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So I'm gonna be starting a photo project called 'Life Through a Lens," and basically, I'm gonna take photos like this. Duh.
Lemme explain:
Before I got my D7000, my stepmother gave me her old Olympus SLR kit, which was a piece of crap. Everything was beat to hell, mostly because the bag was in the basement when our basement flooded. One thing that survived, however, was this old 50mm lens. I can't use it for my camera, so after seeing an interesting photo on StumbleUpon, I thought, 'Hey, why not?'
What I did was I backed about 11 feet away from our Christmas tree, and pulled out the lens. After focusing on the 50mm lens, I took a shot with my Nikon.
Lemme know what you think. I really want advice on this.
Also, between this photo, and this alternate version, what do you guys think is better?
Lemme explain:
Before I got my D7000, my stepmother gave me her old Olympus SLR kit, which was a piece of crap. Everything was beat to hell, mostly because the bag was in the basement when our basement flooded. One thing that survived, however, was this old 50mm lens. I can't use it for my camera, so after seeing an interesting photo on StumbleUpon, I thought, 'Hey, why not?'
What I did was I backed about 11 feet away from our Christmas tree, and pulled out the lens. After focusing on the 50mm lens, I took a shot with my Nikon.
Lemme know what you think. I really want advice on this.
Also, between this photo, and this alternate version, what do you guys think is better?
Category Photography / Abstract
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Size 1280 x 848px
File Size 68.1 kB
Two things. Tripod and color correct.
Tripod so no blur, obviously, but when you open it in PS or the equivalent for your editing program, hit control+M or commad+M for Macs and it'll bring up curves. Click the black eyedropper, grab a dark spot and then hold alt down to see where the darkest spot is and keep clicking on the dark spots till they're gone. Do the same for the white dropper, middle one maybe but I don't bother usually, laziness really.
Will get rid of that yellow-gold color thats all across and you an always keep that or add it with color balance if you'd prefer that
Tripod so no blur, obviously, but when you open it in PS or the equivalent for your editing program, hit control+M or commad+M for Macs and it'll bring up curves. Click the black eyedropper, grab a dark spot and then hold alt down to see where the darkest spot is and keep clicking on the dark spots till they're gone. Do the same for the white dropper, middle one maybe but I don't bother usually, laziness really.
Will get rid of that yellow-gold color thats all across and you an always keep that or add it with color balance if you'd prefer that
Thank you! In response:
1.) I did use a tripod. The only thing was that the hand holding the 50mm lens wasn't steadied.
2.) I don't have P.S. I have GIMP, but I never use it. However, I am getting Lightroom for Christmas, so I shall try it then.
3.) Noted for future reference :)
1.) I did use a tripod. The only thing was that the hand holding the 50mm lens wasn't steadied.
2.) I don't have P.S. I have GIMP, but I never use it. However, I am getting Lightroom for Christmas, so I shall try it then.
3.) Noted for future reference :)
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