Hi Vickie. I like the second shot better too. The color in the shaded one is dull and lifeless and not true to the color. While the second lacks some clarity, it's still warmer and true to life. Also, the red in the background comes out in the second one making it warmer and a bit more interesting.
I'm considering getting Elements 13--or 12 myself. Are you able to cut and paste your subject onto different backgrounds with it? And can you manipulate the subject and do shadows of it? Those are the things I'd like to do, but, if Elements is just a souped up editing program I don't really need it. I'm viewing Youtube videos of it's functions but, haven't gotten very far yet...
Thanks for your input!
Elaine, I agree. And while the first one shows a bit more intricacy in the lichen it's just too dull overall. Thanks!
Jean, I really like the shot of the Chives. You have one in the foreground and the background that are out of focus so the eye moves to the middle one which is has the only part in focus. If you had stepped back just a bit, I think more of it in focus would have been even better. I'm afraid the first shot of the Salidago had no point of focus. Are you shooting on Auto all the time? Do you need to depress your shutter half-way to allow it to focus first? Most Point and Shoot (probably all) have that feature with the exception of shooting on a high shutter speed, which is the icon of the man running...where it will fire multiple shots, one after another in a split second. Curious what setting you're shooting on?
Thanks!
I'll post some more shots of a very cloudy, dreary day we experienced lately. I think the whole country was under cloud cover for days on end!
I'm going to demonstrate how you can use your editing program to enhance a photo that would normally be unusable without it. Then I'll post the same subject shot on a sunny day. Big difference!
Give me just a minute!
