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Magicpaddler Inukshuk Offline Posts: 1321 Location: Chicago Burbs Joined: Jan 7^th, 2004	Photo tips Jan 31^st, 2013 at 12:54pm	Quote Print Post
	Looking at some of DD’s picto picks make me think of something that improved some of my picto picks. I set my camera to a sunset setting. This enhances the reds and darkens other colors. Any one else tried this? Any one got any techniques that help bring out these weak images. MagicPaddler


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DentonDoc Moderator Inukshuk Offline Posts: 3468 Location: Central Texas Joined: Dec 27^th, 2003	Re: Photo tips Reply #1 - Jan 31^st, 2013 at 4:34pm	Quote Print Post
	Magicpaddler wrote on Jan 31^st, 2013 at 12:54pm: Looking at some of DD’s picto picks make me think of something that improved some of my picto picks. I set my camera to a sunset setting. This enhances the reds and darkens other colors. Any one else tried this? Any one got any techniques that help bring out these weak images. MagicPaddler Actually, I tend to shoot picto's with a number of settings. It not uncommon for me to have at least a half-dozen shots of a single image ... different settings, different angles, different zoom. For the picto's recently referenced in a WCPP trip ... both were very faded and might be easily missed if you were just paddling by. Thus, I chose to show them highlighted (by doing a little photoshop manipulation). Since then, I've continued to play with then. For the Hansen picto shown, I believe the left canoe has 10 passengers and the right canoe has 5. In addition, I think I can detect a right-hand print above the 10-passenger canoe. dd


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Magicpaddler Inukshuk Offline Posts: 1321 Location: Chicago Burbs Joined: Jan 7^th, 2004	Re: Photo tips Reply #2 - Jan 31^st, 2013 at 10:51pm	Quote Print Post
	DD I figured that you would have spent some time trying to get the best shot of those picto’s and so they must have been faded. Have you done any thing to enhance specific colors during the shot or on the computer afterwards? MagicPaddler


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DentonDoc Moderator Inukshuk Offline Posts: 3468 Location: Central Texas Joined: Dec 27^th, 2003	Re: Photo tips Reply #3 - Jan 31^st, 2013 at 11:24pm	Quote Print Post
	Magicpaddler wrote on Jan 31^st, 2013 at 10:51pm: DD I figured that you would have spent some time trying to get the best shot of those picto’s and so they must have been faded. Have you done any thing to enhance specific colors during the shot or on the computer afterwards? MagicPaddler Do you mean like this: (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)


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Magicpaddler Inukshuk Offline Posts: 1321 Location: Chicago Burbs Joined: Jan 7^th, 2004	Re: Photo tips Reply #4 - Feb 1^st, 2013 at 12:38am	Quote Print Post
	Ya that is bringing it out. I would guess that you did not do that by just changing the setting on the camera.


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DentonDoc Moderator Inukshuk Offline Posts: 3468 Location: Central Texas Joined: Dec 27^th, 2003	Re: Photo tips Reply #5 - Feb 1^st, 2013 at 1:08am	Quote Print Post
	Magicpaddler wrote on Feb 1^st, 2013 at 12:38am: Ya that is bringing it out. I would guess that you did not do that by just changing the setting on the camera. Wasn't done by camera settings ... a couple of passes with color enhancements in Photoshop. dd


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db Web-lackey Inukshuk Voyageur Offline Posts: 5465 Location: Just off the beaten path. Joined: Sep 14^th, 2002	Re: Photo tips Reply #6 - Feb 1^st, 2013 at 8:02pm	Quote Print Post
	I'm not sure about this these days but in my experience, most "camera settings" either dump or emphasize information while post processing whatever the data the chip collects. Exposure and a good, sharp, shot is what I prefer. That's no easy task hand held in a canoe but I think a straight shot is always the best place to start. I save the raw captures now that memory is cheap because there is always more data there. I think it's good to remember reality before you start improving or making things juicy. You lose information with every correction made. Look at the water in this shot. I played a bit and wish I had the original so I could replace the crispy lake on the bottom with something that resembles an actual lake. The obvious circle treatment in the Inuk gallery was nice and helpful but I personally like to see a straight shot as well, especially with something like pictos. There's a $100 version of PS that's really nice. I can't for the life of me recall the name at the moment. It comes with an even more useful program I can't remember the name of either for organizing stuff. Ummm, PS Elements and.... Starts with a B?


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hobbydog Subscriber Offline Posts: 1 Joined: Jan 21^st, 2013	Re: Photo tips Reply #7 - Feb 2^nd, 2013 at 2:16am	Quote Print Post
	db wrote on Feb 1^st, 2013 at 8:02pm: I'm not sure about this these days but in my experience, most "camera settings" either dump or emphasize information while post processing whatever the data the chip collects. Exposure and a good, sharp, shot is what I prefer. That's no easy task hand held in a canoe but I think a straight shot is always the best place to start. I save the raw captures now that memory is cheap because there is always more data there. I think it's good to remember reality before you start improving or making things juicy. You lose information with every correction made. Look at the water in this shot. I played a bit and wish I had the original so I could replace the crispy lake on the bottom with something that resembles an actual lake. The obvious circle treatment in the Inuk gallery was nice and helpful but I personally like to see a straight shot as well, especially with something like pictos. There's a $100 version of PS that's really nice. I can't for the life of me recall the name at the moment. It comes with an even more useful program I can't remember the name of either for organizing stuff. Ummm, PS Elements and.... Starts with a B? Elements and the "Bridge" for browsing and organizing?


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db Web-lackey Inukshuk Voyageur Offline Posts: 5465 Location: Just off the beaten path. Joined: Sep 14^th, 2002	Re: Photo tips Reply #8 - Feb 2^nd, 2013 at 8:40pm	Quote Print Post
	hobbydog wrote on Feb 2^nd, 2013 at 2:16am: [quote author=db link=1359636894/6#6 date=1359748945]Elements and the "Bridge" for browsing and organizing? That's it. Thanks! They are on my wife's machine and I use Bridge to process out my raw files just cause it's easier and a whole lot faster. I still hate digital damnit! Film use to be difficult and while the hard won technical knowledge is transferrable, it still irks me a little. On the bright side. I get to see a whole lot more nice shots. up


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