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Ian can you please explain how you did that please so I can learn to do it as well

about 30 seconds in Lightroom>>used mainly fill light [54] and exposure [+23]; or just adjust levels in Photoshop, and most other editing programs.


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This is not directed at you only Nikkie but all members [and lurkers; about time you joined in!!]. I have often said no matter how good our screen calibration tools are or how well our screen is calibrated we still need to be able to READ the image. I feel this is a good example of not reading the image before posting. Again, I'm not picking on Nikkie here as she is very new to the serious side of photography>>Nikkie saw what she wanted to see in the image on her screen; she does not have the experience to see or READ the darkness or the off-angle of her the photo she posted. We all need to READ the photo. (I think I first heard the expression of READING when we were having a lab installed and we were been taught how to read the negative in the days before monitors were fitted to mini labs)

Often our emotions also get in the way with photos of our kids/family/pets and we will not see past the emotions to read the photo as a photo. And this is often carried into comments about such photos. Words like "she/he is soooo cute/what beautiful eyes/ what a smile..." are often posted when the the actual photo was actually very poor quality. Jacko pointed out a recent thread to me where everyone was so wrapped up in the cuteness of the subject that most forgot to READ the photos as a photos and as "professional" photos they were rather poor!! This is a photography forum folks.

and BTW: yes, i know this is the snap shot forum but .........

[Nikkie]

Ian the difference is amazing I must admit there was a time I would have gotten sookey about this. But I do have a little more experience and can see the difference when I first started out and prob most of us we all thought that our photos were great but as I have learnt and matured as a tog `want to be` (BTW I don't call myself a Photographer) yet as I still have a long long way to go I have noticed and others have noticed how far I have come at first all my photos were to soft or something and still now there is always something but learning is what I joined for and with people on here like yourself Ian and many others to give good advice hints tips what ever is what I came here hoping to receive. Learning PS and LR and to become a photographer is a lot for me to take on all at the one time but with people to give you that helping hand is a good thing if the people with the experience don't share there knowledge people like me would never learn if who ever taught you did not share with you and I am not not talking about Ian all of us you would not be able to show us how its done thank you so very much Ian

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Ian the difference is amazing I must admit there was a time I would have gotten sookey about this. But I do have a little more experience and can see the difference when I first started out and prob most of us we all thought that our photos were great but as I have learnt and matured as a tog `want to be` (BTW I don't call myself a Photographer) yet as I still have a long long way to go I have noticed and others have noticed how far I have come at first all my photos were to soft or something and still now there is always something but learning is what I joined for and with people on here like yourself Ian and many others to give good advice hints tips what ever is what I came here hoping to receive. Learning PS and LR and to become a photographer is a lot for me to take on all at the one time but with people to give you that helping hand is a good thing if the people with the experience don't share there knowledge people like me would never learn if who ever taught you did not share with you and I am not not talking about Ian all of us you would not be able to show us how its done thank you so very much Ian

you are more welcome Nikkie. i enjoy doing reworks but i love doing it for those who really appreciate it. the satisfaction is in seeing those i and others have pointed the right direction now helping others to get started. Just wish I had more time. I'm off to work for 12-15 hours.

[Nikkie]

Where the hell is fatso.!

I put him in the wombat stew