First Photo C&C - Totaly new at this game

Droolinggimp

Droolinggimp

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Ok here goes, and please be gentle:)

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It was taken outside this morning. Bad weather, no light.

I have used PhotoShop to alter the colours slightly. As I am new to this and PhotoShop any tips etc on how to use effects and things like that would be most welcome.

Here is the original

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I think the work you have done in photoshop is really good. Certainly brought the colour out more.

I really like the shot although if I am being critical the stem/leaf type thing in the middle that is out of focus gets in the way a bit. A larger depth of field would have helped this shot I think, or if perhaps you had shifted the focus onto that middle stem.

Otherwise a great first shot :)
 
Woohoo. Thanks for that. :)

I am pretty limited to what I can achieve with my camera. It is a Kodak Easyshare LS633 (3.1 megapixels). Not much in the way of options on it to alter the focusing and that sort of thing.

Reagarding the PS. I am happy with what I have done. I tried a few times to get it, what I felt was right with the colour.

Edit: I actually tried to get the focus on the water droplets in the base of the plant and have the stem out of focus. Should I of done it the opposite?
 
droolinggimp said:
Woohoo. Thanks for that. :)

I am pretty limited to what I can achieve with my camera. It is a Kodak Easyshare LS633 (3.1 megapixels). Not much in the way of options on it to alter the focusing and that sort of thing.

Reagarding the PS. I am happy with what I have done. I tried a few times to get it, what I felt was right with the colour.

Edit: I actually tried to get the focus on the water droplets in the base of the plant and have the stem out of focus. Should I of done it the opposite?
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There is no right or wrong way :)
I just find that middle stem a little distracting. Great work on the PP though to recover the colour. PP is one area that I really struggle in, I tend to over do my shots and either add too much contrast or saturation :(

ps. I am by no means good at photography so take my comments from one beginner to another :D
 
One more. I think the border/frame is better on this one. I had a little play with it.



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I was looking for the slight arty, grainy look. I think I have achieved it somewhat. I used the cameras Macro for this. The mirror is on the wall and I wanted to get a feel for an angled shot.

In PS all I did was convert it to B&W and altered the RGB values to get the contrasting darker and lighter areas.

Again C&C welcome.:)
 
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ScarySquirrel said:
There is no right or wrong way :)
I just find that middle stem a little distracting. Great work on the PP though to recover the colour. PP is one area that I really struggle in, I tend to over do my shots and either add too much contrast or saturation :(

ps. I am by no means good at photography so take my comments from one beginner to another :D
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Any sort of comments are welcome. Like I said its my first time at "trying" to take a good photo and then "do" something with it in PS.:)

I think begginers commenting on begginers work is great. Helping each other out and working together can make for faster learning. It wont beat the Pro's advice of course, but still all helpfull.
 
Really love the first shot, your PP PS skills are obviously working well! Colour is miles better in the processed one. I really like that its not just the standard flower macro, tis a bit different.

Not that fond of the second shot myself, but then, hey, thats just me!

Look forward to seeing some of your future shots!
 
Cheers. I am currently PP some holidays pics from Mexico from 3 years back. They were taken with a film camera and developed at Asda. We had the pictures put on CD. The quality isnt the best and they are only small.

Here is one. Its the original. So expect a PP one soon.

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Here is the PP one.

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Pretty happy with it. Although the brightness in the center and the sky could do with a slight change. Not a great deal I could do as the original was a tad rubbish. I would give it 5 ot of 10 myself.

Is this one over done?
 
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Only quib with that one is, try not to over post process. You still want to maintain a level or reality. I always think the best post processing is very subtle to the eye. But we all like different things, so there are no real right and wrongs.
 
Yes i agree. I think i did over PP the last one. I just couldnt get a average "mean" to the effect I was looking for.:(

I was trying to get the greens to stand out more and darken the blue areas of the sky. I might of used the wrong process to do it. Still getting used to PP in PS.

Thanks anyway.:)

Feel free to take the pics and see what you can do with them..
 
Thats the sort of effect I was aiming for. Unfortunatly just like your effort the sky went all pixelated for me. I tried lots of different things to sort it out but nothing happened.I do like your version though. :)
 
Quite like the yellow flower pic. Really nice colours. Did you play with the layers to get that effect ? Or boost the contrast/saturation ?

Im also learning the basics, im quite pleased with what i have learnt in photoshop, but i need to learn more about actually taking the pics.
 
Ry@n said:
Quite like the yellow flower pic. Really nice colours. Did you play with the layers to get that effect ? Or boost the contrast/saturation ?

Im also learning the basics, im quite pleased with what i have learnt in photoshop, but i need to learn more about actually taking the pics.
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Iirc all I did was adjust the Contrast and saturation. I might of altered the colour levels too.

I am pleased with the photo of the Lillies. I took a couple more but I was rushed so they didnt look as good.:)
 
Aod said:
i must say that i think your PS skills at post processing are exceptional.

you should give lightroom a try.
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Very true, which means you may go far, PP is IMO almost half of digital photography. :)

But why try lightroom? PS is better. :confused:
 
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