On 6/21/2012 7:49 AM, Bruce Walker wrote:
On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 12:41 AM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote:
On Jun 20, 2012, at 9:24 PM, Walt Gilbert wrote:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/7412081522/
I don't know how much more you could push the ISO with the K20D.
Sigh. Walt, take it from me: 400 ISO is _not_ pushing it on a K20D. :-)
I figured I could go up to about 800, or so, before the grain started to
muddy the detail and that 400 was a pretty conservative stopping point.
I'll try it at 800 and see if that leaves me enough room to get good
shutter speed and DOF.
But I like the shot as is is anyway. I would reduce the saturation of
the background if you can selectively. The Lightroom adjustment brush
is ideal for that. You could do it in PS Elements too, with a bit more
difficulty.
I can probably selectively desaturate the background in Gimp, once I get
it reinstalled. Unfortunately, I don't have Lightroom or Elements. Maybe
I'll be able to pick up a copy of one of them someday soon. I'm usuing
an ancient desktop, so I'm not sure how recent I can get on any decent
software without running into performance issues.
Contrast is good. Your eyes go to the areas of greater brightness and
more saturated colour. You'll guide viewers to the bee and the flowers
by subtly unboosting the background.
I'll see what I can do with my Photoshop plugins in IrfanView. I've got
a few useful ones I turn to for that kind of thing.
Thanks for the input, Bruce!
-- Walt
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