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Apr 26, 2010 11:23 |  #1

Yesterday I went out and attempted to shoot my daughter in the merging bluebonnets we have around our area. Unfortunately she didn't want to do a shoot that day, so these were the best I could get on minimal time before a tantrum fully started (she is 2 and very impatient with mommy and her camera). CC please! I know the bright colors aren't alot of ya'lls thing.. I just really try to play a little out of the box.. I love real vibrant colors and fully haven't gotten down how to make my pics still pop but with softness.

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I need to go back and tone down the green in this one
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I loved how this one looks with the weird colors
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Without the weird colors
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And just the bonnets
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Wasn't sure which edit I liked more
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Apr 26, 2010 12:42 |  #2

Great pictures!!! This is really giving me a spring feeling.

The best way to adjust colours is to start with adjusting colour temperature as a RAW picture in DPP or Lightroom. As a start, just chose the right standard value (like sunshine etc..). Then in PS,Gimp or other programs, adjust values. Something like in this tutorial: adjusting colour values (external link)


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Apr 26, 2010 12:44 |  #3

kent andersen wrote in post #10068496 (external link)
Great pictures!!!

The best way to adjust colours is to start with adjusting colour temperatur as a RAW picture in DPP or Lightroom. As a start, just chose the right standard value (like sunshine etc..). Then in PS,Gimp or other program, adjust values. Something like in this tutorial: adjusting colour values (external link)

Sadly I forgot to put my camera back to shoot in RAW :-( and so its only saving them as JPG :-( It's like when I adjust colors.. if it doesn't pop out at me enough I keep adjusting them.. and that's where alot of people really give me hell.


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Apr 26, 2010 17:03 |  #4

To get strong beautiful colours that still looks real is my biggest challenge to in PP. Normaly I am only adjusting the colour value and working on getting the right white balance. Then at the end I adjust contrast with not more than +4. If I am still not satisfied with the colour, I try to make certain key part a bit darker. A slightly darker image is normaly also making the colours stronger.

What I found as the most difficult task, is to know when to stop before the picture has been overdone.


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Apr 26, 2010 19:32 as a reply to  @ kent andersen's post |  #5

I get critiques saying my photos are to over exposed.. but even in the original its still over exposed.. I have never taken a photography class in my life, so picking up an SLR is really something new to me. I haven't had alot of time to go through my manual to learn all the settings and how to tweak it right. :-(


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May 01, 2010 00:36 |  #6

These shots are taken in daylight, with the sun shining directly at the motive. It is impossible without extra flashes or reflextor to avoid overexposure then.

The dynamic range is then difficult... in normal language it means, in full daytime sunlight you get both over and under exposure at the same time. The bright parts becomes to bright, and the shadows to dark. Shoting on a sunny day is actually one of the most difficult things to do. I think you made it well in youre shots here. From youre pictures here it is only no4 that are really suffering from overexposure (her white shirt is blown). I think all of these pictures can be edited to be looking great, but to achieve that you need to learn several technics. So, instead of spending lots of time with photoshop, use youre time to learn to take it right in youre camera.

On daytime I prefer to take my shots in the shadow. The dynamic range is then much easier. Normaly no areas are blown or to dark. The problem with shadows is that I get to little contrast, but that is much easier to fix. All of these pictures are taken in the shadow on a sunny day: sunny day portraits, and very little adjustment was needed.

So if you would like to take pictures that are without any blown out parts, or with to dark areas (wich give to much noise), then start by searching for those places with clean shadows (no sunshine at all, but an opening to the sky). Behind big buildings are my favourite. (If you take it under trees, you get to much shadow and no light from abowe).

When you are taking the shots, set youre camera on Tv, and set the aparture on at least 1/250. (on that speed you should be able to take a sharp shot). Then you read the manual to find out how to adjust the focus point. (The place where you would like the picture to be sharp). Don't use the average sharpnes, but let the sharpest part be the eyes on every portrait. Good luck, and have fun with youre next shoting.


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