Which Camera

[883girl]

I downloaded a trial from Adobe Photoshop last night and can I just say OMG. I did not have a clue what to do. I felt really fick!! ;D I have ordered the Coral Photoshop X2 so hopefully I will be able to learn what to do quite quickly. I took a picture of a pigeon on a V perch and tried to cut the pigeon out of the picture. All worked fine but because it was on a perch it kept on cutting the perch with it and no matter how hard I tried I could not get it right. Where do you get the pictures that you paste the pigeon onto? I was thinking just finding a sky pic will do and then just paste it on. Will have a go this weekend and if it looks ok I will post on here. Wish me luck, I gonna need it.  ;D ;D

 

Good Luck! ;D

[DOVEScot]

I downloaded a trial from Adobe Photoshop last night and can I just say OMG. I did not have a clue what to do. I felt really fick!! ;D I have ordered the Coral Photoshop X2 so hopefully I will be able to learn what to do quite quickly. I took a picture of a pigeon on a V perch and tried to cut the pigeon out of the picture. All worked fine but because it was on a perch it kept on cutting the perch with it and no matter how hard I tried I could not get it right. Where do you get the pictures that you paste the pigeon onto? I was thinking just finding a sky pic will do and then just paste it on. Will have a go this weekend and if it looks ok I will post on here. Wish me luck, I gonna need it.  ;D ;D

 

I will send a great background later

[Guest slugmonkey]

I just use photos I take to build these picts   Pictures of sky, swimming pool water, lakes or streams or try finding a close up of the paint on a hotrod car ( flame Job )

for some things these cameras that cost 100 bucks are ok BUT if you are going to do any SERIOUS eye picts theses slr digitals are the way to go thats not to say that you cant do them with a cheaper cam it is just easier and more consistent using the slr

When using one of these cameras you will notice they are a LOT faster than a regular digital camera the best thing about digital is the editing when you are shooting picts    TAKE A LOT it is easy to download them then delete the bad ones then save the good ones to a DVD as well as the memory of your computer my camera will give me 256 large high res picts on a 2 gig card and I will usally fill this in a couple of hours I often carry a spare battery and my laptop I can download onto the laptop in about 8-10 minutes so at family functions I shoot 500 pictures in a few hours of these I will get 100 or so that are good pictures 20 that are great and 1-2 stellar ones that wind up in frames at grandmas or on the wall somewhere

You might also try taking a class to learn how to compose a picture ( the best pictures are usally ones that you know what they should look like before you take them )

Cameras are like any other mechanical object the expensive ones are WAY better than the cheap ones and when you get one of these new slr digitals a little Kodak pocket digital will NEVER be good enough again !!!

[Okitsme]

No no one laugh, I sort of gave it a rough go to see how it is done. I dont think it is that bad for my first go, very obviously not professionally done.  ;D There are quite a few things I need to figure out how to do. So here you are, my first go. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D. If anyone wants to give me some pointers, you are more than welcome.

 

Regards

 

David

[DOVEScot]

No no one laugh, I sort of gave it a rough go to see how it is done. I dont think it is that bad for my first go, very obviously not professionally done.  ;D There are quite a few things I need to figure out how to do. So here you are, my first go. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D. If anyone wants to give me some pointers, you are more than welcome.

 

Regards

 

David

 

Great first attempt, did you use the free hand tool, what back ground did you start off with,

Post a before and after, better if you use a sharp background, easier to crop

Have them standing on a flat surface not a perch

[Okitsme]

Will try and find something for them to pose on. Just took a quick pic to try out on. This is the original pic tho. Gonna get something that is totally blue and stand them on that.

 

Regards

 

David

[DOVEScot]

Will try and find something for them to pose on. Just took a quick pic to try out on. This is the original pic tho. Gonna get something that is totally blue and stand them on that.

 

Regards

 

David

 

Brilliant attempt, blue is the best, but any sharp back ground is easy, it's easier to crop and cut etc a solid back ground and also cut back on clouds by puting the pigeon in a frame, I like using an oval one

[Okitsme]

Had another go.

[DOVEScot]

Had another go.

 

WHAL!!! GETTING BETTER

YOU HAVE DARKENED THE BLUE IN THE BACKGROUND, WHICH HIGHLIGHTS THE BIRD MORE, YOU ARE WELL ON YOUR WAY

JUST GET THE FEET ON A FLAT SURFACE SO YOU GET THEM IN AS WELL.

DO NOT TRY TO FILL THE PICTURE WITH THE BIRD WHEN YOU TAKE IT, IT'S EASIER TO CROP IN THE PHOTO GALLERY

MAKE A PHOTO BOX JUST FOR TAKING PICS, MESH THE TOP FOR NATURAL LIGHT

[Guest slugmonkey]

KEEP BUILDING LAYERS !!! save all images as layers and then stack them this is a GREAT start learn to use the lasso tool and to isolate a particular color

awesome first attempt my first looked like someone cut a commie out of a newspaper artice and pasted it over a page of the Ganus catalog !!!!

[Guest slugmonkey]

KEEP BUILDING LAYERS !!! save all images as layers and then stack them this is a GREAT start learn to use the lasso tool and to isolate a particular color

awesome first attempt my first looked like someone cut a commie out of a newspaper artice and pasted it over a page of the Ganus catalog !!!!

[little sam]

No no one laugh, I sort of gave it a rough go to see how it is done. I dont think it is that bad for my first go, very obviously not professionally done.  ;D There are quite a few things I need to figure out how to do. So here you are, my first go. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D. If anyone wants to give me some pointers, you are more than welcome.

 

Regards

 

David

 

THATS GREAT FOR FIRST GO

 

ARE YOU USING PHOTOSHOP BY ANYCHANCE ?????

[Okitsme]

Yes Sam, I was using Corel Paint Shop Pro X2. Its takes a lot of getting used to. Just sooooo many buttons to choose from.  ;D ;D ;D ;D

[Guest Greig the doo Drysdale]

Think I need to give this picture thing ago with my new digital camera I will try it tomorrow

[Guest Greig the doo Drysdale]

Ps Well done with your attempts hope mine is that good

[Taylorsloft]

i just got a conon powershot S5 IS u can take closeups from 0-10mm on super micro.price range form £210 to £279 i will try and post photo of a eye i took

[Taylorsloft]

CANON POWER SHOT S5 IS

[DOVEScot]

CANON POWER SHOT S5 IS

 

Cracking macro shots ;D

What mega pics was this taken and did you crop it at all

[chickadee]

CANON POWER SHOT S5 IS

 

Wow what a cracking photo of the eye!  Well done. ;D

[Taylorsloft]

the camera is 8 mp  its got super mirco  can take photos from 00ml  10ml i dont no how the mega pixils works on micro.

[DOVEScot]

the camera is 8 mp  its got super mirco  can take photos from 00ml  10ml i dont no how the mega pixils works on micro.

 

Same as my Fuji, I will have to have a go and see what results I get

Cheers

Duncan

[Taylorsloft]

to use super micro i had to set the camera on custom

[DOVEScot]

to use super micro i had to set the camera on custom

 

Cheers, I will post the pics as soon as  

[DOVEScot]

CANON POWER SHOT S5 IS

 

I thinl if there was a competition for pics by members on the site then these two would have won from Taylors Lofts

 

First place

 

Second place

[rembrant2coo]

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