Official Photography Thread

[swampfrog]

The first one suffers from a lack of contrast. This often happens in bright light. Many editing programs will allow you to make a quick adjustment to make it look more natural.

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[Copelius]

Thanks. I just got a DSLR and am still getting used to the editing process. Being colorblind doesn't help much with my editing skills

[clackamascoug]

Thanks. I just got a DSLR and am still getting used to the editing process. Being colorblind doesn't help much with my editing skills

I can see color just fine, but couldn't sing to save my life.

It all balances out.

[Copelius]

I can see color just fine, but couldn't sing to save my life.

It all balances out.

I suppose you're right. Fortunately they tell me what to wear so I don't embarrass myself on TV.

[swampfrog]

Thanks. I just got a DSLR and am still getting used to the editing process. Being colorblind doesn't help much with my editing skills

Which one?

[Copelius]

Which one?

Nikon d7200

[swampfrog]

Nikon d7200

Does Nikon give you a basic editing package with the purchase? Canon gives you a basic package called DPP that would let you make some changes. Otherwise Google has a free product (Picasa) that handles the basics just fine.

Hazy days combined with objects shot at some distance usually need some work to look nice. Your eyes/brain are pretty good at "seeing through" haze, digital sensors not quite as much. I find that adding some contrast to such images results in a better image. Does your color blindness affect contrast perception?

The picture does also have a slight blue cast to it, which makes it appear cooler. Can you see blue versus yellow? (I'm obviously ignorant about color blindness other than I know there are variations as to what colors are affected). I did not make any color changes, but if you look in the more shaded areas of the vegetation, it is more blue than it should be. This is affected by settings in camera, white balance most of all affects overall cool versus warm (blue versus yellow). In a editing package, there is usually a white balance adjustment, in this case I would push it slightly towards warm until the dark greens appear more natural.

[Copelius]

Does Nikon give you a basic editing package with the purchase? Canon gives you a basic package called DPP that would let you make some changes. Otherwise Google has a free product (Picasa) that handles the basics just fine.

Hazy days combined with objects shot at some distance usually need some work to look nice. Your eyes/brain are pretty good at "seeing through" haze, digital sensors not quite as much. I find that adding some contrast to such images results in a better image. Does your color blindness affect contrast perception?

The picture does also have a slight blue cast to it, which makes it appear cooler. Can you see blue versus yellow? (I'm obviously ignorant about color blindness other than I know there are variations as to what colors are affected). I did not make any color changes, but if you look in the more shaded areas of the vegetation, it is more blue than it should be. This is affected by settings in camera, white balance most of all affects overall cool versus warm (blue versus yellow). In a editing package, there is usually a white balance adjustment, in this case I would push it slightly towards warm until the dark greens appear more natural.

I did use some software, just the really basic stuff that comes with Windows 10. (I have Photoshop as well) I think I cooled it down some rather than warming because it appeared more natural based on my perception. My colorblindness is that I cannot distinguish subtleties. If you look at those colorblind tests, I can see the number or letter in the first slide and none of the others. I can tell the difference you made and see that it is better than my editing, but at the time I was editing I thought I had it closer to nature than I did. Thanks for the tips. I will probably have my wife look at pictures after I edit them to make sure I have done what I was supposed to do.

[swampfrog]

I did use some software, just the really basic stuff that comes with Windows 10. (I have Photoshop as well) I think I cooled it down some rather than warming because it appeared more natural based on my perception. My colorblindness is that I cannot distinguish subtleties. If you look at those colorblind tests, I can see the number or letter in the first slide and none of the others. I can tell the difference you made and see that it is better than my editing, but at the time I was editing I thought I had it closer to nature than I did. Thanks for the tips. I will probably have my wife look at pictures after I edit them to make sure I have done what I was supposed to do.

"Closer to nature" is always a difficult path to tread. I posted this sometime back:

Evolution of a shot

The 3rd one is "closer" to what I remembered seeing, but I would rather look at the 4th.

[swampfrog]

Here's another version with the white balance adjusted towards warm, and a slight adjustment to the tint towards magenta. Even more could be done with local adjustments in the more shaded areas, this was just global. I also backed off the contrast (blacks) a bit, I think I went too far before.

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[Copelius]

Here's another version with the white balance adjusted towards warm, and a slight adjustment to the tint towards magenta. Even more could be done with local adjustments in the more shaded areas, this was just global. I also backed off the contrast (blacks) a bit, I think I went too far before.

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I'll play with some others over the weekend. Thanks for the feedback

[Copelius]

Playing with shutter speed and aperture during the blood moon. DSC_0913.jpgDSC_0924.jpgDSC_0943.jpgDSC_0967.jpg

[swampfrog]

I do have a few moon shots, but I didn't plan well and get myself out of town, lots of haze to the east. Nothing I really liked.

Last week was a work conference in Sunriver, OR, played with some HDR and timed exposures.

[clackamascoug]

Swampy - I really like the last one. Is that up river from Bend, around Inn of the 7th Mountain?

[swampfrog]

Swampy - I really like the last one. Is that up river from Bend, around Inn of the 7th Mountain?

Benham Falls on the Deschutes, just north of Sunriver. Still a bit south of Inn of the 7th Mountain. That may be my favorite image from the trip. Though the 24 image panorama from the top of Paulina peak was the most satisfactory. (8 stitched images where each of the 8 images is the composite of 3 exposure HDR merges. Took a couple hours at the computer because Lightroom/Photoshop could not get the auto-align correct.