Playing with Photoshop CS 3 and MPB pics

The latest Mucky Pirates Bay photos.

Been playing with Photoshop for this first one, getting an interesting sort of woodblock effect.


Using the cutout feature and then a second layer high pass with threshold adjustment, you get this nice art print.


Mantis shrimp playing peak a boo. That green algae behind him is all over the Mucky Pirates Bay at the moment, brought with it a couple of very interesting nudibranch though, which typically I only ever find when I don't have the camera with me :-(


I like this pic! A very nice young lionfish


Filefish hanging by one of our moorings.

The Captain

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