Teach me a little about editing a photo?
03-20-2010, 06:50 PM
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Teach me a little about editing a photo?
The weather finally cracked, I had to get out there and rip the streets up a bit.
Most importantly, I wasn't going for epic awesome pics here. I was just out and had my camera and since I spent some time w/ a buffer on the car this past week I wanted to snag a few pics. When I got home and uploaded them I realized the sunlight wasn't right and the image wasn't that realistic to what the car actually looked like in person.
I'm shooting with a Nikon Coolpix 6 megapixel. lol I didn't set the camera up (nor do I know how) I only played with the images a bit in Microsoft Office Picture Manager.
Can you tell they were altered? Did I do a decent job? Helpful input? Do you want to see the originals?
Thanks!
Most importantly, I wasn't going for epic awesome pics here. I was just out and had my camera and since I spent some time w/ a buffer on the car this past week I wanted to snag a few pics. When I got home and uploaded them I realized the sunlight wasn't right and the image wasn't that realistic to what the car actually looked like in person.
I'm shooting with a Nikon Coolpix 6 megapixel. lol I didn't set the camera up (nor do I know how) I only played with the images a bit in Microsoft Office Picture Manager.
Can you tell they were altered? Did I do a decent job? Helpful input? Do you want to see the originals?
Thanks!
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03-20-2010, 07:22 PM
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Dont mean to be a dick, but there are a lot of issues.
Ive been a serious photograoher for many years so I have very high standards, so dont take offense.
The main thing, is dont use photo editing as a crutch. You need to aim for the best photograph possible straight from the camera, and use photoshop for minor sweaking and touching up.
The photos are tilted. There is a horizontal plane that can be felt and not seen, which needs to be leveled (not always the horizon, as in your photograph in which the horizon is not flat due to geography)
Color balnce is really off. Not really sure what happened there (camera of editor), but its really not right. The first one has too much green, and the other two have too much red.
Composition is not terrible, but could use work.
Look up the "rule of thirds" and examples of it, then do some experimenting utilizing it.
Ive been a serious photograoher for many years so I have very high standards, so dont take offense.
The main thing, is dont use photo editing as a crutch. You need to aim for the best photograph possible straight from the camera, and use photoshop for minor sweaking and touching up.
The photos are tilted. There is a horizontal plane that can be felt and not seen, which needs to be leveled (not always the horizon, as in your photograph in which the horizon is not flat due to geography)
Color balnce is really off. Not really sure what happened there (camera of editor), but its really not right. The first one has too much green, and the other two have too much red.
Composition is not terrible, but could use work.
Look up the "rule of thirds" and examples of it, then do some experimenting utilizing it.
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03-23-2010, 08:55 AM
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Here is my attempt at cleaning up one of those pics. There is still something not quite right...I can't put my finger on it....
Last edited by Doppelgänger; 03-23-2010 at 09:50 AM.
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