orton a cat....

[lissykeeper]

I'm dittoing (word?) on the redirected light help! If you could find time, that is such a cool effect! I would love to play around with that.

[peeperita]

Originally Posted by wannabehorsephotographer

Do you mind explaining what you mean by "highly diffused swatches of color". I love the edit and wanted to play around with a few of your steps.

Originally Posted by Father Bob

Very nice job with the light. I, too, would be interested know how you create the redirected lighting effect.

Originally Posted by lissykeeper

I'm dittoing (word?) on the redirected light help! If you could find time, that is such a cool effect! I would love to play around with that.

i'm not the best at explainations.....i'll end up beating all around the bush before i get there....

okay, say i wanted to add some warmth and light to her head.....on a separate, new layer....one without the image on it, i will paint in a little orange over an area on her head....i'll then apply a gaussian blur of a large amount to diffuse it.....say around 20 pixels.......i'll then erase the color from any area that i don't want it to color.....the blur makes it spread.....then i'll set the blending mode to something appropriate.....screen if i really want that area lighter......or mulitply if it's already a too light area.....color if i want a rich, consistent color over both the light and dark areas....there's also overlay and soft light, both of which i'm not realy sure what they consistently do, but, i think you get the idea.....

often my color layers will pile on top of each other......and since they're all separate, i can tweak them as my eye deems necessary after each application....

anyway, i am a wordy woman.....

if i haven't explained it well enough, please feel free to ask me again.....

peeper

[wannabehorsephotographer]

Great explanation! Thanks for sharing.

[Loose_Canon]

Very nice photo and treatment. Thanks for the detailed explanations.

[krob77]

Great photo and thank you for explaining your workflow. This helps newbies like myself to really get a grasp.

[angeleyes216]

i really like the colours in it. would look good framed for any cat lovers