Milw. County Zoo

[Shattered]

Can someone tell me how to make these all better?

 

[dmp]

Take the pictures in the highest-possible resolution/size for your camera - that's a start.

I'll check 'em when I get home because I'm using a sub-standard monitor here at werk.

 

[misterblu]

What type of camera are you using?

When shooting:

If you have the option, don't shoot with flash when shooting through glass. Get closer to the glass to limit reflections or use a polarizer. Try to avoid composing the subject in the center of the frame. Try to place the subject one third of the way from the top/bottom/sides.

When processing:

The images seem a bit soft. I'd try a bit of Unsharp Mask if you have Photoshop or something like it. I'd likely also bump the contrast and saturation as glass tends to suck the color and contrast out of pictures.

HTH,

Jon

 

[Shattered]

What type of camera are you using?

When shooting:

If you have the option, don't shoot with flash when shooting through glass. Get closer to the glass to limit reflections or use a polarizer. Try to avoid composing the subject in the center of the frame. Try to place the subject one third of the way from the top/bottom/sides.

When processing:

The images seem a bit soft. I'd try a bit of Unsharp Mask if you have Photoshop or something like it. I'd likely also bump the contrast and saturation as glass tends to suck the color and contrast out of pictures.

HTH,

Jon

Kodak CX7530..

As for the rest.. Would you mind putting that in English, please?

*knows zippety about anything*

 

[misterblu]

Unsharp Mask:

http://www.webreference.com/graphics/column49/5.html

Color and Saturation:

http://www.webreference.com/graphics/column49/4.html

Contrast and Brightness:

http://www.webreference.com/graphics/column49/2.html

Polarizer:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polarizing_filter#Polarizer

Rule of Thirds for better composition:

http://www.silverlight.co.uk/tutorials/compose_expose/thirds.html

 

[The ClayTaurus]

Kodak CX7530..

As for the rest.. Would you mind putting that in English, please?

*knows zippety about anything*

http://picasa.google.com/

Photo editing for the lazy/dummies.

 

[Nienna]

http://picasa.google.com/

Photo editing for the lazy/dummies.

THat's me! I have Picasa.

 

[Shattered]

http://picasa.google.com/

Photo editing for the lazy/dummies.

I am neither dumb, nor lazy.

I just don't know how to do anything but point and shoot.

 

[misterblu]

I am neither dumb, nor lazy.

I just don't know how to do anything but point and shoot.

I'll tell you what. Send me a full size image that you'd like 'fixed', and I'll make a step-by-step tutorial showing what I did and why.

What software do you have for image editing?

 

[Shattered]

I'll tell you what. Send me a full size image that you'd like 'fixed', and I'll make a step-by-step tutorial showing what I did and why.

What software do you have for image editing?

Photoshop 7.0.

And, ok.

 

[Shattered]

Before, and after. W00t!!!

 

[misterblu]

Before, and after. W00t!!!

 

[Shattered]

You rule!! (No matter what she says!) :hail: :hail: :hail:

 

[sitarro]

Before, and after. W00t!!!

Good job shattered, the only advice I would throw your way is .......
when you fix the "red eye...golden eye" you need to give life back to it. Typically you would want to take your paintbrush in Photoshop, set it to a 1 pixel semi hard brush and with some white, touch the upper quadrant of the pupil near the top edge. What side of the pupil depends where your actual, not flash, light source is coming from, Don't center it. Then take the same brush and touch it to the bottom center above the lower eye lid in the iris.That is the reflexion of the light hitting the water that collects at the bottom of the eye. You can soften it (definitely do this )by using the clone tool and lowering the percentage and cloning the iris just a touch. Next take your dodge tool, set the percentage down to 15-20 and lightly brighten the iris just below the pupil. This will help breath life into those eyes...when working on them blow them up really large so you can see what you're doing.

Also with the shot of the lion roaring, I would definitely go in and take out all the reflexions in and around the mouth, a lot like powdering a nose to stop reflexion just after the fact. the teeth will usually have some washed out reflexion from water on the tooth, take that out and use the dodge tool to whiten the teeth(not too much, it ends up looking unnatural real easy like Ross in that episode of friends).

Also make sure you do this on a duplicate layer so you will have the ability to erase and save the original image. This also works well with humans. The whole point is to get rid of the flash look. have fun!