Oxytricha Excised

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lacerta
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Oxytricha Excised

Post by lacerta »

Here is my first attempt at trying to extract a critter from its dirty and cluttered background. In PhotoShop Elements I used the marqee tool to select, reverse selected the background and filled, then spent over an hour with the finger smudger, and the clone stamp set on 30% opacity in an attempt to blend the edges into the new backdrop. How do you all do it? Use real clean water maybe? :)

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Shot with Motic Cam 2000 (2mega pixel), 40x obj, manipulated with PS Elements
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Steve West
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Post by Steve West »

You did a great job blending the critter into the background. It looks seamless and natural! It's a very time consuming task though--one I usually give up on in about 10 minutes.

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Kenv
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Post by Kenv »

Pretty good George and a nice job in Photoshop.
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Ken Ramos
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Post by Ken Ramos »

I don't think they get any cleaner than this George. A very good image and excellent work with the software. :D
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