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VJS Photography
04-02-2008, 15:49
On our trip in january into the forest when I got the shroom shots I also got these ....... the look kinda old or something, what do you think ?


http://195.177.193.138/gallery/data/500/Follow_The_Light_rs.jpg


http://195.177.193.138/gallery/data/500/Cow_in_Forest_rs.jpg
Forbiddenbiker
04-02-2008, 16:32
Top ones almost a Grey card, :D ...is that what you mean?

There very undefined and flat to me, just down to the light on the day by the looks of it, they seem well exposed.

I like the top one. :thumbs:

What do you see?
foodpoison
04-02-2008, 18:58
Nothing that can't be fixed with a bit of PP! :D

http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/7412/followthelightrspf8.jpg

What I did:
1. Heightened brightness by about 10%
2. Heightened contrast by about 30%
3. On colour balance, moved the slider towards green by about 25%
4. Repeated step 3
5. In the shadows/highlight bit, added colour saturation of shadows.
VJS Photography
04-02-2008, 22:58
Hi FB thanks for the reply, had to look up grey card :shrug: not what I meant I don't think anyway, never seen a photo taken with the method. I remember seeing some old prints (I think they were prints) many years ago and thought they looked like them. Yes the light was very strange in the forest.

Foodpoison..... I like that and thanks for the process used, was that in Photoshop ? I no longer have photosuite ( new laptop, Vista and they don't like each other) so only have MS Picture it and something that came on PC) Have been looking at photoshop bit pricey for a novice and not so easy to use they say.

What I have is a bit useless really can't find how to straighten photos, will have to look again for something.
Susane
05-02-2008, 00:21
Have been looking at photoshop bit pricey for a novice and not so easy to use they say.

What I have is a bit useless really can't find how to straighten photos, will have to look again for something.

Have a look at Picasa, it will do the basics + straighten your photo's, easy for a novice. Also Paint.Net isn't too hard to get to grips with or Gimp if you feel more adventurous. They are all quite good and best of all...free!:D