photo question

lucien

Senior Member
Hi, I forgot to change a focus setting on my yesterday and I have a few shots that are not in focus. Is there anyway to recover the image or is it lost? Can lightroom do anything with it. Not shot in raw.

Second picture, there is a very harsh contrast/colour diff between the subjects and the background. What causes that and is it recoverable in lightroom as well? They look like I took them from somewhere and dropped them in the picture.

thanks,
 

lucien

Senior Member
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lucien

Senior Member
Thanks, I don't have photoshop. Is that feature available in lightroom 5.6 maybe I can download the trial fix up the pics and then uninstall it
 
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cbg

Senior Member
Unfortunately, that is a photoshop only feature. But, I believe that adobe has a trail version of photoshop as well.
 

Marcel

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Lucien, there are shots that will be out of focus, I can assure you. It happens, it's just a fact of life. Now, in my humble opinion, no post processing will make these great (talking about out of focus ones). The only solution I found is that whenever you're out there shooting these kind of subjects, TAKE MORE THAN ONE SHOT. Digital film is cheaper than having to go back to shoot something that was missed because of bad focus or camera movement.

If you want to try an experiment, just put your camera in continuous shutter mode and take something static with a shutter speed let's say 1/125 s. I could bet you that if you take 3-4 shots of that subject, there will be one shot that will be sharper than the others. This is how it is.

So don't worry, you'll miss more shots in the future, but if you do take a few more, you might have one that will be OK.

Too slow shutter speed or too much relying on auto-focus will cause some missed shots. So you just have to be a bit more cautious and check your settings, check to see if the light is changing while you're shooting and enjoy the learning experience. Only practice will make your shots getting better and better.

As for the lion shot, I think it's fine. At least it's sharp and this is what backlight does to a subject, it separates it from the background which is something we like.

Enjoy your Nikon.
 

lucien

Senior Member
Hi Marcel, I know your right. I think they are goner's. It's my fault, I didn't realize it until I got to the third animal. I took 5 of the rhino but they all suffer from the same symptoms. Thank, I'm going to try Photoshop though. It's a free trial. What do I have to lose. I had the cam on manual focus. I got the zoom I wanted but forgot to do the fine focus. The came has a small focusing ring close to the top of the lens. I should have had it on continuous auto focus.
 
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Horoscope Fish

Senior Member
Shake reduction is a new feature in CC isn't it? I don't remember seeing it in CS6.
Yes, I believe so; but don't quote me on that...


I tried it yesterday, I think it's junk. There is only so much you can do with a screwed up image. Thx
Absolutely true there's only so much you can do with a screwed up image, but it's pretty amazing what you can salvage with the right tools, too. The one filter did a lot and with a full-size RAW file to work with I'm thinking it would have a far, far better job.

The Adobe CC package for photographers is only $10 a month and if you're serious about doing this whole photography thing, it's something you might want to give some serious consideration to.
 
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lucien

Senior Member
I can be an example for all new photographers. regarding focusing, zoom. And checking your shots/settings. I tried focus magic a bit but gave up on it. I don't have live view on the camera, it's not a raw file but I did have image display on. I should have had a look at it. I know it's a focus issue because the lions were taken in the same mode. And my forearm/elbows were on a rail. It wasn't shake/blur more like focus. I'll see what Photoshop can do

thanks,
 
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