Hi all
Please can you settle a slight difference of opinion between my OH and me by voting whether you prefer photo no 1 or photo no 2.
The first pic was taken when it was cloudy and the background is blurred: Photo 1
and the second one was taken after the sun came out so the background is sharper: Photo 2
Please can I have votes of preference for either photo 1 or photo 2.
Thanks guys. I'm not going to say at this stage which one I prefer ;-)
Best wishes Chris
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Hi everyone
I agree that Photo 2 is definitely the better pose of the bird. I like the line of the head with the body more, it's a sharper image when zoomed in and having the light in the eye is always a bonus. The background does detract from it slightly though. I'll have a play with them in PSP and crop no.2 a bit more so that the background is less of an issue.
I like the way that you have done it Buzzard, but I know that you use Photoshop.
Hi Chris,
this is a tough one for me! Think I'm going to have to say I prefer Photo 1.
I like the pose etc on Photo 2 but the background is too distracting although I think you've been lucky with the light, sometime the sun can really wash out a subject.
How about photo 3? :-)
Hi guys
Now I've cheated slightly and reloaded the photos into my original post after a crop and slight retouch in PSP.
I think that they are much closer now, but photo no 3 is growing on me (Originally I didn't like the tongue?)
Woodpecker said: I like the way that you have done it Buzzard, but I know that you use Photoshop. Best wishes Chris
just to let you know I don't use Photoshop on 99.9% of the photo's I have taken. I try to capture the shot using the abilities of the camera by making sure the settings are correct!
I don't own a copy and was only using a 30 trial download version to see what it actually does to enhance an original photo.
The only reason I tried using photoshop was to remove obtrusive objects that were detracting from the subject!
All I have done on your photo was use all of the auto correction functions. Such as the colour, contrast, sharpen etc.
It is a really good program and relatively easy to use.
I spent a few minutes messing on with your photo2
If I had really focused on the edges, I would have got a really sharp detailed outline!
Some members said photo2 was to busy, here it is less busy LOL
Regards Buzzard
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Hi Chris and Buzzard, and everyone,
All the photos are excellent, really. However, I am going to have to be honest and say I'm not too happy about altering pictures so drastically that they don't even resemble the original subject. It's a bit like magazines airbrushing celebs to make them look better. A bit of cropping and fine tuning to correct lighting, contrast etc. is fine, but removing bits and cloning etc. I'm not sure about. It then becomes not a question of photography but of artistic processing, which is a different field altogether.
Maybe I'm just Mrs. Grumpy Knickers about this, or maybe I'm jealous because I can't do it, but that's my opinion.
Cheers, Linda.
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I too had a go with your Nutatch photo, lol!
Only a quick go (hence the little bits I didn't finish) but it got lost in the virtual stack of my own that was messing with.
Sparrow I do agree with you and Buzzard. I don't usually do a great deal with my photos as I'd rather I got the settings right in the first place. But after doing that Open University course I do know a bit more about Photoshop now than I did before, it can be quite useful.
With my photos its usually a case of adjusting the lighting if the conservatory blinds have washed a photo out.
Susan H said: Hi Chris and Buzzard, and everyone, All the photos are excellent, really. However, I am going to have to be honest and say I'm not too happy about altering pictures so drastically that they don't even resemble the original subject. It's a bit like magazines airbrushing celebs to make them look better. A bit of cropping and fine tuning to correct lighting, contrast etc. is fine, but removing bits and cloning etc. I'm not sure about. It then becomes not a question of photography but of artistic processing, which is a different field altogether. Maybe I'm just Mrs. Grumpy Knickers about this, or maybe I'm jealous because I can't do it, but that's my opinion
Maybe I'm just Mrs. Grumpy Knickers about this, or maybe I'm jealous because I can't do it, but that's my opinion
Hi Sparrow
I don't alter any of my photos drastically either, and it's definitely because I don't know how to do it :-)
I can just about crop them and slightly adjust colour balance or brightness, which I have now done. On one of these pics I also removed the bright silver corner of a peanut feeder that just poked into the edge of the frame.
These photos are now good enough for me although I'm still not sure which one I will upload onto my flickr website: http://www.flickr.com/photos/16159953@N06/sets/72157623179373993/
My new camera is still on it's basic settings as I don't know exactly what needs adjusting yet to ensure that I don't need to play around in Paint Shop Pro Photo. Even if it does need adjusting, I don't yet know how to do it.
For now I'm just clicking away and seeing what comes out. I only posted this thread because unusually OH and I couldn't agree about which one of these 2 photos with the 2 Sundrops was better (I have 10 in total)
I don't wish to cause any significant differences of opinion.
Buzzard said:just to let you know I don't use Photoshop on 99.9% of the photo's I have taken. I try to capture the shot using the abilities of the camera by making sure the settings are correct!
Hi Buzzard
My apologies, but I didn't mean that you always adjust your photos. I meant that I know that you are trialling a free copy of Photoshop as opposed to the PSP software that I use, so I know it is different.
I never intended to suggest that you use Photoshop on all of your photos. :-)
delving into the "digital darkroom" is somewhat daunting isn't it? Cropping is all about I could manage before!
Did you both come to an agreement with the photos? :o)