Wow, just the fact you got this close to take the pic is good enough for me!

no, what is Most impressive is that HE posted it, not his next of kin,[-(. I see nothing wrong with that shot as is!

Let's be good Zooomrites and expand this thread. Levels might help a bit, but there's nothing seriously wrong with this photo. How many comments before someone else can post a photo to critique?

Maybe a different cropping to imply motion or create a tension? (Where is the bear coming from/going) Maybe make the butt of the bear about the top left corner of the picture?

I'd crop vertically with less space below the bear and work with the contrast a little to make the bear stand out more.

Yeah, we could continue with it and have more photos, but I'm not too sure how it'd work. Maybe a new group where everyone starts a thread for each photo?

I think the biggest issue is the lack of shadow detail. I've had a go at improving it - what do you think?





My method is described in my comment on this image:

http://www.zooomr.com/photos/39586@Z01/2423719/

crop out the geese on the other bank?

Yeah I think that's a good idea, it draws my attention away from the main focus and seems distracting.

i kinda thought so too.

have to bump someone is looking for this thread!

Besides cropping out the other geese, I think the photo is a little too bright. Curves would help.

ty fu

Took a bunch of shots around this abandoned warehouse and thought they should have been better, but I'm not sure what/why they aren't. Any suggestions would be great.

I think if you would have zoomed in or gotten closer you could have taken a photo of just the valves. Then the effect of the repetition of the valves would be much stronger.

Yeah, think I am going to go back tomorrow and setup with my tripod. I had my f set to 22 but still don't have as much DoF as I thought. probably try 100ISO and get a longer exposure.

I would crop out the fence and leave the yellow pipes, I would work with Levels by pushing down the Shadows slider to the right slightly and your Highlights slider to the left slightly
this adds a bit more contrast and sharpens the photo up a bit

I would then go into selective color and adjust it to get the perfect yellow that you want hope this helps

P.S. I would also add a vignette before the Levels adjustment, then when you go into levels you can adjust how dark the vignette is!

I'm not too familiar with the technical aspects of editing, but regarding the subject matter I would focus of the weather-worn pipes. A wider shot like this dulls the effect, especially when the rest of the scene looks relatively well maintained which I feel, spoils the effect.

Hi!
nice thread here! :)
I'm not an expert, but I think it could be a bit darker. I imagine it would be a bit more moody!
The buildings in the background are a bit distracting too. could you take it from another angle? (the pipes look cool, but the background makes it a bit less special to me)
Or how about a night shot? (where you see no background and just a little light on the pipes) :)

I know this photo could use improving, just thought maybe I would get some input before I tried anything. See what would make it better for you guys.

I like this shot, the bear's nice and soft compared to the sharper lines of the grass. Would have been nice to see the interaction with the other bear though.

i agree w dare i see (barely) two bears, put what they are doing is hard to tell. you could have afforded to drop out more of the tree if the bears were more interesting.

There were more bear shots I took, hard to get shots of the other baby bears because the big mama grizzly was in the way

telephoto zoom!! ltms

ltms?

laugh to my self, so sorry.

oh, bump come on guys

ok bump

I like this shot, but I think there is more I could have done.

About the bear image. Is it the lighting or the time of year, but it seems really yellow and washed out. Maybe working with the level in photoshop could help. I had good luck using the techniques in this article http://tinyurl.com/2oj3bm . Hope this isn't too elementary for you, I know I am just learning some of these techniques.

I like this shot, but I think there is more I could have done.

Cutting down the tree?

SCNR, wasn't meant to be derogative, but from what I understand your intention, or at least expectation was, the tree is the spoiling factor. Altering one's expectation about making spectacular photos would be a viable option too.

I think the windmill would look really cool in b&w, particularly if you use channel mixer in Photoshop to make the sky pitch black. It would make the windmill stand out more.

Actually there is something I can learn from your comment. Next time I am out I will think more about checking the subject from all different angles. If I had taken the photo from a different angle I might have been able to avoid the tree.

however now that you have it...
i might use paint (gasp)and edit those elements out, but thats a lot of work!

I only wish I knew how to do that.

Go to Image -> Adjustments -> Channel Mixer. Check the Monochrome box and change the red, green and blue sliders to your heart's content. That's it!

Very nice! Although the tree is still a distraction.

It's much nicer now, good job.

Why not cut the tree out in photoshop and put another sky as background? I think there is enough contrast in the windmill (compared to the background) that photoshop can help you with its tools :)

crop?

Yeah I think, or possible find some way to lessen the effect of the background, since it doesn't really contribute to the shot.

Yes, I think like darel. perhaps you could try to darken the background with the dodge/burn tool! And crop off some of the rigt of the image, so the cat is not in the middle, but 2/3 to the right.

oh, and for everybody here: if you want let someone to edit you picture, it would be helpful to post the link to the original (or at least large) version of the picture!

thank you! d/b tool would help if i had more than Just paint-it came with the computer!

thank you! d/b tool would help if i had more than Just paint-it came with the computer!

Didn't come your cam with an image processing software?

If not you might want to download Gimp for free.

yes camera came with arc soft,it can do some tricks but...