Balls!!!

[Heidilyn]

Love the color and reflection

[SweetCapture]

Hand held?? Amazing!

[cherryblossom]

love the reflection.. very creative!

[MSidPhoto]

Amazing pic.

Will try to recreate something like this

Great !!

KazeFox

[gpics07]

Thanks for all the very kind comments.

Though I think the first shot is better, I also took this at the same time.

[Glayva]

A lovely picture and beautifully presented. Well done

[MSidPhoto]

WoW!!!

This one is better than the previous one. Both of are excellent. Good job.

KazeFox

[ncarling]

Originally Posted by gpics07

Thanks all for the kind comments, I'm glad I've inspired a few people to have a go at something similar. I was pretty pleased with the results considering that no fancy lighting setup was used.



I would guess that the two different techniques (yours and mine) wouldn't make a huge amount of difference to the end result. The reason I save out as a TIF then re-open in Photoshop is because I am using Lightroom to edit the RAW file then using its export function to get it into Photoshop. I'm sure there is probably a way (which I haven't found yet) within Lightroom to export directly into Photoshop in TIF format without having to do all the saving out business.

It depends on what you mean by 'The Best'? I think that the TIF is the best uncompressed format for retaining as much data as possible and giving you more to play with at the processing stage, but I would be happy to be proved wrong by more knowledgeable people

I hope that helps

Gordon (gpics07)

If you're using Lightroom 2, and you have a new enough version of PS, you should be able to simply hit CTRL-E to export to TIFF and open in PS in one step. Alternately (if you're more the menu type), you can go to Photo -> Edit in -> Photoshop .

When you finish editing the photo in PS, simply save it and close it, and LR will re-render the photo with your changes. Unless you unchecked the "Stack with original" checkbox when you originally opened the file in PS, the TIFF will be stacked with the original raw file or DNG when you return to LR.

You can set preferences for exports to Photoshop as well as define additional external editors (like NoiseNinja) by going to Edit -> Preferences -> External Editing. I should note (since "quality" came up), that in this preferences panel, Adobe recommends exporting in ProPhoto RGB color space for the best preservation of Lightroom's color details when going to PS.

Good luck -

Nat

p.s. I agree that TIFF is best for moving raw images between applications. Take care when using the "Edit in" functionality - if the image is already a TIFF and you "edit the original", you will not see any of the changes you made to the TIFF in lightroom before exporting in the new application. If, however, you let Lightroom edit a copy with lightroom adjustments (I believe this is the default), it will capture all of your edits and create a new TIFF. This is a trade-off, however - you get to see your lightroom changes in Photoshop, but can't "undo" them once you bring the new TIFF back into LR.

Also, I believe TIFFs created by Lightroom are always uncompressed. Some applications, like Photomatix, won't work with compressed TIFFs at all, so it's usually best to avoid compression wholesale, if you can.

[sHIMUZUKi]

woa nice image your colours are beautiful and the composition to.nice work!