Fish tank photos.
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Are you using actinic lighting or something? The pictures are nicely focused for the most part, but the heavy blue light/tint really takes away from them for me.
Here are two of your pics where I normalized the color. Much better color in my opinion:
Here are two of your pics where I normalized the color. Much better color in my opinion:
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I did the alterations in Adobe ImageReady CS2 using "auto levels" and then "variations" to fine tune the color and compensate for the blue. I find it a useful free program if only for those two features.
I agree that the colors are off and they aren't quite all in focus. An increase in depth of field would help as well. Get a good post processing program and you can turn average pictures into great ones.
If you can, add some more light and increase your shutter speed and choke down the aperture a bit. They are slightly underexposed, so making the camera capture more light will help a lot (if your camera will let you).
If you can, add some more light and increase your shutter speed and choke down the aperture a bit. They are slightly underexposed, so making the camera capture more light will help a lot (if your camera will let you).
To increase the depth of field, you need to close down the aperture, but what that does is decrease the amount of light coming into the camera, so it's hard to do both without added light source (flash). Most people like a shallow depth of field, both because it creates a focal point while the rest of the image is out of focus, and also because it's not a feature most consumers are able to acheive with a point and shoot camera. Also, increasing shutter speed does the same - limits the amount of light entering the camera, since the shutter is opened for less time than before.Rallysman said:
Ah! I read your message as saying to choke the aperture and increase shutter speed in order to GET light.Rallysman said:That's why I mentioned adding light
An increased depth of field will help get the subject in focus if you're having problems getting it there. Otherwise, I agree that a shallow DOF is desirable (depending on composition).
My apologies!
