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| Thread ID: 126313 | 2012-08-20 09:43:00 | Photography question | globe (11482) | PC World Chat |
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| 1295720 | 2012-08-20 21:45:00 | wmoore those pics look really good to me | zqwerty (97) | ||
| 1295721 | 2012-08-20 21:48:00 | wmoore those pics look really good to me+1 . Wish I could take pics like those. | Iantech (16386) | ||
| 1295722 | 2012-08-20 22:11:00 | wmoore those pics look really good to me +2, those are nice pics. Think I might need to practise some more :blush: |
Nick G (16709) | ||
| 1295723 | 2012-08-20 22:11:00 | Photo. (users.actrix.co.nz) Sunset taken with my Canon Powershot SX20IS. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 1295724 | 2012-08-20 22:35:00 | Possible to post one of your washed out photos? | SKT174 (1319) | ||
| 1295725 | 2012-08-20 23:36:00 | Sunrise over Birkenhead, taken with a $120 "Snap it Harry" Canon A1200 camera (with viewfinder, a very rare inclusion on cheap cameras). Not the best composition I'm afraid, but sunrise changes so fast there was no time to dress and go outside. The next photo in the sequence was nowhere near as dramatic. Cheers Billy 8-{) For those who haven't experienced it yet, 'Snap it Harry' is the plaintive cryl of the over-weight, over-dressed and over here US Tourist :D |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 1295726 | 2012-08-21 00:05:00 | Some may not like it but with digital, you can just retake and retake at diff settings until the LCD looks good. Sometimes a one shot looks good and just some tweaking in software. Sometimes you need two shot at diff settings like the same aperture and ISO but diff shutter speed. B/c the sensor of the film cannot record the difference in brightness like the bright sky and the darker foreground. Then blend together with software. Need a tripod though. But here are some samples of mine, some of them are from film so you may see some dust spots I have not tidied up. 412441254126 |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 1295727 | 2012-08-21 00:26:00 | Possible to post one of your washed out photos? i'll see what i can do when i get home |
globe (11482) | ||
| 1295728 | 2012-08-21 00:27:00 | Sounds like your pics came out over exposed a bit. I almost always open them in photoshop or GIMP and use curves and various little tweaks to get the best image. Digital cameras, esp point and shoots and non pro DSLR's ( the ones that don't cost over $5k) have porblems with colour and luminosity. Cameras always average colour/luminosity and flatten an image. Increasing contrast, correcting exposure and colour are all things I do after taking a picture. Its most essential with digital. | The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1295729 | 2012-08-21 01:17:00 | Digital cameras, esp point and shoots and non pro DSLR's ( the ones that don't cost over $5k) have porblems with colour and luminosity . Cameras always average colour/luminosity and flatten an image . Increasing contrast, correcting exposure and colour are all things I do after taking a picture . Its most essential with digital . I'll second that, and just to expand the options for correction, luminosity is a parameter that the average digital photographer may not be able to access without getting into profession image-management software, yet brightness, contrast and saturation alone are not enough to resolve the more common problems, so what is most often needed is gamma correction which is a non-linear effect . While brightness adjustments affect contrast, and lightening dark images just makes them wishy-washy, for the amateur photographer the use of gamma correction will improve significantly an under or over exposed image, and gamma plus a tweak of contrast will overcome many of the failings of non-professional digital cameras . The outcome is far better than any of the automatic image correction options and provided you play with a copy and not the original, you can't go wrong . No doubt there are a number of free image managment programs, but I use Irfanview for its simplicity and relaibility . I have Adobe Elements (came free with my scanner) but it is way too complex for my needs . Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
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