Does anyone have suggestions on how to take a decent photo of an old photo ?
I have a bunch of pics from public and high school I want to get onto my computer, but I don't have a scanner. Don't worry - they are all photos I took, so no copyright issues.
Originally posted by mist:
If you have a lot then the best way may be to actually get a scanner, or send the shots to someone with a scanner if there's such a person nearby.
The scanner software available these days can work wonders adjusting for fade and fixing scratches automatically, that could save you hours in photoshop.
I've got quite a few, but I'm not too worried about making them into great quality - just recognizable. I'm just posting them on Facebook.
I've got quite a few, but I'm not too worried about making them into great quality - just recognizable. I'm just posting them on Facebook.
I took a picture of my grandma's wedding picture to clean up and reframe for her. I didn't have the camera perfectly straight, so I had to do some skewing adjustment in Photoshop. Anyway, I ended up being able to make the print my grandma wanted. If you're just making web-quality images, you should be fine.
And thanks, too, for your generous MS donations. I'm threatening $3000 raised for the MS Society!
Now, could ya send some warm air our way? My wife just told me it might snow tomorrow!
Kashi, try just taking pictures with your camera. Find some way of mounting the camera directly above them so there's no perspective distortion. That is, lie each pic flat and shoot straight down. Watch out for glare on glossy shots and that's all I can think of.
For my Grandma's 90th birthday party, my Mom took a picture of a picture. We blew it up to 24 x 30 and it looked great. So I'm sure you'll get good results for small online postings. :)
Mary also deleted her portfolio, which really makes me sad, because I had some favorites there. I thought even if a person deleted the portfolio, the thumbs would stay, but I guess not because I can't find the one I was looking for.
Will you take a look at this beautiful piece of art -
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i'm completely uninspired for insects. as it's snowing again, i think i may take a miss on that. but i was out today shooting in the snow for landscape.
well, i have something for landscapes that i really like, but may be too quiet for dpc. especially as it's expert. i even used the expert rules, it's just, well subtle. which is odd for me... ;-P
I like subtle. I'm often the Queen of Subtle. I have nothing for insects (and won't) and am not entirely sure about landscapes. Not sure where to head out to to look for something, so I may just head out somewhere (and take the GPS thingie, just in case) and see what I can find.
I'm thinkin' the Wiesbaden train station isn't a landscape, which is too bad. :-)
I like subtle. I'm often the Queen of Subtle. I have nothing for insects (and won't) and am not entirely sure about landscapes. Not sure where to head out to to look for something, so I may just head out somewhere (and take the GPS thingie, just in case) and see what I can find.
I'm thinkin' the Wiesbaden train station isn't a landscape, which is too bad. :-)
Deb, I don't know what I'm going to do about landscape either. I know there is no way I can compete with the mountains of Iceland or Cannon Beach, especially here in Saginaw, Michigan.
I'm barely able to take advantage of Advanced Editing rules; going up against expert editing rules is kinda intimidating. On the other side though, for the life of me I can't take a picture with the horizon straight, which makes the Insect challenge a tough one too. Well, that and a lack of insects. In a month or so though, Chicago is due to be swarmed with cicadas, about "100,000 per square acre".
It's pretty much still winter here in Michigan too. The sun did finally come out today. Now I'm just hoping for a couple of dry days with no rain or snow.
In a month or so though, Chicago is due to be swarmed with cicadas, about "100,000 per square acre".
We had one of those 17-year cicada cycles when I was living in Washington DC. I got some cool photos of them (all film back then). One of my friends ate one and said it was delicious (there were so many that a couple of gourment restaurants actually served specialty dishes - no joke). Also expect to see a plethora of other insects in tandem - we had a bumper crop of cicada killer wasps, and for some reason, exotic moths.
No problem with bugs in Florida -- there is always an abundance. I've got a photo I'm fairly happy with in Insects, and one I think is okay in Landscape. I don't think I will get any DNMC this time, as I did for the last landscape shot I entered.
The best news, though, is I got a GREAT comment and rating from Posthumous for my Chains entry. It really made my day!
i have an amazing idea for hair, but i doubt i'll be able to find a good model on time. the perfect model i have in mind is actually a good friend of mine, but she lives about a state away... i may have to enter landscape...
In a month or so though, Chicago is due to be swarmed with cicadas, about "100,000 per square acre".
We had one of those 17-year cicada cycles when I was living in Washington DC. I got some cool photos of them (all film back then).
Yep - that was three years ago. We LOVED it. The girls got as excited about it as Lindsay and I did. It was a great learning experience, too - we learned online how to tell males from females and went out to put that knowledge to use.
Cicadas are so big and slow and non-stinging that it's easy to pick 'em up to look at 'em.
Cicadas are so big and slow and non-stinging that it's easy to pick 'em up to look at 'em.
...AND to photograph them. You can put them on your finger, take them anywhere, position them, and they'll just hang tight for you. You can even add dew to the leaves. Especially in the early morning, they are absolutely perfect little models :-)
True and funny story - cicadas are, as Jeffrey says, harmless. However, their main predator, the "cicada killer" wasp, is about three inches long (no exaggeration) and truly scary. I was photographing the process of a newly hatched cicada emerging from its chrysalis three years ago in DC, and was quite excited, as I had just gotten a macro (film camera). The macro had no zoom, so the lens was nearly touching the cicada. Suddenly a cicada killer wasp flew in and snatched the cicada right from beneath my lens. I felt the vibrations of its wings - and it scared me so badly that I fell over backwards. Unfortunately I did NOT get any photos of the event, but the wasp sure got a nice fresh meal...
