could do as well.

Tom :D

[smiles]

Tina, that is AWESOME!! Fantastic job! Love the way the stamens and pistils of the flower project above the image of the rest of the flower. GREAT!!!

Tina I thought the same as Chuck. Outstanding job!!

[christellf]

I love the butterfly breakout. The colors really make it pop out. Great photo to work with for this technique.
Christell

[Tina_B]

Tina, which camera did you use for your butterfly picture??

I used my Canon S3IS.
Tiina B

[Chuck S.]

I used my Canon S3IS.
Tiina B

Ahh.....so we still haven't resolved the issues with the S5IS. We should get back to that one someday....:)

But in the meantime, your S3 is doing great - in your capable hands!:):)

[westiemom]

Tina, you did a terrific job. Wonderful presentation.

Anita