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Editing 7 – Borders

Lamp

Lamp with Border
"Lamp"; February 20, 2012, 10:00pm; Rexburg, ID; f/4; 1/40; Canon T3i; 3-shot HDR processed with Photomatix Pro

I added a border. I extended the canvas size (and filled it with color), then drew a rectangle on the image, masked the inner side of the rectangle out, and then blurred the inner edges of the inner rectangle with motion blur.

Lights

Lights
"Lights"; February 20, 2012, 11:56pm; Rexburg, ID; f/10; 20"; Canon T3i

For this one I duplicated the image layer, then changed the new layer to multipy, which darkened most parts. I then deleted the middle portion of the new layer to show the original through. Then I made a blank layer and used a black brush at 30% to darken the lights in the darkened portion.

Circles

Circles
"Circles"; February 20, 2012, 10:25pm; Rexburg, ID; f/4.5; 8"; Canon T3i; Sharpening added

For this one, I cropped it, then I used a rectangular marquee selection to create a mask, used the sprayed strokes filter, removed the mask, inverted the selection, and filled the inverted selection with black. The tutorial is in Esplin’s Custom Images book.

Bannack Schoolhouse

Bannack Schoolhouse in Frame
"Bannack Schoolhouse"; February 10, 2012, 4:06pm; f/7.1; 1/125; Canon T3i; 3-shot HDR with +/- 2 processed with Photomatix Pro

I created a nice white background, added some black squares, added my text, and used the squares as a mask to mask in the photo. Then I just framed it up!