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colenbjw
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p.1 #1 · First Time Poster...

Greetings, all!

I've been enjoying the FM forums for quite a while now, and thought it would be a good idea to start posting some photos and perhaps improving my technique! I really enjoy having fun with DOF and thought I'd share this one first. It's from our garden as I was raking leaves the other weekend... I shoot only in RAW but am fairly new to the whole post-processing deal, so any comments on that side of things would be particularly appreciated...

Finally, I thought this would be a good place to post since I've got no experience with 'attaching' a photo - so it may not show up -- without a 'preview post' option, I'll have to wait and see! Any tips for how to include a photo (inline) from picassa web would be appreciated! Or, suggestions for hosting that make this easier...

Edited on Dec 04, 2007 at 08:57 PM

Nov 28, 2007 at 02:10 PM

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I find it interesting - maybe bump up the saturation a bit....and maybe move the 'center' a little to the left and down a bit - intersection of rule-of-thirds grid lines.

Bob

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Nov 28, 2007 at 02:46 PM

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p.1 #3 · First Time Poster...

Thanks, Bob, for the suggestions!

I've tried applying them in this image:

I'm still not in love with the bottom-left where it looks very white... It's not blown out, but I'm not sure where to go in PS... Any suggestions would be appreciated!

Edited on Dec 04, 2007 at 08:57 PM

Nov 30, 2007 at 12:24 AM

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I like it, maybe intriguing is the term - used to play around with a bellows to do similar things. But then, as we've already seen, there are no school solutions for likes/dislikes.

My PS skills are not at the level (no pun intended) but I suspect there might be a way to mask and change the hue of the 'white' area. Mine always turn to a muddy gray.

Bob

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Nov 30, 2007 at 12:31 PM

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p.1 #5 · First Time Poster...

Please post larger - 800 x ? So we can see it better. You can post up to a 170kb file. I would use the full resolution so you will get the best feedback.

Edited on Dec 04, 2007 at 08:57 PM

Dec 01, 2007 at 04:15 AM

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p.1 #6 · First Time Poster...

Hi Scott,
Thanks for looking! Here's a larger version and a link to the even larger file...

From Public

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Dec 03, 2007 at 07:32 PM

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p.1 #7 · First Time Poster...

It looks like there's some lens flare in the mid to lower-middle portion of the picture. The large one is kind of comma shaped. I find that uninteresting but the rest of the picture appeals to me - just not sure about that OOF lens flare flowing through the middle...

Edited on Dec 04, 2007 at 08:57 PM

Dec 03, 2007 at 09:58 PM

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p.1 #8 · First Time Poster...

Thanks, Karl..
I see what you mean - having looked at the image so many times, I stopped seeing that bit... I'm pretty sure it's some of those curly bits from the leaves that are quite close to the lens... I think next time around that would be something to look out for in my composition of the shot...

Dec 04, 2007 at 08:57 PM


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