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kbirdd



Registered: October 2008
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Trying this again...new background, in-camera sharpening on...and I tried REALLY hard, to focus on her eyes....
· Date: Mon February 9, 2009 · Views: 2710 · Filesize: 78.4kb, 265.7kb · Dimensions: 799 x 1200 ·
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Kev

Registered: February 2008
Posts: 2,722
Mon February 9, 2009 5:29am Rating: 9.00 

Hooray!!!! Smile
Her face is much sharper. There's no fuzzy stuff happening around the eyes, nose & mouth. See, the journey is always worth it. That's the clearest shot you've uploaded - to date. Now keep 'em all like this.
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geofflaw
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Registered: December 2007
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Mon February 9, 2009 6:49am Rating: 9.00 

I second da motion. Keep it up. Next you need to work on the contrast.
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kbirdd

Registered: October 2008
Posts: 595
Mon February 9, 2009 4:07pm

Thanks!!! I'm getting there Wink Now, how do I fix the contrast, Geoff?
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Kev

Registered: February 2008
Posts: 2,722
Mon February 9, 2009 5:07pm

As you don't own a Nikon (if you did I would recomment NX2)...I suggest that you use/learn Photoshop Elements 7 for your image processing. It has all the editing features that you will need, plus a lot more. For $89 USD you can't beat it.
In PS7 you can quickly adjust exposure, shadows, highlights, contrast, etc which will greatly improve the overal quality/balance of your pics.


Simple.
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geofflaw
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Registered: December 2007
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Mon February 9, 2009 5:25pm

Have a look at this tutorial to start with:


http://www.geofflawrence.com/photoshop_tutorial_contrast.php


It's quite good to get you started but it doesn't mention anything about 'levels' which should be your first port of call, after getting a copy of Photoshop Elements that is. I will update this tutorial shortly.


If you are shooting RAW files you should make you adjustments in Adobe Camera Raw, have a look at this tutorial:


http://www.geofflawrence.com/photoshop_tutorial_raw.php
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Kev

Registered: February 2008
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Mon February 9, 2009 7:26pm

And don't forget to dowload and install the correct ACR for your camera model.
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kbirdd

Registered: October 2008
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Mon February 9, 2009 7:35pm

ACR???
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Kev

Registered: February 2008
Posts: 2,722
Mon February 9, 2009 11:45pm

Adobe Camera Raw (ACR)
It's a plugin that's free from Adobe.
You get it from their website - there's instructions where to put it, etc.
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