Color & Saturation

I send this once already but for some reason the website didn't accept it and it was lost so I try to do this again.

I'm not familiar with your camera or it's settings. I use Nikon cameras for digital and 35mm film. However, you should have an adjustment for white balance. Hopefully, it also has a plus-minus control on each white balance setting. On pictures like these it helps, in my opinion, to make them a little warm. One of on increasing (visually anyway) color saturation is to under expose slightly. One more suggestion is to use a tripod and no flash, or if you use a flach, try to locate it somewhere besides next the the lens or try to diffuse it somehow. Sometimes, just holding paper in front of it a few inches is all it takes, but not all the time. Make sure it's white paper or you will bias your white balance.

Hope this helps.

Clay

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one more quick note

On the second edited image, you can also try using diffusion in the background or just lowering contrast so the values remain the same but the center remains focal point.

Clay

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Clayton Bruster ~ Photographer and Artist

The leaf picture

Thanks for the suggestions...I really need to get into the book and find out more about the settings on my digital camera! Your suggestions about the white balance would probably made a difference in that picture. I think I used a lower flash setting because we were in an area where there was very low light but it would have been pretty difficult to do many adjustments otherwise.

The camera is basically a point and shoot with some manual adjustments that I haven't gotten into exploring much.


Here's a picture I took yesterday while we were at the Tall Ships festival in Bay City, MI. The sky was slightly overcast so we didn't have a lot of bright sunlight. I was thinking of taking this into photoshop and brightening it up a bit but I think the shot is pretty good as far as composition goes. We were able to get close to most of the ships and they were pretty interesting to look at from across the river.

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Great shots

Wow! I would love to photograph tall ships. Haven't had the chance yet. I like the composition. Sometimes it's much easier to photograph on a cloudy day because you get more even lighting and less contrast. The other side of the coin is they can sometimes go flat (low contrast). You have a good eye for composition and I enjoy seeing your work. Keep it coming.

Clay

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Re digital..mamma_mia

I am still learning to use my digital. I have had it 2 years now and still don't know everything about it.

When my friend and I started thinking about photographing nude women we had to learn some things about the camera. Because I have a learning disablity it is sometimes harder for me to understand the printed word, so it took many readings to figure out what the book was talking about.

I also carry it with me in my camera bag and I am still trying to figure out things on it.

The best way to learn digital is to use it. I have stopped using my 35mm altogether now, and just stick to the digital.

I can not afford photoshop or any of the big priced programs so I use what came with my camera and another small free one that came with another program I have installed.

I have enjoyed looking at your work also. And loved the tall ships.

Also because of where I live. Arizona. I rarely shoot in the mid day sun, only if I am in shade do I use my camera during the day. In the summer I am limited to early mornings and evenings or cloudy days. But with cloudy or foggy days you need to pay attention to your lighting more. Like Clay said sometimes grew cloudy foggy days can leave your photos coming out flat.

Kat

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oops

typo in the last paragrah..sorry. I wish this site had spell check, then I would have caught it.

Kat

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Using a Digital Camera

Thanks for the comments guys! I did put the tall ships picture into photoshop to fix it up a bit, it's brighter and more interesting.



Last semester in our photography class I had to use a digital camera that was in the classroom and it was very confusing. Lots of manual settings, but we got used to it. I'd like one like that someday! This is one of the assignments, a still life. I fixed the background color, which was pinkish, and brightened up the lace.



Kat, you should post some of your nudes. The human body is a work of art and should be viewed like that!

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None

I would if I could mamma but some this site won't allow and others I can't figure out how to get them here.

Im smart yes, but when it comes to computer work, or at least some of it I'm not the brightest bee on a flower.

Loved the new version of the tall ship. Kat

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Picture hosting

Kat,
To post pictures here you need to have an account at a picture hosting site. I use photobucket because it's free and very reliable! You can sign up HERE. After you have your picture sized the way you want in your own photo editing program on your computer you upload the picture to your photobucket account. They have limits on the size and most forums that you would post it in don't want huge pictures either, so just make a smaller copy to keep in the account without deleting your original for other purposes.

When you want to post a picture on this forum you need to copy the code that is listed under the picture in photobucket. They give you three options of code, the one you use for this forum is the URL. Just copy it by highlighting it (left click your mouse on the code line) then right click and when the dialog box comes up click on "copy." Then you come back here to this forum and follow the instructions above this box where you put your message (it says [HTML guide]) and you will paste it into your message. You paste the code where you want it by putting your cursor where you want in the message and then right click. The same dialog box comes up as when you copied it, but now you click on "paste" and it will put the code where you placed the cursor. You need to add an image code in front of the URL so just look in the html guide link and all the instructions are there. Then you post your reply and hopefully your picture comes up!

After a few times it gets less confusing...hope that helped!
Jan

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