Thought I should practice Extracting, so here is my effort.
Any tips welcome
Mic.
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Thought I should practice Extracting, so here is my effort. Any tips welcome
Mic.
nice one mic. the edges look a bit soft though, not sure if that's what you were going for.
what method did you use? the lasso, polygonal or freehand, or the pen?
Hi Wayne, I used the smart highlighter in he extract section of PS, yeah the edges are a bit soft in the photo, didn't shoot small enough Aperture.
Glen, I was very tempted, I stopped myself. It was a hard thing to do 
Mic.
Effective, like the softish edges, black is such a good all round background/frame/edge colour, or is it a colour?
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Nice job Mic - does not need to be sharp at the edges as it gives a softer blend to the black. Not sure about it being centred
An experiment for you. Select the background (with the magic wand) - invert (and I don’t mean negative) - copy and paste - then resize the flower on the new layer formed - just for fun  Chris
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Looks good, Mate, except the horizon seems a little slanted....
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mic
i like it, but my only critique is to crop in on the subject mor since it isTHE one and only focal point, and saturate the flower just a tad... just my 2 cents great shot tho
Nice work mic - would love to know how to do this, well I can cut it out with the laso but creating the black background I wouldn't have a clue...well done matey!
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Geoff, Thanks. I used to think the same thing, but once you do a few times it is very simple just a bit of trial & error.
You go into Extract, I smart highlighted these, hit the bucket thingy and then o.k You hit the move tool and it moves, just open up a new doc to whatever size you want and fill with whatever colour you want. Just drag over and centre, I just use my eye, but there is probably something that you can do that I don't know how. Someone will. Have a go, it's fun. Mic.
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