Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Don Kuykendall_RIP" data-source="post: 166862" data-attributes="member: 6277">One thing that you can do to raise the level from 1 in 100 is to work on your Post Processing Skills. When I got my D3100 I thought it was pretty good to but most of the shots lacked something. Since that time my skills have gotten better but recently I upgraded to PhotoShop CS6 and have been actively been working on learning more about post processing. I have gone back and reworked some of those old shots from the 99% group only to find that some of those are better than I thought. Even if you can't afford the time or money to learn PhotoShop the program that came with your camera ViewNX2 can do a lot to help your photos. Just open the program and look under the section labeled Adjustments. There are tons of things there that can really improve your shot. I generally do at a minimum, Sharpening, Adjust the brightness, bump up the contrast, the shadow section can really help bring out the darker areas and give them some detail.&nbsp; Anyway you get the idea.&nbsp; Play with them all but always save it under a different name or folder so you always have the original to fall back on.&nbsp; Have fun.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Don Kuykendall_RIP, post: 166862, member: 6277"] One thing that you can do to raise the level from 1 in 100 is to work on your Post Processing Skills. When I got my D3100 I thought it was pretty good to but most of the shots lacked something. Since that time my skills have gotten better but recently I upgraded to PhotoShop CS6 and have been actively been working on learning more about post processing. I have gone back and reworked some of those old shots from the 99% group only to find that some of those are better than I thought. Even if you can't afford the time or money to learn PhotoShop the program that came with your camera ViewNX2 can do a lot to help your photos. Just open the program and look under the section labeled Adjustments. There are tons of things there that can really improve your shot. I generally do at a minimum, Sharpening, Adjust the brightness, bump up the contrast, the shadow section can really help bring out the darker areas and give them some detail. Anyway you get the idea. Play with them all but always save it under a different name or folder so you always have the original to fall back on. Have fun. [/QUOTE]

Verification