somone help me to solve this out, Nikon d3100 Pictures,

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Hussy Ameer

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Hello, i take few pictures of Black rings but when i use high light in the photography box so the color of ring is not look black in the pictures , so i use only one light and then i edit photo in VIEW NX2 , here is two pictures , with before and after editing , please guide me to get professional pictures ,thx


BEFORE Editing ( picture 1 )
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After editing ( 1st picture, increase sharpness, brightness, contrast )
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Before editing ( 2nd Picture )

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After editing ( 2nd picture, increase sharpness, brightness, contrast )
DSC_0094.jpg


Please tell me what i have to do ? i try in low light and high light , the picture i take in low light look good after editing , and picture take in high light not look black ring :(

will wait for your guide :)
 
Marcel

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Your editing of the second picture looks good to me. The first picture has a color cast that would have to be edited with "color balance" and could benefit from more contrast (with curve adjustment).

You have to learn what you want and how to get it. It's all a question of color and balance of contrast for different subjects. It took me 2 years of studying full time to learn the basic of color printing when I was a photography student, so don't expect me to teach you in a few emails on internet.

Only practice will make your editing better, so keep up the practice since digital film is so cheap.

You are getting better, I can see from these recent photos. Don't give up now.
 
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Hussy Ameer

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Marcel said:
Your editing of the second picture looks good to me. The first picture has a color cast that would have to be edited with "color balance" and could benefit from more contrast (with curve adjustment).

You have to learn what you want and how to get it. It's all a question of color and balance of contrast for different subjects. It took me 2 years of studying full time to learn the basic of color printing when I was a photography student, so don't expect me to teach you in a few emails on internet.

Only practice will make your editing better, so keep up the practice since digital film is so cheap.

You are getting better, I can see from these recent photos. Don't give up now.
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O my god two years, too much time, well i will do my best :)

can you suggest me any software that is better for editing ? i m using Nikon view NX2 , i dont know how to use PS5.
any easy software ?
 
Marcel

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Hussy Ameer said:
O my god two years, too much time, well i will do my best :)

can you suggest me any software that is better for editing ? i m using Nikon view NX2 , i dont know how to use PS5.
any easy software ?
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You could try Elements or PS5, but nothing is easy like just press a button. You have to know what you want to end up with and then use the correct tools to get it.

There is no free lunch.
 
BackdoorArts

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I haven't used ViewNX in a while, but I remember the first time I used the Adobe Camera RAW module in PS Elements and I was blown away by the additional control I had over the image. Then, with Lightroom my ability to work the image grew even greater. There are two parts to photography, regardless of whether you are shooting film or digital - taking the photography, and making the print. They are both an art form, and as Marcel said it can take quite some time to learn the second.

The fact that you're using a photo box, the first thing I'm struck by is how off your white balance is. One of the great things about a light box is that you can count on the background being consistently white, so it should match in every photo. Once you get the background right, your subject should be right. I took copies of your photos, opened them in Photoshop Elements 9 and did one and only one thing, an "Auto Adjust" on the color levels to set white balance. Voila!!

Ideally I would have continued to adjust to remove the red color cast on the white below the top photo, and brightened the bottom one a little more, but I just wanted you to see what a simple white balance adjustment does.

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BackdoorArts

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Marcel said:
You could try Elements or PS5, but nothing is easy like just press a button. You have to know what you want to end up with and then use the correct tools to get it.

There is no free lunch.
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Ooops, did I undermine your "You can't just press one button" lesson? ;)

Marcel is right, it takes time to truly learn these tools. But it's possible to produce very good images in short order. The idea is that you never stop learning. Anyone can make a good image, but it takes years to understand what it takes to make that good image great - to make it really stand out. And I'm just talking about the post-processing end. You can speed that along a little by doing things better up front (like setting the correct white balance on the camera - especially in a studio environment).
 
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Hussy Ameer

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Marcel said:
You could try Elements or PS5, but nothing is easy like just press a button. You have to know what you want to end up with and then use the correct tools to get it.

There is no free lunch.
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thx marcel , i will do my best ;) yep nothing is free even pizza lol :) !!!
 
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BackdoorHippie said:
I haven't used ViewNX in a while, but I remember the first time I used the Adobe Camera RAW module in PS Elements and I was blown away by the additional control I had over the image. Then, with Lightroom my ability to work the image grew even greater. There are two parts to photography, regardless of whether you are shooting film or digital - taking the photography, and making the print. They are both an art form, and as Marcel said it can take quite some time to learn the second.

The fact that you're using a photo box, the first thing I'm struck by is how off your white balance is. One of the great things about a light box is that you can count on the background being consistently white, so it should match in every photo. Once you get the background right, your subject should be right. I took copies of your photos, opened them in Photoshop Elements 9 and did one and only one thing, an "Auto Adjust" on the color levels to set white balance. Voila!!

Ideally I would have continued to adjust to remove the red color cast on the white below the top photo, and brightened the bottom one a little more, but I just wanted you to see what a simple white balance adjustment does.

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thank you so much friend :) !!! i got it !!
 
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