Don't sell yourself short, we're all crappy photographers, some are
just better editors. Right now I've just deleted about 100 shots of a
doorknob I was shooting to test out a couple of lenses. Some were even
good photos of a doorknob, but...
On 10/3/2010 2:07 PM, Walter Gilbert wrote:
Thanks, David.
The shot is a near-perfect expression of myself as a photographer in
that it's very much a work in progress, and in its early stages.
The most valuable lesson I've learned from this image is that, for all
its wonders, Photoshop can't turn a crappy photographer into a good
one. :-)
Best,
Walt
On 10/3/2010 6:27 AM, David J Brooks wrote:
Other than being a tad dark on my laptop, good first try.
Dave
On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 12:52 AM, Walter Gilbert<[email protected]>
wrote:
Hi all,
This is a shot I took way back at the end of May, shortly after I
got my
K-x. I've been tinkering with it off and on ever since and can't bring
myself to abandon it, as it was the first in-flight bird I ever
captured
that I was somewhat proud of. The color of the background was
absolutely
horrid in the original photo, and it was pretty noisy by K-x
standards. I
messed with toning down the colors (it was an abhorrent mix of
brown, green,
rust, and yellow originally) until I finally decided it looked best
with
everything desaturated out, except for the red of the bird. I'm still
trying to deal with some ugliness on the beak, but I'm slowly
getting it out
of there.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/walt_gilbert/5045841583/
K-x, DAL 50-200mm, f/5.6, ISO 400, 1/1250 sec
It was shot in jpeg format, so I'm somewhat limited in my options.
And this
is a resized (2400 pixels long-side) version after some minor
cropping (I'm
trying to stay as close to the original resolution as possible for
now).
Any tips on what I can do, aside from the cropping, to make it a more
effective image?
Comments, critiques, and/or relentless hectoring welcome.
Best,
Walt
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