Week 2- What I learned this week...

Well, I learned how to make a lens flare and a star field...although I'm not entirely sure i could duplicate everything but I think I could get fairly close...probably.  I learned more about levels and also blending modes, filters, and layer adjustments.  Ummm...don't know what else to say.....I learned other things too...but I dont know what all else it was so...

Kelby-Starfield

artist

her name is Shilin Huang this is her website http://ashen-ray.com/

selection tools

As you can see, the magic wand tool did not work well for me.  I'm am certain I could have done a lot better with it, but I ran out of time.  There was too much detail in this picture for the magic wand tool to work effectively. 

The quick selection tool worked fairly well, but I don't think that it was the best choice for this picture either.

The elliptical marquee tool worked well in the sense that it didn't leave anything out, but it included more from the background than I would've liked.

Over all this the Lasso tool worked the best for this image, at least for me.  I think this tool would probably work well for most selections, so long as you're willing to devote the time necessary.