The Notebook is a curation of curiosities and notes on life, design, creativity and space invaders. Recently I've undertaken the 52 Weeks of Progress project, which can be followed here or through my Twitter. Found anything interesting? Get in touch at shane@mahen.net

Hey, it's another photo #7

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This is a photo which I have spent time on - which I have not done for a while. Not much that could really go wrong though, it is a great place. I have not really posted any of my photos from my Germany trip - but this one has broken through and just stood out when I saw it in my collection. Personally, I feel the use of Color Balance has improved the photo, I went for a blue hue with the rocks being darker. Find the larger version here


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Hey, it's another photo #6

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Yo, a photo from Portugal - I used clone stamp to remove some of the objects and then played around with the curves and color balance as I usually do. I managed to get a nice yellowy hue out of the photo which was what I wanted. So voila, another "Piece from Portugal". Check out the larger version here


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Hey, it's another photo #5

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I was looking at some photography the other day, and a lot of them enhanced the blue and purple, which gave the images a strange but wonderful. In my bid to pounce on this new idea, I rushed a lot of the other things like clone stamping in order to remove the people. I am yet to produce a guide on Clone Stamping, so for those who wish to learn, I will try to put up a tutorial during the weekend, but for now I will just release another photo. You can now check out The Goods #0002


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Hey, it's another photo #4

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Hey guys, this one is just a quickie. A photo from my trip to Portugal a few years back. Just a simple scene, but I just played around with the Curves (Image > Adjustments > Curves) and the Color Balance (Image > Adjustments > Color Balance). I've clipped it to a banner form but you can grab the wallpaper version here. Or wait for The Goods #0002.


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The Goods #0002

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This will be one of Mahen.net's weekly features. It will include the collection of my photos from the last week in their wallpaper form. So I hope you guys enjoy this week's Goods.



Lisbon City Centre


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Portuguese Sea


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Malaysian Springs


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Hey, it's another photo #3

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This was a pic from my trip to Portugal a few years back, it originally had a few items like people in the foreground, which I didn't want, so I used clone stamping - my first time - and it did a great job. From their I played around with the colours by going to Images > Adjustments > Curves. I also tampered with the Color Balance. I removed the original blank sky and added one I found and voila, my finished photo, I've clipped it to a banner form but you can grab the wallpaper version here. Or wait for The Goods #0002.


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