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Anonymous
I got a camera last weekend.

I downloaded the photoshop free 30 month trial.

I was on the highway and went, lol, nut tree, so I took a pic.

i tried to make it look less shit-tastic.

Found out it was very hard to make it look less shit-tastic.

Failed at making it look less shit-tastic.

Product = Pic

Halp?
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>> Anonymous
You've got o think about how much white and black the picture has, right now its very midtone and could use a lot of lowlights and highlights brought in. Also the subject is kinda boring.
>> Inanimate !3dXYfvdbBk
Post original, then you may receive your precious halp.
>> Anonymous
Take a better picture in the first place.
>> Anonymous
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Yea, I can see the midtone thing. Is that something I could alter with photosohp or just something I have to keep in mind when taking pictures?

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>> Anonymous
ITT, free advertising.
>> Anonymous
>>189957

Yea, I'm sorry about that. I really don't know how to compose a picture when I'm taking one, what am I looking to do? Is it just that the subject, the billboard, is boring? or is it also my failtography?
>> Anonymous
>>189963
It all sucks. And that's where you need to start improving - not in post processing. If you're serious about getting better go get some photography books at the library and read the shit out of them.
>> Anonymous
>>189965

lol, books. will do

as for my goals with photography, I just like messing around with it 'cause it's fun, but I really hope some of the skills i may learn will carryover to when I take pictures of friends and etc.

so ya, this thread is on its way to page 10 now, guys

peace
>> Anonymous
>>189966
also, i was being serious about the will do

looked sarcasitc cause of the lol

PUT ON YOUR SARCASM GOGGLES.
>> Inanimate !3dXYfvdbBk
Everything is so damned grey in your picture, and everything is way under exposed (making the contrast in the image very minimal).

I bumped the contrast up to 90 and the brightness to ~80 and it's still very dull color wise (plus the background is completely blown out).

It's a bitch to compose pictures properly with a non SLR digital, try using a greycard or something.

PS Firefox doesn't recognize the European spelling of grey.
>> Inanimate !3dXYfvdbBk
>>189966

I just want to add, you don't need skills to take pictures of friends, you could use a disposable.
>> Anonymous
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>> Inanimate !3dXYfvdbBk
>>189994


. . . k
>> Anonymous
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>> Inanimate !3dXYfvdbBk
>>190072

Please stop.
>> Anonymous
>>190072
wow you fucked up the contrast bad.
>> Anonymous
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>> The Pentacon !!XucVlAk1mCB
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This is kind of what your shitty image, though permanently shitty, should look like.

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