Saturday, April 19, 2014

Project 365 - Day 6

Project 365 - Day 6


Date & Time: Friday, April 18, 2014, 7:55 pm

Camera Used: Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF2

Settings:
     Focal Length: 28 mm
     ISO: 400
     Shutter Speed: 1/25 sec
     Aperture: f/4.8

Post Processing Software(s): Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4

Comments:
I had mentioned before how I wanted my images to be sharper, especially the ones I have taken of the sky. I was browsing through Flick, and saw photos taken with the same camera I have. The images were so crisp, and breathtaking- You can see the details on every single freaking cloud! UGH! I wish I could take similar photos. Now, I don't know how much post processing the person did, or if those were the results of really great photography, but I did notice when browsing through the Exif of the photos that he had set his saturation to "high," and his sharpness to "hard." Mine were set to "normal."

I wish I had known this prior to taking this photo, maybe it would have come out better. Plus, maybe it would have taken me less post processing time- not that I did a lot. Since I had started this project, I have not had the need to "photoshop." I have been doing just basic tweaking using the Lightroom software. Honestly, I don't think I'll ever skip post processing. Even professional photographers use and depend on softwares, such as Lightroom and Photoshop. But the goal is to not depend on this software/process so much, but to achieve the photo I want through the manipulation of the settings of my camera.

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Date & Time: Friday, April 18, 2014, 2:02 pm

Camera Used: Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF2

Settings:
     Focal Length: 14 mm
     ISO: 100
     Shutter Speed: 1/1000 sec
     Aperture: f/3.5

Post Processing Software(s): Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4

Comments:
This was going to be my "Photo of the Day," until my sister told me about the beautiful sunset. But I'm posting this anyway. :)

So earlier in this post, I had said that I have not had the need to "photoshop." I was close to doing it with this photos- I wasn't able to capture the blue sky with my camera. Honestly, I don't know remember if there were clouds, but I wish that the sky in my photo was blue. Of all the shots I took, I did take one in "auto" mode, just to compare to the ones I took in "manual." The sky didn't come out blue in that photo either, so maybe that's just how the sky was. It was a bright day after all. Now, that I had changed the saturation and sharpness settings, maybe the camera will capture the sky in more detail.

Come to think of it, maybe I should "photoshop" this image. I am pretty decent (well, decent to good) when it comes to "photoshop"-ing but it wouldn't hurt to improve my editing skills, in addition to my photography skills (whatever I have anyway...) As mentioned earlier, even professional photographers use these softwares.

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Why am I doing this project? Click here and find out!

xx,
Pamela

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