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I'm with Horoscope Fish on this one. Cropping alone won't do much, but as the others have mentioned, adding some blur to the background will give the impression of a greater DOF. Please excuse my outlining ability--I'm definitely not good when it comes to outlining something with low contrast. I...

After seeing one of BackdoorHippie's front lit photos, I decided to give one a try when the opportunity suddenly arose. Back when I had a film camera and different lenses, the results of the lens flare was quite different (and certainly much better than this! ;)). I realize lenses are made...

Weathered World War I - third entry In case the photo isn't able to be enlarged enough, the medallion states US World War 1917-1918. It is visible on the unsized photo when it is enlarged, but this was downsized for the forum. EXIF data: Nikon D90 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 lens with Circular...

Thank you both for the comments. Yes Jake, perhaps if I had been able to take the photo without the branches touching the tower, it definitely would be an improvement! Good call, Jake and siamthai1! I don't think I have any in camera noise reduction set--do you think it would help, and if so...

Since my mom is legally blind and couldn't see this weathervane from our car, I shot this and enlarged it so she could see it. What I'd like to have critiqued is the overall effect--what is your first impression artistically? Is it pleasing or not pleasing? Would you change aperture to...

Room with a View--second entry--a one room house in ruins.

This will be darker overall, but I tried to cut back on the shiny skin. I used the photo where I lightened the shadows by 24%. Then I darkened the highlights by 12%. Since you didn't like the browns that showed up in the background, I used the burn tool and darkened midtones in the...

I tried 2 different, quick tweaks to the photo. If you choose to edit in a similar fashion to one of these methods, you might choose slightly different levels of adjustment. These are just to show you 2 different results. Each edit took literally a few seconds, but my intent was to try and...

Weathered--first entry This is one tree trunk although it might appear to look like a 2nd trunk off to the left.

I've had this lens since I purchased it new in March 1999, and it was seldom used. Since it can't accept a front UV filter, I was always hesitant to use it. In all seriousness, if I used it 6 times before pulling it out a couple months ago, that's about all it was ever used. When I pulled it out...

I found I saved these ferris wheel files as RAW (the previously posted shots were jpegs edited in PSE 10). It was fun playing around with Lightroom 4 to edit these--then I did a little tweaking in PSE 10. And this was one of their attractions, too:

This past spring I took some photos of my church but only saved the jpegs. When it comes to editing jpegs, if I do the same color, contrast, sharpening, shadows, and similiar types of editing, will either Lightroom 4 or PSE 10 yield better results than the other? Or will they be about the same...

Okay...to be fair, I reshot the sky using both f/16 and f/22 and can use both of the uncropped images to submit to Nikon (one at f/16 and one at f/22). Here is f/16. This is the upper right hand quarter of the photo so it is the same section that I posted earlier. The only editing I did was to...

I took a few test photos today--some of the sky to show the oil spots and some to show the focus problem. Here is an edited photo of the sky (Nikon doesn't want an edited photo but this is darker to show the spots more readily) which represents the upper righthand quarter of the photo. The oil...

A fluorescent photo filter is some type of magenta color which helps to neutralize the green tint of fluorescent lighting. I used Photoshop Elements 10 and checked to see what types of preset filters they have for photo filter adjustments. Since there weren't any fluorescent filters available, I...

Today I finally called Nikon Customer Service about the two recurring problems with my D600: sensor oil spots and problems with the auto focus. After speaking with the rep for a while, I am to upload 2 photos of each issue to their link then they will get back to me on how to proceed. After...

One of the most common complaints on forums is when a newbie asks a question that has been asked 1000 times before. These types of questions tend to generate less than helpful criticisms from those who are tired of seeing the same thing asked again and again. There is a search feature--learn to...

If you ride some type of bicycle, trike, unicycle, or even quad that is powered by pedaling, let's see it! I know there are even arm-pedaled apparatus out there. ;) This is a recumbent trike. After 3 knee surgeries, I am not able to ride a regular bike (too much stress on my knee unless the...

*sigh* This has been futile. Today I spent time cleaning the sensor using Pec Pads attached to the Sensor Swab wands along with the Eclipse solution. First I used the Rocket Blower to make sure no dust/dirt was on the sensor then I wet cleaned it with the moistened swab per the instructions in...