how can i pick pick out a good quality pastel?

[jamesa2580]

agreed. Nice work

[Tikall]

I completely agree with that post! And although this was a bit of a tangent from the original topic, it can still be useful for someone trying to buy a pastel online! Some photos can be deceiving, even if it wasn't intentional.

[SGExotics]

I cant believe the colors are true here as the yellows are even in the shadows. Still a nice looker!

OP, you have got some good advise from others on here so no need for me to repeat them.

Yea, he literally glows onto the flooring in my phototent... And i even did the auto>white balance thing and his shadows were still yellow haha!
Thanks,
Brandon

[SGExotics]

To the original poster sorry that I hijacked your thread! Thats not what I was trying to accomplish.

I agree that if there is a little yellow in the photo that people shouldn't think its edited. Saying that, editing is a good thing! We can correct these things simply using our computers. Editing can also be a deceitful tool used by some to make something they don't have. Sometimes it's just user error that causes bad editing in photo's which I believe to be the case here.

Anyway I did a bit of correction to his photo and I'm willing to give him the photo if he wants it(PSD too). I believe this to be a better representation of the snake in question. I still believe it to be a great looking pastel!

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Slight color tweak


It's not perfect by any means but I think it looks much better.[/QUOTE]

DUDE! What did you do to my poor pastel!!! LOL you made him age like 10 years man, thats not cool.. And to everyone who thinks i tampered with the picture i didnt.. Whenever i try to tamper with pictures they come out looking like cartoons.. That picture of my pastel is real, the picture was taken in super macro, in a light tent with a bulb shining on him... Then in gimp (i used instructions, from i think littleindiansgirls thread...), all i did was go to color>auto>and white balance so most of the yellow shadow went away and the paper he was on became whiter... Here are a few other pics so you guys believe me... So no tweaking, no mistakes, no bad editing, just auto white balance so you see how the snake really looks.. I love seeing all these replies saying that it looks tampered, its a great compliment considering all i had to do was take the picture lol...

[SGExotics]

Here are a few more pics (sorry i could attach it to my last reply..)

Here is the pastel on a 20 dollar bill, so you know i couldnt tamper with it or else the dollars color wouldve changed....

[Jsh]

The photos you just posted look far better than your original post on here. As I said before thats a great looking pastel you have there, I just felt the colors were too off in the first photo and according to PS they were. I could have intensified the yellows in the photo I edited but I basically just corrected the white balance in PS not mush else. I wasn't trying to imply that you were trying to make something you dont have, I was implying that the way you edited(Auto WB in GIMP) made the photo look overly saturated and tinted. Sorry about making the snake look so old but I didn't try too.
Thats a great looking pastel you have there and I wouldn't hesitate for a second about taking it off your hands.

[SGExotics]

The photos you just posted look far better than your original post on here. As I said before thats a great looking pastel you have there, I just felt the colors were too off in the first photo and according to PS they were. I could have intensified the yellows in the photo I edited but I basically just corrected the white balance in PS not mush else. I wasn't trying to imply that you were trying to make something you dont have, I was implying that the way you edited(Auto WB in GIMP) made the photo look overly saturated and tinted. Sorry about making the snake look so old but I didn't try too.
Thats a great looking pastel you have there and I wouldn't hesitate for a second about taking it off your hands.

thankyou.... aslo, the first pic was about 15 minutes after he shed.. so he looks unreal, but a few days after his color starts to settle back in haha
Thanks,
Brandon