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Saltwater Aquarium Photography Tips

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Photo Editing Techniques - Step 1
Saltwater Aquarium Photography Tips

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Photo by Debbie Hauter
We created this image by using the MS Paint Program that came loaded on our computer. Taking our original photo and using the paintbrush tool set on black, we painted over the complete background area. This covered up the flash reflection, and any other minor imperfections in the picture. We also painted over the small portion of jellyfish showing at the top, and the half jellyfish at the bottom right of the image to remove them.

Editing Tip 1: Be sure when you load an original photo for editing that you immediately "save as" under another name. (Example: jellyfishorg might be saved as jellyfish1 ). In the MS Paint program we know that often during editing there comes a point where you cannot undo something you did. By re-saving the image under another name before beginning work on it, you still have the original version to start over with if need be.

Editing Tip 2: It is much easier to paint or cover up an area when trying to work around the edges and fine areas of the picture you do not want to disturb by viewing the photo in the "zoom" or "large size" mode.

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