A little photoshoot and a little photo editing
I wanted to share a few photos I took today. The end goal for me when it comes to shooting on a white background is to not edit at all like when I take photos on a black background. Until then, I've been learning my way around GIMP (version 2.8.2, basically a free version of Photoshop) to edit the image's background (to make it white) without compromising the animal's appearance. I think I did a pretty good job today.
Here are a few photos.
The first photo is unedited, while the second one is edited.
As always, thanks for looking! :gj:
0.1 Fire het Hypo "Candy"
https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.n...33191351_n.jpg
https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.n...35111501_n.jpg
0.1 Fire het Hypo "Queen"
https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.n...89743025_n.jpg
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.n...42368590_n.jpg
0.1 Hypo "Bonnie"
https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...89962782_n.jpg
https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.n...53992995_n.jpg
0.1 Hypo "Medusa"
https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.n...09707276_n.jpg
https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.n...08975232_n.jpg
0.1 Hypo "Ursula"
https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.n...49334658_n.jpg
https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.n...84516060_n.jpg
0.1 Yellow Belly "Hazel"
https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.n...01506484_n.jpg
https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.n...18720901_n.jpg
Re: A little photoshoot and a little photo editing
I personally like the unedited versions. Even though the cleaner white looks better for background. I think more people should post unedited photos. :)
A little photoshoot and a little photo editing
I think the editing really makes the hypos pop. I don't see as huge of a difference in the other ones though.
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DooLittle
I personally like the unedited versions. Even though the cleaner white looks better for background. I think more people should post unedited photos. :)
That's why I like the black background. I set it to manual using the settings that I know work, click, download from camera, upload, and done... no editing needed!
I would like to figure out the magical adjustments I'd need to capture the perfect white background (without editing). Before I took these photos in full auto mode, I spent a couple of hours changing just about every setting on the camera, including shutter speed, aperture, setting up a custom white balance, disabling the auto lighting optimizer, changing the metering mode to spot metering, and so on that way I could try and get a white background. I also read up on histograms and checked each photo to make sure they weren't overexposed or underexposed. After doing all of that, I got fed up and just wanted to take my photos. :D
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Mike41793
I think the editing really makes the hypos pop. I don't see as huge of a difference in the other ones though.
That's actually a good thing I think. In editing, I was trying to avoid making them look like glow sticks while getting a nice, clean background. :)
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lyfoti05
Wow. Enzo looks great!
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Great looking snakes. Breeder like me obviously, because I love orange ghost!!!!
Couple questions:
1. what's your lighting setup? tent or what? I like the shots.
2. can you link me to a tutorial about how to change the background of the picture using gimp? or can you tell me in a brief synopsis?
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sharkrocket
Great looking snakes. Breeder like me obviously, because I love orange ghost!!!!
Couple questions:
1. what's your lighting setup? tent or what? I like the shots.
2. can you link me to a tutorial about how to change the background of the picture using gimp? or can you tell me in a brief synopsis?
Hypo is kind of awesome! :)
Here's my setup:
http://i1248.photobucket.com/albums/...psefb1ee21.jpg
Light tent using five 5000K, 1600 lumen daylight bulbs
I'll just include all of my camera settings as well for the last photos that I didn't edit (hypo enchi and pastel lesser):
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T2i
Lens: Stock lens (EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens)
Shooting mode: Manual
Shutter speed: 1/60
Aperture: F5.0
ISO: 100
No exposure compensation (left as it was)
No flash exposure compensation (didn't use flash)
User defined white balance (took a photo of the background with tent empty, selected and set for white balance)
Auto lighting optimizer disabled
File Format: RAW+JPEG (just directly uploaded JPEG to facebook)
Metering mode: Spot
Single shooting, auto focus
Picture Style: Standard, tweaked sharpness to 7 to see what would happen
GIMP and a few other helpful photography links that I used today:
http://pareandfocus.com/index.htm/ho...-and-contrast/
http://www.photographingminerals.com...background.php
http://www.photographingminerals.com..._histogram.php
http://photo.stackexchange.com/quest...uct-photgraphy
http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Changi...round_Color_1/
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Thank you so much for taking the time to write that up. I can't wait to read those links and get my own pictures up to par!
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DooLittle
Wow. Enzo looks great!
Thanks DooLittle! He's growing like a weed and weighed 638 grams this morning after emptying himself. He also had to supervise me while I cleaned his tub. :D
https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...80880374_n.jpg
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sharkrocket
Thank you so much for taking the time to write that up. I can't wait to read those links and get my own pictures up to par!
No problem, glad I could help! Good luck and post photos soon. :D
