LOL. My grace entry could use a make-over, especially in the crop, which was suggested in nearly every comment I received...
Here's two suggestions:
Recropped, slight contrast adjustment Same as the other with "border" added (see details on photo) At the risk of profaning the dead, I'd title it Princess Grace?
My grace photo really needs a remake. Many thought it was too pixelated. I can email the original if you want to give it a try. I don't have photoshop... just paintshop pro.
See if this came out any differently ... I didn't do much to it though. It looked like the original was pretty noisy, especially in the sky area, which is surprising given the settings used. Olympus cameras have a setting to turn the sharpening off; you might try that, since the original looked possibly oversharpened already.
See if this came out any differently ... I didn't do much to it though. It looked like the original was pretty noisy, especially in the sky area, which is surprising given the settings used. Olympus cameras have a setting to turn the sharpening off; you might try that, since the original looked possibly oversharpened already.[/quote]
see if what came out any differntly? Where should I look?
I found the photo and I do think yours looks better but I can not tell either is oversharpened the original or the one I posted. How do you tell. What do you look for? And I could not find anything about turning off the sharpening in my Olympic Manual. I checked the index and found nothing about it.
edited joannadivas 1st photo from the digital rebel
original
modified legally
cropped
used bobsterlobsters contrast technique
adjusted selective colors
unsharp mask
there is a bit of noise in t he BG - that neat i mage could take care of- if i had it on this PC... but i thought it made the apples POP a bit better
Done using Photoshop 5LE, mostly using non-dpc legal techniques.
Adjustment layers for color changes, some selective editing to blur
noise. Overlay layers used, with gaussian blur to change the contrast
a touch. Some curves, some levels, some saturation adjustments. Did
some spot editing to the grey background to clean it up a touch. Plenty more could be done but did this in a few minutes.
However it is no longer a single photograph. Hence, is certainly not what I would consider an example of good photographic post editing. Its good digital art or something, but it isn't a single photograph any more.
The various edits on the apples are more in line with what I would like to see being considered legal. For example, my edit used about 5 techniques that would require it to be dq'ed, yet doesn't look like something cut and pasted from several other shots.
Gordon, I sincerely hope that my irreverent, comical union of two otherwise excellent photos was not considered by anyone else as serious post-editing! ; )
Gordon, I sincerely hope that my irreverent, comical union of two otherwise excellent photos was not considered by anyone else as serious post-editing! ; )
Actually, I think it is what a lot of people consider 'serious post-editing' to be - just read any of the many forum posts against the idea
See if this came out any differently ... I didn't do much to it though. It looked like the original was pretty noisy, especially in the sky area, which is surprising given the settings used. Olympus cameras have a setting to turn the sharpening off; you might try that, since the original looked possibly oversharpened already.
see if what came out any differntly? Where should I look?
I found the photo and I do think yours looks better but I can not tell either is oversharpened the original or the one I posted. How do you tell. What do you look for? And I could not find anything about turning off the sharpening in my Olympic Manual. I checked the index and found nothing about it.
Sorry, I got distracted and forgot to put in the thumbnail: On the original, zoom in close on those branches/grasses in the foregrund where they rise in front of the water. See if you don't see some haloing (light outlines around the darker parts). That's what over-sharpening typically looks like.
