Glenn_Smith

This weeks Shroom shot. Some times you get a shot that just comes out magical when printed, this is one of those shots, the highlights in the front edge of these almost glows in a print of this image, really happy with how this one prints out. …

@Keenan initial processing in Lightroom, then bought into photoshop, duplicate the layer, then into Topaz impressions via photoshop, apply the template I like adjust the many sliders as I prefer adjust the strength apply a texture then back into …

Yesterdays effort, a Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae) in the Australian Botanic Gardens, Mount Annan yesterday morning then a bit of post processing last night and the final result so far. (Best viewed large.)

Ok back to normal now, after the last few weeks building frames, printing images, nd mounting them, and last Sunday finally hung them in the local Art Cafe, another three weeks to go, so far plenty of great feedback coming back. So managed to get …

Each year the Botanic Gardens in Sydney run a competition for Botanic drawings, they exhibit them in my local botanic gardens each year the works are amazing, there are some of them in the link …

Didn't get out of the house today, so no new Mushroom shot for the day, taken today, but plenty of older shots to share. Today as most of this week, I'm preparing my first, public showing of my work at a local Art Cafe with 20 large prints going up …

Managed to find the Easter Bunny out and about this morning.

Saturday hits the calendar again so time for another Mushroom shot. Bit of colour this time round. Been busy the last few weeks preparing for something special, more on that later. but for now learning a few new skills here, Yesterday was glass …

Thanks @Pathfinder Yes can get tricky, the Smaller ones certainly move around a bit as well, not ones for staying still to long. To get the clear background you suually have to move about a few steps one way or another to get a clean background. …

Yellow-rumped Thornbill (Acanthiza chrysorrhoa) taken last Saturday in the Australian Botanic Gardens, Mount Annan, south west of Sydney.

Saturday again so that means time for another Shroom shot. Again taken in the local Botanic Gardens, The Australian Botanic Gardens, Mount Annan.

Last week I got an email from the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney asking me if I'd be interested in doing a guest blog post for them on the birds in the Australian Botanic Gardens, at Mount Annan. I gave it a go and this week they released it to …

Yes @Chris it will be real, looks like glass but the top will be coated in a sticky liquid makes them look like glass. I have shots of orange fungi similar.

@Chris Here's a few shots showing jsut what can be achived with LED lighting, Its on my list to come up a set up that will allow me to do this. Few other projects to start and complete yet before I get on to that one, but its on my …

Another Saturday and another Mushroom shot. Sort of reminds me of an observatory dome or communications dome possible even on a seperate planet with a bit of imagination on this one. Its only a little one about 15mm Dia just over half an Inch for …

Great set of images, the sports ones definatly look sharper than the bird images from my eye. Have you tried printing any of the images, that usually starts to seperate out the good form the bad pretty quickly. Like yourself I usually use a beast …

Little Mushroom shot today in the Australian Botanic Gardens, Mount Annan, south west of Sydney, there were plenty about today, so a good day for Shrooms not Autumn is here, Bit of rain agian this week and cooler temperatures. This one almost …

Factotum and Lidja raised the issue of editing and if and when to edit. To some this can be a touchy subject. I understand if your documenting something then edits should be to a minimum. The issue is where is the limits, and even the choices you …

I'm very much in your camp there Denise, Mainly using Cameras, Editing in Lightoom Classic, occasionaly into Photoshop (Always into photoshop for Mushrooms to focus stack), and then into Topaz and or Nik, the round triping back. I ony edit on the …

OK a bit late to this one, I mainly edit on the Large iMac, if traveling I'll edit on a laptop, but then final or re-edits on the iMac again. Two of my cameras have the ability to Wi-Fi connect to my phone and if doing event photography and they …

Always good to find Australia's largest Owl the Powerful Owl, in the Australian Botanic Gardens, Mount Annan. There not that frequent a visitor to the gardens, but there was one there today, this one .Very convenient as I had a bird photography …

AS you can see shot in a reasonbly bright location, just a matter of droppping the exposure in manual mode and aplying light from the two sources to suit your taste. This was growing on the bark pathway so luck no one had placed a foot on this one …

Bit of rain out this way this week so the Australian Botanic Gardens, at Mount Annan were alive with Mushrooms today. Got a great collection, while out scouting for tomorrows bird photography work shop there, looks like going to be a small group of …

> Sounds good @Moose408 glad to have the help. Yes a same to see the Arcanum come to an end it seemed to show promise, the idea was good. As you say maybe we can get something like that going here as part of this, might be like a stage two, with …

Certainly something down the track @apm , but also something I'll have to put in a bit of time with first, not one I do to much with, but have at the odd time.