Rainforest

Hi its been a while since my last post sorry about that its been a busy period but I am back now.

Over the holiday period I was given a great book called Rain forest by Thoma Marent. This contains loads of great pictures of rain forests and the Eco system within. The photographs and colors are spectacular with easy to read commentary telling you about the photograph its self and the story behind it.

The book is backed by the rain forest foundation and below is a quote from the founding patron Sting.

"This collection of Thomas Marent's images, 16 years in the making, brings alive the sheer and awe-inspiring beauty of the rain forest." Sting - founding patron, The Rain forest Foundation

The ISBN number is 140531530X and can be found on amazon and many good book shops and some bad ones too.

Anthony

Photoshop Pluggins

I am generally not a fan of photoshop pluggins however recently I have been using two which are particularly good. I brought both from the same website http://www.fredmiranda.com/software/ and they were both reasonably priced at $25 which at the moment for us Brits works out at around £17 which is not bad at all.

Velvia Vison firstly allows you to add contrast and intensity to your pictures. With a few simple clicks the ability to change a picture from one which maybe a throw away picture into one which looks like a perfect photograph. The functionality is easy with the use of a few sliders and drop down menus you are able to render your pictures in no time.

Secondly I have been using a pluggin called SR pro. We all know sometimes how hard it is for example to take a photograph of a building in shadow and not over expose the nice bright blue sky. With SR pro you have the ability to brighten up the shadows and keep the blue sky. Again a few clicks and your building looks like you took the shot all by your self.

Both of these are pretty neat and give great results, installing them was pretty easy and they appear with any other pluggins on the file menu within photoshop. Check them out I am sure that you won't be disappointed.

Anthony

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