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Kei · 25th November 2003

Taken at SBG

Papilio · 25th November 2003

Nice clean background and composition.

You reckon if you upped the contrast in Photoshop abit, the picture will have more vibrant colours?

erwinx · 25th November 2003

nice composition! maybe use PS and brighten the background a little bit...?

Kei · 25th November 2003

Originally Posted by Papilio

Nice clean background and composition.

You reckon if you upped the contrast in Photoshop abit, the picture will have more vibrant colours?

Thanks

Saturation u mean ?

Kei · 25th November 2003

Originally Posted by erwinx

nice composition! maybe use PS and brighten the background a little bit...?

Thanks

Adjusted a little bit.

Papilio · 25th November 2003

Originally Posted by Kei

Thanks

Saturation u mean ?

No, the control under the Brightness/Contrast pulldown from the Adjustments menu in Photoshop. Pull the contrast slider up a bit and see how the image appears. It'll control the saturation and make your colours a bit more vibrant. The background in your shot looks a bit dull at the moment. Try it and see!

Kei · 25th November 2003

Originally Posted by Papilio

No, the control under the Brightness/Contrast pulldown from the Adjustments menu in Photoshop. Pull the contrast slider up a bit and see how the image appears. It'll control the saturation and make your colours a bit more vibrant. The background in your shot looks a bit dull at the moment. Try it and see!

oh okay. Thanks

Sgt. Pepper · 25th November 2003

Very nice composition. Damselflies are slightly facing the cam, makes it diff from the traditional side view shots.

megaweb · 26th November 2003

nice shot

I think the top one is slightly blur due to shallow DOF ...

Royce · 26th November 2003

Originally Posted by Papilio

No, the control under the Brightness/Contrast pulldown from the Adjustments menu in Photoshop. Pull the contrast slider up a bit and see how the image appears. It'll control the saturation and make your colours a bit more vibrant. The background in your shot looks a bit dull at the moment. Try it and see!

Or better yet, add a curves adjustment layer. Add 3 points to the line, one in the center and one in the top right and bottom left (half way between center and top/bottom of line). Drag these points so that the line turns into the shape of an S (ie. drag point in top right up and point in bottom left down - drag very slightly). There you have a basic contrast adjusting curve. Curves are much better using brightness / contrast adjustments. As you've made the change as a layer, can tweak the curve as many times as you like until you are happy.

MotherNature · 26th November 2003

Exposure is already nice. Well done!

Falcon · 27th November 2003

Excellent exposoure.

25th November 2003	#1
Kei Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,090	Mating Taken at SBG Last edited by Kei; 25th November 2003 at 09:12 PM.

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megaweb Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: East Posts: 8,106	nice shot I think the top one is slightly blur due to shallow DOF ... __________________ See my Photo Gallery at the Clubsnap \| Pbase

25th November 2003	#2
Papilio Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Central Singapore Posts: 973	Nice clean background and composition. You reckon if you upped the contrast in Photoshop abit, the picture will have more vibrant colours?

25th November 2003	#3
erwinx Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,492	nice composition! maybe use PS and brighten the background a little bit...?

25th November 2003	#8
Sgt. Pepper Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 1,149	Very nice composition. Damselflies are slightly facing the cam, makes it diff from the traditional side view shots.

26th November 2003	#11
MotherNature Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 152	Exposure is already nice. Well done!

27th November 2003	#12
Falcon Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,870	Excellent exposoure.