Aloha, How to make my picture better, please? Aloha, I took this with a NikonD3400. I choose that one primarly based on a professional suggestion for people who hands shakes. This...

alwaysdaddyprincess Loc: MI

Aloha,

I took this with a NikonD3400. I choose that one primarly based on a professional suggestion for people who hands shakes. This professional also has the same problem. When I went to the store, this camera was nice on the hands.

I do not let anything define me. I am still learning how to hold. I use RAW for everything. I use the S or A exposure modes for I am bird watching(or animals, or USA flag, or clouds) I edit this picture in the camera settings. I just use the trim option. I prefer not to use Photoshop if possible. What do you think, please? Any tips are appreciated.

Mahalo for reading,
Alwaysdaddprincess
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cameranut Loc: North Carolina

The lighting is very unkind. I have seldom ever been able to get a decent shot with mixed lighting.
You might want to click the box beside "store original" so we can see the downloadable version and have more info on your settings, etc.
You can lighten shadows and darken highlights with almost any type of software. Send the downloadable version and I can show you an example of some minor adjustments.

PixelStan77 Loc: Vermont/Chicago

alwaysdaddyprincess wrote:

Aloha, br br I took this with a NikonD3400. I cho... (show quote)

Welcome to the forum. You need to ask yourself, "What am I trying to say with this image"
I think your answer would be the critter. If that is the case you need to do some cropping to give the image meaning.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

My first thought is composition. Though somewhat staid, using thirds is alsways a good fall back, especially for starters. The next thing is a bit of work in processing. In this case, I simply did a WB for this particular image. They say that a picture is worth 1000 words. So, I took the liberty to illustrate what I meant, except for composition. The image was just too small to start chopping bits from it.
--Bob

alwaysdaddyprincess wrote:

Aloha, br br I took this with a NikonD3400. I cho... (show quote)

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cameranut Loc: North Carolina

This was done in Photo Gallery (free software) by just making some adjustments to the shadows and highlights sliders.
There just isn't enough to work with to make major changes. This is a little better but not great.

fredtoo Loc: Houston

I don't always achieve it, but I try to find a little drama in a photo when I can. For instance, you could back off and take a shot of entire building. It would be informative, tell the complete story about the building, and still maybe be quite boring.

But you see that it has a really nice hand crafted door, so you zoom in on that and it's fancy doorknob. Now its interesting. Trust me, the audience can live without seeing the rest, and they can fill in what they want with their imagination.

We have all seen squirrels and grass, so we live without seeing the whole thing and can fill in with our imagination what we don't see. Maybe the drama would be a closeup of his head chomping away on that nut?

woah! somebody just posted and illustrated my point. see the frog pics on https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-550338-1.html

alwaysdaddyprincess Loc: MI

cameranut wrote:

The lighting is very unkind. I have seldom ever been able to get a decent shot with mixed lighting.
You might want to click the box beside "store original" so we can see the downloadable version and have more info on your settings, etc.
You can lighten shadows and darken highlights with almost any type of software. Send the downloadable version and I can show you an example of some minor adjustments.

Aloha Cameranut,

Mahalo for your feedback and help! I deleted the orginal. I learn my mistake now. Again, Mahalo!

Be well,
Alwaysdaddyprincess
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alwaysdaddyprincess Loc: MI

PixelStan77 wrote:

Welcome to the forum. You need to ask yourself, "What am I trying to say with this image"
I think your answer would be the critter. If that is the case you need to do some cropping to give the image meaning.

Aloha PixelStan77,

That is helpful to think like that. Mahalo for your input!

Be well,
Alwaysdaddyprincess
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alwaysdaddyprincess Loc: MI

rmalarz wrote:

My first thought is composition. Though somewhat staid, using thirds is alsways a good fall back, especially for starters. The next thing is a bit of work in processing. In this case, I simply did a WB for this particular image. They say that a picture is worth 1000 words. So, I took the liberty to illustrate what I meant, except for composition. The image was just too small to start chopping bits from it.
--Bob

Aloha Rmalraz,

I think I got what you are saying. I do understand part of it. I am still learning the technical language. My apologizes. Mahalo!

Be well,
Alwaysdaddyprincess
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alwaysdaddyprincess Loc: MI

cameranut wrote:

This was done in Photo Gallery (free software) by just making some adjustments to the shadows and highlights sliders.
There just isn't enough to work with to make major changes. This is a little better but not great.

Aloha Again Cameranut,

The visual help. I will checkout this software. Mahalo for all!

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alwaysdaddyprincess Loc: MI

fredtoo wrote:

I don't always achieve it, but I try to find a lit... (show quote)

Aloha Fredtoo,

Mahalo for your informative help! The visuals and the examples also help me understand. I will work on this. Again, Mahalo for all!

Be well,
Alwaysdaddyprincess
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