August Image - Red Boat

How I did it -

      The original photo was taken at 4 PM. Tried to add some more “speed” to the boat. Selected the boat and reversed the selection. Used filter “motion blur” at 10⁰ angle and 20 pixel to the selected background. Trimmed the image and adjusted the brightness, contrast and level. Minor curve correction was also done. Before saving the file, the edges of the boat was touched using blur tool at 8 pixel to merge with the blurred background. Hope the boat is moving faster now!!!

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Member Bio

Dr. Mohanan Nair - Biography I belong to Trivandrum, Kerala state ("God's Own Country"), the southern part of India. Did my post-graduation from Kerala University and Doctorate from Kurukshetra University. Currently I am working as a scientist at the National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Thiruvanathapuram, Kerala after a long service of 21 years at Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India. Photography, travel and listening to music are my hobbies. Even though I was attracted towards photography from childhood, I purchased my first camera, an Agfa-Isolly-II (120mm fixed focus) from my first salary in 1980. After 13 years, in 1993 I got a professional camera Pentax K1000. Last year I added one digital camera too in my small collection. The interest in photography as an art started after my visit to XXIII All India Salon of Photography by the Lucknow Camera Club. I joined this club to learn more about photography and started participating in local as well as national salons. I took membership in PSA two years ago. I do not have much dark room experience as my photographs are developed and printed at professional studios. For the last few months I have been trying to learn Photoshop (Ver. 6). I consider my self as a student of photography as well as Photoshop and look forward to learning these from other experienced members of PSA.