GadgetRick Goldmember 1,081 posts Joined Mar 2010 Location: Jacksonville, FL More info | Sep 20, 2011 13:13 | #1 So I captured this shot a couple of weeks ago:
I'd love to put it on the wall, however, because of the rest of the photo (other than the dolphin that is), it's kinda boring. Looking for some different PP which might make this more interesting. Not looking for anything crazy, just want to make the shot more interesting. I'm always looking for different ways of PP as well... Thanks.
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crn3371 Cream of the Crop  7,198 posts Likes: 2 Joined Mar 2005 Location: SoCal, USA More info | Sep 20, 2011 13:19 | #2 Something as simple as a tighter crop would help.
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ssim POTN Landscape & Cityscape Photographer 2005  10,884 posts Likes: 6 Joined Apr 2003 Location: southern Alberta, Canada More info | Was the water really greenish? If you are asking for people to post up samples of their suggestions you have to change your profile to allow them to edit your images. It's a nice shot but lacks some punch for my liking but I am at a loss as to what to change as you have water and the dolphin. Not alot of elements to play around with. My life is like one big RAW file....way too much post processing needed.
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squirrelsnest Goldmember  1,081 posts Likes: 2 Joined Jan 2008 Location: Alexandria, Va More info | Your photo looks great......leave it like it is! .
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Sep 20, 2011 13:41 | #5 ssim wrote in post #13134256  Was the water really greenish? If you are asking for people to post up samples of their suggestions you have to change your profile to allow them to edit your images. It's a nice shot but lacks some punch for my liking but I am at a loss as to what to change as you have water and the dolphin. Not alot of elements to play around with. Unfortunately, yes, it was that greenish (was in a river). Just looking for suggestions to help make it pop as I'm with you, it's lacking something. Problem is, that's what I had to work with at the time and it's quite difficult to catch a shot like this. None of the other dolphins jumped and this one jumped this ONE time.
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Sep 20, 2011 13:41 | #6 crn3371 wrote in post #13134198 Something as simple as a tighter crop would help. I'm afraid to crop too much as I like the sharpness. I'm sure I could crop a little tighter though.
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Sep 20, 2011 13:42 | #7 squirrelsnest wrote in post #13134287 Your photo looks great......leave it like it is! Thanks. Just want it to have a little something. Not even sure what.
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tkerr Goldmember  3,042 posts Likes: 2 Joined Mar 2010 Location: Hubert, North Carolina, USA. More info | Sep 20, 2011 14:12 | #8 crn3371 wrote in post #13134198 Something as simple as a tighter crop would help. GadgetRick wrote in post #13134339 I'm afraid to crop too much as I like the sharpness. I'm sure I could crop a little tighter though. I might crop a little off the top and right side. Maybe a little vibrance increase too. Other wise I think it's a great capture.. Tim Kerr
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digitalparadise Awaiting the title ferry...  More info | Sep 20, 2011 15:03 | #9 Why don't you activate your image editing and we can have a go at it. I bet if I had the RAW file I could crop that and get it sharp enough to cut your fingers on. Hard to work on this because it is sized for POTN specs. Image Editing OK
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stsva Cream of the Crop  More info | Sep 20, 2011 15:10 | #10 GadgetRick wrote in post #13134336 Unfortunately, yes, it was that greenish (was in a river). Just looking for suggestions to help make it pop as I'm with you, it's lacking something. Problem is, that's what I had to work with at the time and it's quite difficult to catch a shot like this. None of the other dolphins jumped and this one jumped this ONE time. I see them all of the time here in FL but rarely jumping in open water like this. So I love the shot but don't like the way it looks. If that makes sense. I think the question about the water's color leads to a possible approach - edit to change the water color to something more complementary to the blues and reds of the dolphin (maybe make the water more yellow rather than green), and see how that looks. Some Canon stuff and a little bit of Yongnuo.
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Sep 20, 2011 15:20 | #11 digital paradise wrote in post #13134807 Why don't you activate your image editing and we can have a go at it. I bet if I had the RAW file I could crop that and get it sharp enough to cut your fingers on. Hard to work on this because it is sized for POTN specs. How do I activate this? Looked through UserCP but didn't see anything.
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digitalparadise Awaiting the title ferry... More info | Sep 20, 2011 15:42 | #12 Click on "User CP" on the top bar. Then Edit Profile. In the "Additional Information" dialogue box click yes on the first question. Image Editing OK
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Sep 20, 2011 15:58 | #13 digital paradise wrote in post #13135067 Click on "User CP" on the top bar. Then Edit Profile. In the "Additional Information" dialogue box click yes on the first question. Ah, found it. Was looking in the Options section.
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digitalparadise Awaiting the title ferry... More info | Sep 20, 2011 16:16 | #14 Can you post the raw file? Instructions are on post #6. Image Editing OK
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tkerr Goldmember 3,042 posts Likes: 2 Joined Mar 2010 Location: Hubert, North Carolina, USA. More info | Sep 20, 2011 16:53 | #15 Raw would definitely give more latitude to work with, but even with the jpeg you can improve it using a little vibrance increase, contrast adjustment and a little Splt toning adjustment, and then crop it a little tighter.  HOSTED PHOTO please log in to view hosted photos in full size. Tim Kerr
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