 K J. B |
Muddy Shots I love my Canon EOS Rebel 300D and shoot in the basic mode. I'm still learning about the creative zones. I am having trouble with some shots coming out very "muddy".....and some very dark. Can anyone help?
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Bos Meloy |
Try shooting at +1/+2. This will brighten up those "dark" photos a bit. You can also use "levels" in Photoshop to brighten any picture you take.
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K J. B |
I'll give that a try. I do know how to brighten them up in editing so I'll try your answer. Thanks for responding.
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Phil Forister |
Images taken with most digital cameras can benefit from some post processing in a Photoshop like program. In photoshop, load in your image and do a shift + ctrl L. This will preform an autolevels. If you are more adventerous, instead of doing autolevels, change them yourself. Load an image and go to 'levels' in your program. Ctrl L in photoshop. Adjust the blackpoint arrow under the histogram (graph) by sliding it to the point on the graph where black starts on the graph. Slide the whitepoint slider to match the starting point of white in your histogram. This will make an adjustment that will use the whole dynamic range available - and will add a little 'pop' to your pictures. There are many other things that can be done. Start with levels, then start doing some USM "unsharp mask" sharpening and you'll make improvements to your well to fairly well exposed images.
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K J. B |
I have Photoshop Elements and PhotoImpact and will try your suggestions. I did try a +2 and that helped also. I spend a lot of time in photo editing. Thanks so much for responding.
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Phil Forister |
Photoshop Elements will work with the same key strokes as Photoshop. You know, the most important elements are: White Balance: The Canon's are above average. Photoshop Elements, try Shift + CTRL B for Auto WB correction Exposure: Make sure to set camera to display 'info' on preview so you can see your histogram. Average scene with range of tones will show a hill in the center of the histogram graph. If you take a picture of something dark, the histogram will be to the left. Take a picture of something white and the graph will go to the right. Take a picture of a zebra and the graph will pile up on the left and on the right. Knowing your average scene tonal scene, if the graph is too far to the left you have under exposed. If it is too far to the right, you have over exposed. (Or the scene has lots of dark/light tones). Read about histograms on the web, they are your best friend.
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K J. B |
Okay. I haven't done that. I sure appreciate your help. Thanks again.
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Don E. Wise |
Does Photoshop have an equivalent to this Auto WB correction?
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