Playing with some free software...

[bobnoodle]

I took this photo a few weeks back.
It is a photo of the water above the dam in the river that runs through the middle of my town.
It was a long exposure late evening shot.
I manipulated it with some software that I downloaded of the 'net and then saved it as a .gif.
Interesting effects...
I really had to downsize it to stay down around the size limit...

[attachment 73526 movingwatersmall2.gif]

 

[Gord SW Ont]

... and quite realistic looking. Interesting how a little motion adds a dimension which makes it more like being there.

It works well for that image ... too bad a gif only has 256 colors. It would be nice to be able to make animations of photo-like images with more colors. They could be used for more complex, realistic looking images without banding, etc. Of course, then the file size would be too large for most web forums so you'd have a harder time showing them.

Nice job ... thx for posting!

 

[gztx]

Did you use your 17-28mm IS USM for that shot?

Nice capture.

 

[Tom/Cocoa]

n/t

 

[bobnoodle]

Yes... Mine is actually a 17-85 USM and I love it!

Thanks!

Bob

 

[bobnoodle]

I think that some of the poor image quality was my inexperience with it.. I have some better versions... with huge file sizes.. lol...

also learned to use their "baseline" feature to make the reflection "come from the right spot"...

this is the software...

Squirls Water Reflection Software

It's totally free without any adware or spyware..

Do check it out!

 

[bobnoodle]

I think you'd have fun with it Tom.. Some of the amazing photos that you have!....

I posted the link to it down a few messages...

Grab it and go!