Camera Came

[zoose]

It's everything I expected and I'm still reading the construction manual.

I got a couple shots one of one of our dogs and another of a rock I found that I've never been able to get a decent picture of with my old point and shoot.

Don't fawn over them but I just wanted to share as when we looked at the results it was worth the money.

Dog and Rock follow.
Yes that is the color of her eyes.

 

[MaureenO]

Perfect!! If you have software to increase the contrast of the rock pic, it would make a huge difference. The pooch is perfect!

Mo

Like this with the rock--I upped the contrast by 20 then copied and pasted the image on top of itself and used the Soft Light mode, then flattened the layers.

 

[zoose]

I run them through Paint Shop Pro for cropping and resizing.
I didn't install the Canon disk.

The rock I found when I looked down when we were doing tower work last week.

I have more rocks I collected and they are black until you scratch them with your fingernail, then then turn white.

I know I'm going to have fun and thanks for your input Maureen.

 

[zoose]

The rock, once you did that to the image that's what it really looks like.

Odd rock isn't it.

Thanks.

 

[MaureenO]

I run them through Paint Shop Pro for cropping and resizing.
I didn't install the Canon disk.

The rock I found when I looked down when we were doing tower work last week.

I have more rocks I collected and they are black until you scratch them with your fingernail, then then turn white.

I know I'm going to have fun and thanks for your input Maureen.

Your first shot of the pup is perfect as it is! Rarely does a pic come out perfect straight from the camera. You're one of the lucky ones (or better ones) who got it right the first time with the pup.

In any good shot, a degree of post-processing in almost all ways improves the resultant image.

Congrats!

Maureen

 

[colonel holman]

digital advantage

Excellent shot of the hairy organism. You composed it well, being set slightly to the right, as the human eye "reads" a photo from left to right, like reading a book. That viewer tendency should be kept in mind when composing the image.
Best thing re digital is you can and should shoot lots and lots of images of the same subject at lots of angles, composition, etc, without the burden of film-processing costs. Same can be said re imaging software. there is as much artistic opportunity in the imaging software as there is in the actual shoot. Just keep a raw copy of the original to go back to. Several examples of that is not only mess with the contrast and color saturation, but also check the B&W version and check out flipping the image left-right. These are just the basics. We have real experts here who can go into much deeper detail on image manipulation than I can do.

 

[MaureenO]

Excellent shot of the hairy organism. You composed it well, being set slightly to the right, as the human eye "reads" a photo from left to right, like reading a book. That viewer tendency should be kept in mind when composing the image.
Best thing re digital is you can and should shoot lots and lots of images of the same subject at lots of angles, composition, etc, without the burden of film-processing costs. Same can be said re imaging software. there is as much artistic opportunity in the imaging software as there is in the actual shoot. Just keep a raw copy of the original to go back to. Several examples of that is not only mess with the contrast and color saturation, but also check the B&W version and check out flipping the image left-right. These are just the basics. We have real experts here who can go into much deeper detail on image manipulation than I can do.

You know, between you, Dwsjr, NWP, Sat, me and other photographers, we could set up a very nice learning section here!

Mo

 

[colonel holman]

Yes, we could. It would motivate people to "look" more around them and "see" more, plus build enjoyment of a hobby-art that is relatively easy to master on very short $$. I am an avid hunter, fisherman, hiker, kayaker, archaeologist, etc.. enjoying each of these at far higher levels because of my photography.

I would invite others photogs to post description of their approach to each photo posted, unique tricks and deliberate methods that made a snapshot become a photograph.