I would find the pics i took with my 40D with kit lens very dull in colour and tend to adjust the saturation/contrast often. Is it the lens issue or technicalities of the way i shoot?
I m using Hoya UV HMC filter, could it be the culprit? hmm..
if u want something more vibrant from the camera, u can change to a better lens. u will see immediately differences.
I would find the pics i took with my 40D with kit lens very dull in colour and tend to adjust the saturation/contrast often. Is it the lens issue or technicalities of the way i shoot?
I m using Hoya UV HMC filter, could it be the culprit? hmm..
really???
hmmmmm...
anyway i'd disagree that shooting in noon will have washed out colours..
Are you creating JPEGs in camera instead of RAW files?
thks guys for the advice. i will try setting it to vivid, see how it turn out. Just worried that it could be the problem of my equipment. Here are the sample pics - before & after. I set it to picturestyle portrait. I'm quite disturb by the fact that colours like the cushions did not turn out well
if u want something more vibrant from the camera, u can change to a better lens. u will see immediately differences.
how do we see wat lens give that kind of results? are they in general or there is something that we can look out for?
i find that the pics that i take also quite dull, den always have to PS them. tweak abit if the custom settings in my D80 but not enough.. :dunno:
flipfreak is just trying to poison you.
you know, if the pictures you take are quite dull, it could be because of the light. acknowledging that there is no shot because the light is horrible, or just doing mass conversion to bnw (properly, of course) is just as important as knowing when to shoot.
of course this depends on what genre you're talking about.
by the way, i do maintain that even with good lens you need some amount of pp. good lens might give you a slight edge in terms of out-of-camera pictures, and only if you know how to control the default settings in your camera to great effect. but there is always a limit. same with regards to pp.
if you're too lazy to pp a shot that you feel has merit, yet still feel that it is inadequate, then something is wrong here.
hahaha.. i easily get poison one. dun need flipfreak to poison me. i read mag also will poison myself. :bsmilie:
not say i lazy. i pp 80-90% of my shots. i just wan some nice rich n vivid colours out of my shots. so as to reduce the amount of pp done. (cropping, levels etc)
seriously not bad what, i like a lot of the compositions therei always look at others album to get some ideas how to take nice shots. but each time i see other's shots, i feel lousy. :bsmilie: their shots all so nice. den mine all like crap. i think you give a 10,000 dollar camera and lens i also cannot take nice shots.
wat abt you goin to my album and take a look at my photos n give me some comments on where can i improve? i've started photography like almost a year and i don see any improvement in my shots.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10866977@N04/
seriously not bad what, i like a lot of the compositions there
but your shooting like, very erratic hor.. :bsmilie:
wat you mean? honestly, my shots all anyhow ham tum one. i like den i take. :bsmilie:
probably you can teach me a skill or two..
another thing i would like to ask abt exposure. if i were to meter a shot in M mode, the exposure comp scale reads 0. shot turn out a little overexposed. do you apply exposure comp or do you adjust the shutter speed (assuming the speed is well within control handheld) to get the 'perfect' exposure ?