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My First Pics
- Thread starter bayerr
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Need to work on your composition a little bit. By looking at these pictures I have no idea what you want me to look at. My eyes kind of go all over the picture.
Also the first few pictures are a bit grainy. What are your exposure settings for these?
What type of camera are you using? Looks like your using an ISO of 200+.
Also try to take pictures with the sun at your back. Around noon is a bad time to take pictures because the location of the sun casts really bad shadows and the sun is way to powerful and will wash out your pictures as shown in your first few.
In the first one look at the left of your picture. See how whitewashed it is? You don't want that in your pictures.
Also if you invest in a polarizer filter you can get a better color sky in your picture. It will be a deeper blue and more defined.
Also the first few pictures are a bit grainy. What are your exposure settings for these?
What type of camera are you using? Looks like your using an ISO of 200+.
Also try to take pictures with the sun at your back. Around noon is a bad time to take pictures because the location of the sun casts really bad shadows and the sun is way to powerful and will wash out your pictures as shown in your first few.
In the first one look at the left of your picture. See how whitewashed it is? You don't want that in your pictures.
Also if you invest in a polarizer filter you can get a better color sky in your picture. It will be a deeper blue and more defined.
Err.. the exposure settings? I haven't the foggiest.
I am using a Toshiba PDR-M81 4.2 megapixel camera, it really isnt much but i cant really afford to go out and buy a new cam with my impending move back to HI for culinary school next month, hehe
The first several were just playing aorund with taking pics ofthat huge driftwood tree that has been there almost a year now, and doesnt move even in high tide when it is half-submerged. I really want to take a pic of it on an overclast, stormy looking day, because that's when it really seems to have the most character to it, but I haven't been able to get out there on a day when it wasnt raining yet. (yay, washington sucks.)
The others were some branch i saw while walking, and a hunk of driftwood that makes a very nice bench when the tide is out, to watch the sunset from, and just some other random driftwood stuff. I was basically just picking things that caught my eye and taking pics of them. I took like 300 pics on max quality, and these were the ones that i felt were the best.
I am using a Toshiba PDR-M81 4.2 megapixel camera, it really isnt much but i cant really afford to go out and buy a new cam with my impending move back to HI for culinary school next month, hehe
The first several were just playing aorund with taking pics ofthat huge driftwood tree that has been there almost a year now, and doesnt move even in high tide when it is half-submerged. I really want to take a pic of it on an overclast, stormy looking day, because that's when it really seems to have the most character to it, but I haven't been able to get out there on a day when it wasnt raining yet. (yay, washington sucks.)
The others were some branch i saw while walking, and a hunk of driftwood that makes a very nice bench when the tide is out, to watch the sunset from, and just some other random driftwood stuff. I was basically just picking things that caught my eye and taking pics of them. I took like 300 pics on max quality, and these were the ones that i felt were the best.
[nCn]Preacher
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First, you really need to learn how to resize your pictures so when you post them, we can actually see the whole thing!
I spent about 3 minutes in photoshop adjusting the saturation and contrast and got this. Your pictures ins't bad, just needs some post-processing work. The thing about digital cameras is that they are not very forgiving and even the expensive ones need tweaking. It is the rare raw photo that is perfect straight from the camera.
I spent about 3 minutes in photoshop adjusting the saturation and contrast and got this. Your pictures ins't bad, just needs some post-processing work. The thing about digital cameras is that they are not very forgiving and even the expensive ones need tweaking. It is the rare raw photo that is perfect straight from the camera.
[nCn]Preacher
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Doesn't have to be photoshop. Most photo editor software can do the same thing at a fraction of the price. I get PS free through work so I use it.
mastercheeze
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I'm new to the digital photog realm myself, having just acquired a Canon Powershot S10 (oldie but goodie), and if I may, I'd like to offer a tidbit...
Get the GIMP. It's free, and you can learn your basic photoshop techniques on it. It'll work for basic image manipulation and even has many of the same features. Runs pretty well on my midline system also.
Get the GIMP. It's free, and you can learn your basic photoshop techniques on it. It'll work for basic image manipulation and even has many of the same features. Runs pretty well on my midline system also.