Easy Start

[MSRphoto]

Ok ...first trip the easy subjects that stand still. Next time I'll try people. Suggestions? Sunset 75mm ISO 1600 F 7.1 Tv1/640 and Lighthouse 67mm ISO 800 F11 Tv1/1000

[MattyB]

love the second one, it's gorrrrrrrrrgeous!

first one does nothing for me, the building looks 'washed out'(is that the word?).

[andygrif]

Both excellent compositions, well done!

I would like to see a little post processing on the first shot...perhaps lighten up the lighthouse back to white and blue the skies a little more....but that's my personal taste...good job!

[MSRphoto]

Thanks guys. Both were taken from a little boat on rocky seas ....then I noticed that when I resized to post, they got a little blurry which is not in the original shot.

Post processing ???? LOL I don't know where to begin. Where should one begin to learn about post processing?

[PhotosGuy]

There's a lot of info in the "Sticky"s at the top of the Post processing and printing (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/forumdisplay.php?s=&daysprune=&f=18) section. PSE probably came with your cam & it's a great place to start learning.

Take a look at this, too.
-=The RAW Faqs=- RAW Processing info and links (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=80337)

RawShooter link at the bottom of this review:
free RSE (RawShooter Essentials (http://www.outbackphoto.com/artofraw/raw_18/essay.html))

To put it in film terms, jpeg is like shooting a transparency, while RAW gives you a negative to work with. As you learn more, you can go back to the RAW file & reprocess to a "higher standard". ;-)

RAW will get you a "full quality" TIFF after processing. This avoids some of the quality loss during TIFF editing.
I do most of my "PS editing" now with RawShooter & only use PS for the things that only it can do.

When you learn how to edit in PS, a tiff or psd file will keep complex changes on separate layers so that, when you learn more, or have a different use for the pic, you can easily re-edit it without having to go back to the beginning. For instance, you can remove something from a pic with a Layer Mask. Want it back? Just turn off the mask!
Be aware that a tiff with layers can be 100MB or more in size.

That having been said, for simple pics that are only cropped & sharpened in PS, I usually delete the tiff 'cause RawShooter saves the changes made in conversion & I don't need to keep the 3X+ size of the tiff.