first two pictures were great, but two of these are not so great....
Phoenix32890 wrote:Mirage wrote:Like the one on the top, but still needs corrections...
Hey, I am a rank amateur at this stuff. You say that the pics need correction, but you haven't critiqued the pictures. Give me a clue!
Here's an example of the 'auto' features in PS.
Auto Leveling
Auto Contrasting.
I try to stay away from the auto adjustments since they often come out looking nothing like what you took the picture of. If you go to Image -> Adjustments -> Level you can tweak the image yourself using slide bars.
Questioner- Thanks! Actually, I had "warmed up" the original picture on Picasa, and I had realized that it looked too yellow. I think that yours even looks better than my original, which was still warmer than yours!
Hey, at this point in time, I am just playing. As I have mentioned before, I am not very artistic, so I think that I need to train myself to look at pictures differently. Thanks again!
no there are two of yours...Ain't this right?
Phoenix32890 wrote:
Another one is version of Phoenix's photo => not mine.
I specifically looked for abstract imagery on my hike today, so that I could add to this thread. But, I wasn't happy with anything I shot - abstract-wise, anyways.
How do you guys get one of your own photos on here? Is there a trick to it?
Phoenix, thanks for the info.
I guess I will pass. Don't know what a publicly accessible web server is.
detano inipo- Check your other thread. I listed a few places where you can post pics!
Phoenix32890 wrote:littlek wrote:I specifically looked for abstract imagery on my hike today, so that I could add to this thread. But, I wasn't happy with anything I shot - abstract-wise, anyways.
I am just getting into this. I took a whole bunch of stuff with which I was not happy. For instance, I have a nice size piece of petrified wood that has some beautiful colors in it. When I took some pictures of it, it looked like nothing.
I think that I am just going to have to play around with the camera, and see what I come up with. I think that until you get proficient at seeing "abstractions", it is really a hit or miss proposition.
Pho - you'd have more varitety in manipulating photos with your computer. With your camera, you need a nice clear shot. With the computer, you can adjust light and dark, contrast, color saturation and hue, etc.
I think this would be a nice thread to add some abstract photos by famous photographers - Mirage, would you mind, or should I start a new thread?
Hmm, or maybe I should start it in the regular art forum to be an adjunct thread to this one, keeping this one for our own photography. Yeh, I think I'll do that - but later, I have to go do some errands soon.
Phoenix - every picture that your friend SHOWED you was a gem - I bet there were some that were awful!
By the looks of things one more trip to the real west and Phoenix could covert to a human bean.
