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Post by jwkimber45 on Sept 22, 2007 20:40:57 GMT -5
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Post by honkenbutch on Oct 3, 2007 19:17:05 GMT -5
I really don't care who wins with these pictures,,,,,, they all are great.
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Post by Free-Loader on Oct 15, 2007 14:02:58 GMT -5
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Post by bhorton on Oct 15, 2007 14:45:48 GMT -5
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Post by Rhacrick on Oct 15, 2007 23:22:42 GMT -5
Opening day, North Zone.. The Spread  And the casualties (1 mallard, 2 DNR warnings)  |
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Post by hoosierhunter2 on Oct 16, 2007 8:56:43 GMT -5
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Post by hoosierhunter2 on Oct 16, 2007 9:15:59 GMT -5
I like Free-Loader's swan picture....so I swiped it, cropped it, and saturated it a little, I don't know if it's any better or not, but here it is again. That is one big bird!!! We saw alot of them in Canada, but weren't allowed to shoot any. I'd of love to heard that big thing thud on the ground!! ;D  |
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Post by jwkimber45 on Oct 16, 2007 9:30:29 GMT -5
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Post by hoosierhunter2 on Oct 16, 2007 9:50:06 GMT -5
Josh, I like the first one of Cooper looking out the boat, so I swiped it, straightened it out for the horizon, saturated it, and brought the exposure down some, hope you like....Good picture.  |
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Post by jwkimber45 on Oct 16, 2007 9:59:25 GMT -5
That looks great Matt. What software are you using??
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Post by Free-Loader on Oct 16, 2007 10:02:51 GMT -5
I was wondering the same thing. I need a copy of that software!!! What can you do with this pic. Taken October 1st in ND.  |
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Post by bhorton on Oct 16, 2007 12:16:36 GMT -5
Another one of Gunner.....Thanks Josh for the picture!  Cooper  Gunner  |
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Post by hoosierhunter2 on Oct 16, 2007 12:49:20 GMT -5
For more involved photo editing, like adding borders, and major corrections, etc., I use Photoshop CS3. For quick fixes, etc. I like to use Picasa 2. It has really good auto corrects, and easy to use manual corrections also. The main thing when shooting photos is to get the exposure correct, you can have it alittle underexposed (not too much though), but overexposed is always a tough fix, so watch your exposure!! ;D Josh the pic of Cooper that I worked on was a little overexposed, the 2nd one of him is way too overexposed and not hardly salvagable.  The 2nd biggie in a picture of course is composition of the photo, and this can be tweaked in the post editing by cropping the photo, a little rule of thumb for landscapes, 2/3 land 1/3 sky, unless you are focusing on the sky, and then 1/3 land and 2/3 sky. Another biggie is the horizon, getting it level and not tilted, this can be fixed also in post editing, but best to try and get it for the most part with the camera. Here is the pic of the sunset edited, I cropped it to get rid of alot of the land in the foreground that really didnt add anything to the picture, plus it had a dust spot in it also, I saturated the color some also and that is about it, it really was a nice picture to begin with. I thought about sharpening it some, but with the high ISO and the low light, it would have just brought out alot more noise in the picture...  |
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Post by bhorton on Oct 16, 2007 13:05:45 GMT -5
Hey Matt, what all has been added in CS3? I am still using CS2, haven't looked much into CS3.
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Post by jwkimber45 on Oct 16, 2007 13:12:00 GMT -5
I've been trying to jack with the settings on my junk camera some when taking pictures. Sometimes when trying to be quick about things I don't have time to mess with the settings...
I need to look through my file I messed with the exposure settings a lot on that first one...I may have one or to that are close to right to begin with....
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Post by hoosierhunter2 on Oct 16, 2007 13:15:57 GMT -5
Here's the same photo with the land taken completely out and a custom size crop, more of a panaromic shot, I like it best with the land taken out....  |
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Post by hoosierhunter2 on Oct 16, 2007 13:29:09 GMT -5
CS3 has more manual adjustments than CS2 for the exposure (3 adjustments) not just the one slider like CS2, otherwise alot the same a few more little perks but not much. Another good one is Adobe's Photoshop Lightroom.
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Post by hoosierhunter2 on Oct 18, 2007 18:36:03 GMT -5
Here's another that I really liked.  |
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Post by bsutravis on Oct 21, 2007 7:55:04 GMT -5
Matt.... the 2nd photo of yours is kick-butt!!!!!!!!!!! Beautiful shot!
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Post by Woody Williams on Oct 22, 2007 15:20:54 GMT -5
I've added some more prizes for the contest. See post number one in this thread.
Good luck...
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The 2nd biggie in a picture of course is composition of the photo, and this can be tweaked in the post editing by cropping the photo, a little rule of thumb for landscapes, 2/3 land 1/3 sky, unless you are focusing on the sky, and then 1/3 land and 2/3 sky. Another biggie is the horizon, getting it level and not tilted, this can be fixed also in post editing, but best to try and get it for the most part with the camera. 
