need advise (Page 3): Sad subject - great challenge - open your mind - learn - post. Change angles - change time of day - change settings- assume using digital, one shot costs same as...

Photoman74 Loc: Conroe Tx

Sad subject - great challenge - open your mind - learn - post.
Change angles - change time of day - change settings- assume using digital, one shot costs same as sixty.

Bevbled Loc: Wilmington NC

After playing with it a little this is what I came up with

flyguy Loc: Las Cruces, New Mexico

R Dubs wrote:

If you want and you have a PP please play with the... (show quote)

I imported your image into lightroom to see if there was anything that could be done with image as it is over exposed by at least one stop.

The histogram shows the highlights pushed way over to the right giving you "blown" highlights and the white balance when checking for a "neutral" in the image was just a slight bit off, so I reset it and right away there was a considerable difference.

On making some adjustments some detail could be found in the sky --- if you notice to the right. In this case a new sky could be substituted for the existing one; however I don't have time to do this.

I am posting both your original and the one I worked below so a comparison can easily be made.

Your Original

The copy I worked on

PNagy Loc: Missouri City, Texas

R Dubs wrote:

I am trying get good photos with the new camera but the pictures look washed out to me. I only have Canon Digital Photo Pro for PP so would like help with camera settings. The pic was shot with a Canon T2i
EF 18-35 f3.5-56 is kit lens
Shutter priority 1/125
Apeture 10.0
ISO 200
White Ballance - Auto
Meter Mode - Evaluative
It was an overcast day with flat light. Is there any suggestoins for better camera work.

The full front view makes your image look flat. You might have tried walking to your right to include some of the side of the building in the shot. That would give you a more three dimensional feel. The sky itself will look more interesting if it had more than one value. If it really was overcast at the time you took the shot, select the sky only for two to three coats of "apply image," blending mode set to "multiply."

Toby

Brighten and increase contrast. Maybe sharpen.

wilsondl2 Loc: Lincoln, Nebraska

You did not ask but I would try the building at an angle or for that matter severel differant angles. Perhaps with more background. Not sure about cannon's but on white balance in my nikon their are settings for sun clouds shade etc. I would try the shade setting to wamr it up. Aoter thing you may have a vivid and a more vivid setting on your camera try them and see if it helps. You may want to play with white balance just lowereing or upping the color tempeture may help. Look at each shot after you take it and then adjust. I think if you work with it you could get an interesting picture. - Dave

Nightwatch Loc: Missouri

donrent wrote:

Yes... The building - as it stands - is of little pictorial value - that is to me it dosen't ... Even a coat of paint would not help it... Even if you dolled it up on a program , it would still not be anything of much intrest... Don't get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with your image - good focus, color as good as it can be on a dismal day... The subject itself is the culprit....

I'm afraid I'd have to disagree that the subject is of little pictorial value. It has a good deal of potential. I'd try shooting it from a variety of angles. Take some close-ups of details, again with variety of framing and angles. I think that if you work the shots, that is walk around, look for different perspectives, angles, focal points, lighting patterns, etc. that you could come up with some great images.

jackm1943 Loc: Omaha, Nebraska

I love the building. Would recommend being closer (or zooming in a little) and using a straight-on shot, using HDR and converting to B&W. Second shot would be from a position more to the left to get a corner on image. In both cases, would recommend correcting perspective in your editing software.

mwh2385 Loc: Fairfield Glade, Tennessee

Use your photo editing program to change/improve the levels. This will certainly change this photo. Also change the background. Use clouds.

mwh2385

Jack Disbrow Loc: Northern New Jersey

Well, I can't say more than others already have, but here is a ten minute edit using the free PhotoScape 3.6 program. It won't do everything, but it does what it does rather well. Thanks for sharing!

A PhotoScape (free program) revision

marcomarks Loc: Ft. Myers, FL

English_Wolf wrote:

Something drives me crazy...
I have two monitors.
One is calibrated and gives me a clean vision of all photos... When viewed with the other monitor, non calibrated, everything looks blend!!!
I wonder how many folks are creating color aberrations to overcome their monitors calibration???

On this picture, I calibrated for the camera lens combination and the result is... well, optically adjusted.

Probably the same number of folks who come on here and say their shots look beautiful at home but not online or at a friends house but won't change their monitor to compensate for what the rest of the world sees.

marcomarks Loc: Ft. Myers, FL

R Dubs wrote:

I am trying get good photos with the new camera but the pictures look washed out to me. I only have Canon Digital Photo Pro for PP so would like help with camera settings. The pic was shot with a Canon T2i
EF 18-35 f3.5-56 is kit lens
Shutter priority 1/125
Apeture 10.0
ISO 200
White Ballance - Auto
Meter Mode - Evaluative
It was an overcast day with flat light. Is there any suggestoins for better camera work.

Amazing how you ask how to have pictures that aren't washed out and several tell you how your picture sucks and that's what's wrong. How crude...

To actually answer your question, if you have the ability in your software, boost the contrast a little which might require lowering the lightness a bit too. That should help some. Then mess around with boosting overall color saturation. These will help the shot "pop" somewhat.

pfredd

With little effort we can follow all the advise change perspective rid some "flatness" set a mood, like Hitchcock. bring out sky detail, while keeping colour and contrast.

New mood

suzip Loc: Houston

I checked your settings in Digital Photo Professional (I too have this camera and I often check my info in DPP). I notice you use Picture Style Standard. Try Landscape (or even Portrait). I find the colors with these settings are less washed out.

By the way, I really like this subject. The building has a story - I think it worth doing some post processing to give it mood. Increase contrast/turn it b&w or sepia/use some HDRish effects/play with keystone distortion/texture etc. You can do all that with Photoshop elements9 (I think it worth the minor investment!).

This old school

Bevbled Loc: Wilmington NC

I like your building too.. and if you can try it on a sunny day or maybe late afternoon...I also have a new camera and am having trouble with getting everything just right. It might just be the day you took it ..or the time I am learning to pick my times to shoot it really helps . I guess that's why they keep tell me how important lighting is. And it is!!! Have fun with your new camera and take lots of shots