[simplicity_] A Photo A Week

[Funny]

So cute!!! :lovegrin: :lovegrin: :lovegrin:

 

[simplicity_]

Why salah?

Anyway, are you using PS to edit your photo?

yup. i changed the settings in my camera. if i remember correctly, i changed my WB to Cloudy and upped the levels in PS.

 

[simplicity_]

framing ok to me, why salah?

eh dont know. like she's looking right, so some pple tend to be 'niao' about the composition lah. like must have space at where she's looking. -shrugs-

 

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So cute!!! :lovegrin: :lovegrin: :lovegrin:

haha yeah growing very fat. i think i feed them too much. :bsmilie:

 

[The_Cheat]

yup. i changed the settings in my camera. if i remember correctly, i changed my WB to Cloudy and upped the levels in PS.

Hmm... you upped the levels? Somehow the colour a bit weird and dark...

 

[simplicity_]

Hmm... you upped the levels? Somehow the colour a bit weird and dark...

isit? hmmm. it looks okay on my screen though. hahaha. maybe i need to calibarate (sp?) my lappie. lol.

 

[The_Cheat]

Sorry for being a busybody...

 

[eikin]

:think: somehow i quite like the original post, the saturated look ... give me a very '80s' feel

 

[knoxknocks]

goodness, dunno how i missed this. Whilst the ring didn't stand out amongst the petals, it's still a nice shot nonetheless

 

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Sorry for being a busybody...

haha dont be sorry lah. im here to learn!
eh what did you do ah? looks much better..

 

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:think: somehow i quite like the original post, the saturated look ... give me a very '80s' feel

haha wats 80's feel? i thought those old pictures shld be uhm, sort of sepia-ish?

 

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goodness, dunno how i missed this. Whilst the ring didn't stand out amongst the petals, it's still a nice shot nonetheless

heh thanks! that was the closest i cld get to the ring before the cam goes out of focus... haha; new lens new lens!

 

[wiz23]

eh dont know. like she's looking right, so some pple tend to be 'niao' about the composition lah. like must have space at where she's looking. -shrugs-

Thanks, I've got a lot to learn also ;p

 

[The_Cheat]

haha dont be sorry lah. im here to learn!
eh what did you do ah? looks much better..

Apologise, cos I always felt that it's rude for people to intrude and adjust anyone's work, under the pretense of helping them (you know, like the US of A going into Iraq under the pretense of freeing them under the tyranny of the one called Saddam?).

All I did was playing with the level. I don't really know what the proper terms are called (was never schooled in any aspects of photography, except maybe zone system), so bare with my explanation. What I did in the picture was to adjust the right most triangle in the level (I don't know what it represent really, just know that it works!) to the part of the curve where it's not flat, i.e. reducing the curve to a symmetrical more bell-shaped like. That should give a brighter image. After that, I move the centre triangle a little bit more to the right (since setting the right triangle leftwards to the curve, pushes the centre triangle leftwards, making it darker), thus lightening up the whole image. Then, using the burn tool, just burn a little of the edge, and whatever part where the image tonality was lost.

I guess you better find someone who's schooled to teach you about PS lah. I only know how to do, and and hopeless in teaching! :bsmilie:

 

[simplicity_]

Apologise, cos I always felt that it's rude for people to intrude and adjust anyone's work, under the pretense of helping them (you know, like the US of A going into Iraq under the pretense of freeing them under the tyranny of the one called Saddam?).

All I did was playing with the level. I don't really know what the proper terms are called (was never schooled in any aspects of photography, except maybe zone system), so bare with my explanation. What I did in the picture was to adjust the right most triangle in the level (I don't know what it represent really, just know that it works!) to the part of the curve where it's not flat, i.e. reducing the curve to a symmetrical more bell-shaped like. That should give a brighter image. After that, I move the centre triangle a little bit more to the right (since setting the right triangle leftwards to the curve, pushes the centre triangle leftwards, making it darker), thus lightening up the whole image. Then, using the burn tool, just burn a little of the edge, and whatever part where the image tonality was lost.

I guess you better find someone who's schooled to teach you about PS lah. I only know how to do, and and hopeless in teaching! :bsmilie:

me neither! haha.. always by trial and error..
will play around with what you did

hahaha, i think mostly depends on whose work you're adjusting? some people are very particular and might feel insulted. for me, i honestly dont mind. hahaha!

 

[simplicity_]

Smena 8M

 

[The_Cheat]

Smena 8M

Oooh! New toy! Cool!
Hmm... no metering huh? :think:

 

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Oooh! New toy! Cool!
Hmm... no metering huh? :think:

eh.. dun think so.. :sweat:

 

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another pic..

 

[The_Cheat]

eh.. dun think so.. :sweat:

Yeah!! That's good! Force you to see light!
You got meter boh? If not, then use the sunny-16 rule as a guideline, and try with negs first. Think everything in terms with relation to say mid-day afternoon, super bright, 1/ISO speed at f16 (i.e. f11 2/ISO, f8 4/ISO, etc.). So if you see that it's cloudy or darker than it should be on midday, give that guideline half to one stop, i.e. 2/ISO at f16. Confused? Haaa~!

Anyway, don't jump into slides directly, cos "inaccurate" metering (whatever that means...) will probably give you super disappointing results.