This is a photo of my Grandmother's rose, otherwise I wouldn't bother trying to save it.
I've fiddled with it, but it still falls short. Any further suggestions on how I could save it ?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/16949082@N07/2151468168/
2007-12-30 18:10:23 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
Re what I don't like:
The contrast and colour on the rose itself mainly. It looks greyed and flat.
The blur upsets me too but I can't fix that bit.
2007-12-30 18:17:12 · update #1
It's for a family newsletter and I can't reshoot it. :o(
2007-12-30 19:36:52 · update #2
Pookie, I couldn't find vibrance or blacks, maybe I'm not looking in the right place.
I had another fiddle and put a warm (orange) filter on it and I burned in more detail around some of the petals. I might have wrecked it ?
Here is the link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/16949082@N07/2150840005/
2007-12-30 19:58:06 · update #3
THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR THEIR GENEROUS INPUT.
AGAIN, I WON'T INSULT YOU BY CHOOSING A BEST ANSWER. LIZZIE :o)
2007-12-31 11:14:39 · update #4
I don't understand what the problem is?
Do you have any kind of photo editing software? You need to increase the saturation, which will make it more colourful, I guess that's the biggest problem. This is easier with something like Photoshop or any software that lets you play with the "levels". If you have something like that, I'm not sure where to find the levels but I'm sure you could find out on Google. You can make it "pop" more by playing with the contrast levels.
If you mean the blur in the background, can't you set your camera to landscape mode? It'll stop it focusing so much on things in the foreground.
I think it's a nice picture, but I see what you mean about the colour. There's a blue tone around the edge of the rose. Is there something blue nearby that's causing it? If not, try taking another picture at noon, which will warm the whole picture up.
2007-12-30 18:13:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Did you shoot this in RAW by any chance? If you did theres a few things you could do.
The Exif data says you used Photoshop. Make sure that your resolution is set to full (I know you know how to do this better than me, I'm just hitting all the bases). The X and Y resolutions say 72dpi, pump that up to 300 and alot of things will clear up.
Actually thats about all I can come up with except give it some more magenta.
2007-12-30 18:30:13 · answer #2 · answered by cabbiinc 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Here's another take on it...
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2220/2152313837_a3f9b0284b_o.jpg
...cropped, saturationed and dry brushed in PS. Couldn't really find a good way to get rid of the distracting yellow blobs.
2007-12-31 09:05:49 · answer #3 · answered by V2K1 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
this is an easy one, make the background darker, the values clash her too much.
2007-12-31 04:17:50 · answer #4 · answered by theoregonartist 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Elizabeth,
I like the second version. You might also use Levels and pull down the midtones slightly.
Depends on whether your final output is going to be print or online.
2007-12-31 03:30:47 · answer #5 · answered by Jim M 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2221/2152059066_cafb6810e0.jpg
My attempt , thought I'd go for an antiqued look since it was Grandma's.
Happy New Year all!
2007-12-31 01:15:12 · answer #6 · answered by Perki88 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ehhhh. Not great here, but with the goal of printing on a family newsletter in mind... (cheap paper, etc.)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/samfeinstein/2122373194/
2007-12-30 23:29:59 · answer #7 · answered by Picture Taker 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hi, Lizzie.
I refocussed your photo, darkened the background to give it a more dimensional look and popped the Rose. It's where the rest of my stuff is.
The only thing you can't do because you don't have the software is refocussing. If what I did is a little more to your likeing, I can explain to you how to do it or you can send me the full file (jpeg or RAW) and I will do it for you (and return it with an explanation of what I did). I can accept something like a 10 meg file as an email attachment. From there you can tweak to your hearts content. I like the spider, by the way.
The defects you will see are from the low res JPEG compression and wouldn't be part of any finished image.
Vance
Addendum: Vibrance and Black are part of Adobe Camera Raw (which you should have). In Bridge, select open with Camera RAW even if it is JPEG.
2007-12-30 20:22:38 · answer #8 · answered by Seamless_1 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Instead of increasing saturation, I think increasing "vibrance" & "blacks" a little would make it look like a Kodachrome slide.
:-)
2007-12-30 19:20:42 · answer #9 · answered by Pooky™ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I made it B&W, upped the contrast and high lights, lowered the midtones and it popped a bit better off the page but I don't know if you want B&W.
2007-12-30 19:03:24 · answer #10 · answered by Dawg 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋