Taking pics on a rainy day

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Taking pics on a rainy day

Post by Xochiquetzal » Fri Jan 05, 2007 10:20 pm

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Post by raamv » Fri Jan 05, 2007 10:42 pm

Wow Excellent Andrea!!
BTW, Do you do enhancements for already shot pics?
I have a christmas shot all in RED!!! and need to tone down the red..
Will Nero do the trick or what SW do you use?
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Post by Xochiquetzal » Fri Jan 05, 2007 11:15 pm

raamv wrote:Wow Excellent Andrea!!
BTW, Do you do enhancements for already shot pics?
I have a christmas shot all in RED!!! and need to tone down the red..
Will Nero do the trick or what SW do you use?
TIA
Always Photoshop. I don't recommend any other program. You can get Photoshop Elements for under 100e if you shop around. It's an absolute necessity for digital photography since the conversion of photons to pixels creates a digital haze that destroys sharpness and muddles color.
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Post by *Mag* » Sat Jan 06, 2007 2:14 am

Your pictures are really beautiful!
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Post by jackieng » Sat Jan 06, 2007 1:44 pm

Your photos always look nice !
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Post by Karibu » Sat Jan 06, 2007 2:40 pm

Xochiquetzal, do you know any decent freeware program, which I could use instead of Photoshop? There's no need for many functions, but resize, sharpening, "magic wand", etc. would be needed.
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Post by donald » Sat Jan 06, 2007 5:34 pm

Gimp comes in handy when you need to to manipulate pictures only every now and then. But it's usability is still way behind photoshop.

Some time ago I saw an ad for a free edition of Photoshop Elements when buying a printer. Can't remember which brand it was, but the printer in question was not one of the most expensive ones. You might consider this option and shop around.
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Post by Hank W. » Sat Jan 06, 2007 7:18 pm

I have a 13 disk :shock: edition of PaintShopPro... I think its 5. Ancient, but works. Basic stuff though used to be easiest to do with was it Win95 came with something called Microsoft Photo Editor.
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Post by Karibu » Sat Jan 06, 2007 8:55 pm

donald wrote:Gimp comes in handy when you need to to manipulate pictures only every now and then. But it's usability is still way behind photoshop.

Some time ago I saw an ad for a free edition of Photoshop Elements when buying a printer. Can't remember which brand it was, but the printer in question was not one of the most expensive ones. You might consider this option and shop around.
I have tired Gimp and I didn't like it much. Perhaps that Photoshop elements is found as freeware? Have to check tucows...
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Post by pandajaa » Sun Jan 07, 2007 12:26 am

Wow! Really nice photos :)
What kind of camera do you use?
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Post by donald » Sun Jan 07, 2007 12:15 pm

Karibu wrote: I have tired Gimp and I didn't like it much. Perhaps that Photoshop elements is found as freeware? Have to check tucows...
Photoshop Elements is not freeware, but it can be quite cheap or come free with another (more expensive) product. If you're a student, you can benefit from student prices for many different software. Check it out if Adobe has student prices.
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Post by Xochiquetzal » Sun Jan 07, 2007 1:19 pm

Elements is under 100e - you just need to shop around. I also got a free copy with my Wacom tablet. And yes, Adobe is really great about student discounts if you can go that route.

But no, there are no really good free editing programs. I know several people use picasa, so you can try that.

I use a Nikon D50. Someone please buy my camera so I can upgrade to the D80! I *really* want to be able to play with off-camera flash for my SB600 speedlight! :)
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Post by EP » Sun Jan 07, 2007 3:01 pm

Someone please buy my camera so I can upgrade to the D80!
Why didn´t you say that 1,5 months ago. That is when somebody (maybe it was me) asked you about your camera, and I went and bought a D50.
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Post by simon » Sun Jan 07, 2007 8:22 pm

Are your childs eyes that blue?
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Post by Oombongo » Mon Jan 08, 2007 2:31 pm

Karibu wrote:
I have tired Gimp and I didn't like it much. Perhaps that Photoshop elements is found as freeware? Have to check tucows...

*cough* warez sites *cough*
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