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...
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.
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!
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.
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.
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...
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...
