amateur - CC please

tips and advice SUPER welcomed!

I guess my first comment would be that this might be better asked in the Flora Photo Sharing Section.

Second, the overall picture is overexposed. You have lost a lot of detail in the flowers and the background is just so overpoweringly bright. I think the flowers in the upper right corner are better defined.

So two things to think about in taking this shot over, Change your metering mode to more of a spot or center weighted averaging, to help prevent the overall picture from washing out. Second, I would reframe the image so that you have more of the green background, than that bright background.

Keep up the efforts.

sweetlu60 wrote in post #10094858
I guess my first comment would be that this might be better asked in the Flora Photo Sharing Section.

Second, the overall picture is overexposed. You have lost a lot of detail in the flowers and the background is just so overpoweringly bright. I think the flowers in the upper right corner are better defined.

So two things to think about in taking this shot over, Change your metering mode to more of a spot or center weighted averaging, to help prevent the overall picture from washing out. Second, I would reframe the image so that you have more of the green background, than that bright background.

Keep up the efforts.

I completely see what you're saying. THank you.

And I'm new to the website so I didn't realize there was a flora section. Oops!

First off Welcome to POTN! It is a great place to get tips. I know my pictures have improved because of the help I received here. While it is blown out it is a great start. You have the right idea with the framing. Keep shooting.

I don't have much else to offer that hasn't already been said. There are people here with a lot more experience and skill than I have. Since I joined this forum I have learned quite a few great tips and tricks.
With that said, it helps knowing which camera and lens you use and how you used it for this shot.
Other than these forums, here is some more info that might help as well.
http://www.cambridgein​colour.com/tutorials.h​tm

Additionally, if you don't mind me asking, what image processing software do you use? Most people here use Photoshop Creative Suit and or Photoshop Lightroom.
And how are you saving the picture with your camera, RAW or Jpeg?

tkerr wrote in post #10096034
I don't have much else to offer that hasn't already been said. There are people here with a lot more experience and skill than I have. Since I joined this forum I have learned quite a few great tips and tricks.
With that said, it helps knowing which camera and lens you use and how you used it for this shot.
Other than these forums, here is some more info that might help as well.
http://www.cambridgein​colour.com/tutorials.h​tm

Additionally, if you don't mind me asking, what image processing software do you use? Most people here use Photoshop Creative Suit and or Photoshop Lightroom.
And how are you saving the picture with your camera, RAW or Jpeg?

None. I have Photoshop but do not know how to use it yet. I have tried but it is too confusing. And I am saving in Jpeg

Welcome to PTON

When posting for critique it will help everyone a lot if you can post the shot setting (EXIF) information along with the photo. These include shutter speed, aperture setting, shooting mode (manual, Auto, P, Av, Tv, etc) and ISO setting.

Those pieces of information make it much easier for folks to help you with shots like this where things are overexposed, underexposed or otherwise wonky

I'll have to start paying attention to that then, because I don't remember what was what on each picture. I took MANY MANY MANY and made adjustments as I went based on what I saw on my camera monitor until I got something I thought looked better, then only posted the "better" photos.

EricaRie wrote in post #10096149
I'll have to start paying attention to that then, because I don't remember what was what on each picture. I took MANY MANY MANY and made adjustments as I went based on what I saw on my camera monitor until I got something I thought looked better, then only posted the "better" photos.

Hey Erica...all that info is saved with the photo! Just right click on the photo then select properties. Then click on the summary tab. If you don't see the info there, click on the "Advanced" button towards the bottom, and there you go.

What are you using to process the pictures? If they're coming straight out of the camera, they SHOULD still have that info embedded in them; but either the manner in which you posted the shot, or processed the jpg appears to have stripped the info out.

EDIT: Nevermind; it's probably just stripped off from the photobucket link...As dwarrenr points out, you should still be able to find that info in the original.

They were originally saved onto my computer at home, then put on thumb drive to be placed on computer here at work. The info is probably attached to the photo on my home computer. Will check when I get home.

EricaRie wrote in post #10096149
I'll have to start paying attention to that then, because I don't remember what was what on each picture. I took MANY MANY MANY and made adjustments as I went based on what I saw on my camera monitor until I got something I thought looked better, then only posted the "better" photos.

If you save your picture in RAW format prior to converting them to Jpeg for the web, the Exif data should still be embeded in the image, even when uploaded to photobucket. Then we can use a Exif viewer to see all that information, Such as this one > http://regex.info/exif​.cgi
However, somehow that info was stripped from yours.
Nevertheless, it still helps if you take note of all that and post it along with your pictures when asking for help like this.

There are all kinds of great tutorial sites on the net to help you learn Photoshop. Or you can find all kinds of great books at your local book store. I highly suggest learning how to use that software, it can make a HUGE difference in your images.

EricaRie wrote in post #10096207
They were originally saved onto my computer at home, then put on thumb drive to be placed on computer here at work. The info is probably attached to the photo on my home computer. Will check when I get home.

Look and see if that info is still on the ones on your thumb drive, most likely it's still there.