IKLland Posted August 11, 2021 Author Share Posted August 11, 2021 I added sharpness, contrast, and clarity. Original: new: 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 Definitely like the edit. Good job! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bird Nuts Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 3 minutes ago, Seanbirds said: Definitely like the edit. Good job! I agree! 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted August 12, 2021 Author Share Posted August 12, 2021 On 7/23/2021 at 8:19 PM, IKLland said: The free photoshop express. It has everything I need except good noise reduction , which I don’t want to invest in. If anyone has tips for an absolute complete free noise reduction, that would be great. Never, mind. The noise reduction is decent. If your background is blurred out( as we normally want it), you can mask it by selecting the background and applying noise reduction to that but not the bird itself. Who cares about a soft background, do we? So it’s decent( the reductions). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 19 hours ago, IKLland said: I added sharpness, contrast, and clarity. Original: new: Okay, I'm darned if I can see a difference. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted September 4, 2021 Author Share Posted September 4, 2021 Original: edited: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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meghann Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 I'm not familiar with the app you're using. Can you do layers? While the peacock definitely needed brightening, the background is competing with him. If you can do a mask layer, you can only brighten the bird, and keep the background more muted here. If it can't do masking and layers, another free program to look into is Gimp. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted September 4, 2021 Author Share Posted September 4, 2021 3 minutes ago, meghann said: I'm not familiar with the app you're using. Can you do layers? While the peacock definitely needed brightening, the background is competing with him. If you can do a mask layer, you can only brighten the bird, and keep the background more muted here. If it can't do masking and layers, another free program to look into is Gimp. I can do layers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted October 24, 2021 Author Share Posted October 24, 2021 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 (edited) The sharpness and colors look natural. The background got a bit darker in the second one but the pale center of the bird stands up to it. Nice choice of an often ignored subject. Edited October 24, 2021 by Charlie Spencer 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bird Nuts Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 Great shots and perfect edits @IKLland! I really love the second (edited) one of the pigeon. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birding Boy Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 10 hours ago, IKLland said: Bro! I love the edited versions! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 15 hours ago, IKLland said: How long did it take to edit these? They're great! 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted October 25, 2021 Author Share Posted October 25, 2021 4 hours ago, Avery said: How long did it take to edit these? They're great! About 10 minutes each. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 On 8/11/2021 at 10:41 AM, IKLland said: I added sharpness, contrast, and clarity. How do you add “clarity”? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilpa Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 1 hour ago, IKLland said: About 10 minutes each. What program did you end up using for your editor? Also, thanks for sharing and asking for feedback as your learn. There's an impressive difference between the before/after in these shots. The extra detail you gain with the contrast tweaks are awesome. Outside of cropping I rarely touch my shots and these results are inspiring. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted October 25, 2021 Author Share Posted October 25, 2021 1 hour ago, neilpa said: What program did you end up using for your editor? Also, thanks for sharing and asking for feedback as your learn. There's an impressive difference between the before/after in these shots. The extra detail you gain with the contrast tweaks are awesome. Outside of cropping I rarely touch my shots and these results are inspiring. Adobe photoshop express. I use it an iPad. 2 hours ago, Seanbirds said: How do you add “clarity”? There’s a slider in it that you can adjust it with. It increases edge no steady and makes the subject stand out better. Don’t overdo it, though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 7 hours ago, IKLland said: Don’t overdo it, though. Kinda like sharpening in that way huh? Also interesting to note that oversharpening seems to be a lot easier to do on a bad photo than a good photo… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 On 10/24/2021 at 8:02 PM, IKLland said: About 10 minutes each. Yikes! I don't have time for such. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 24 minutes ago, Kevin said: Yikes! I don't have time for such. At my current level of editing skill, it would take me that long to decide if I was 'finished'. Maybe I'll look at editing more closely when I retire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Clem Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 Here is a example of pulling out shadow detail (from my avatar photo) using Sony Imaging which is a free editing tool that comes with a Sony camera. It works pretty well once you get the hang of it. This is where dynamic range comes in handy, you can really bring up those shadows. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 24 minutes ago, Chris Clem said: Here is a example of pulling out shadow detail (from my avatar photo) using Sony Imaging which is a free editing tool that comes with a Sony camera. It works pretty well once you get the hang of it. This is where dynamic range comes in handy, you can really bring up those shadows. @Chris Clem, was the original in.JPG or .RAW format? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Clem Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 Quote @Chris Clem, was the original in.JPG or .RAW format? I shoot in Raw plus JPG. I did the edit from the RAW file. You could edit from the JPG file but you can't pull out that much of the shadows from a JPG. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 3 hours ago, Chris Clem said: Here is a example of pulling out shadow detail (from my avatar photo) using Sony Imaging which is a free editing tool that comes with a Sony camera. It works pretty well once you get the hang of it. This is where dynamic range comes in handy, you can really bring up those shadows. If I did that with my camera, all I'd get us a brown blurry blob 😂 oh well, good to have something to work towards 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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