My how they grow

[SPJ]

Gorgeous Ball Pythons! Mind if I make a suggestion on the pictures?


You should look into photoshop for your pictures. It helps save pictures. It gets rid of the fading etc, due to the camera flash and such and very useful once you learn to use it. I could show you with one of your pictures if you don't mind

Which one in particular are you referring to?

[CeraDigital]

Any picture. I could fix it up a bit, sharpen it so it shows a little more detail n such

BTW, your BPs are very pretty!

[SPJ]

Any picture. I could fix it up a bit, sharpen it so it shows a little more detail n such

BTW, your BPs are very pretty!

Thanks.
Could anything be done with this picture to make it better?

[Christina]

i just got a bp for christmas and she's about 21"- i can't wait for her to grow to her full length!!

[CeraDigital]

Here ya go, with the original for comparison. Once you learn to use photoshop, you can really use it to clean up photos.

[LadyOhh]

Beautiful!


I need lessons in Photoshop...

[Eichen]

Here ya go, with the original for comparison. Once you learn to use photoshop, you can really use it to clean up photos.

That's excellent use of Photoshop, but everyone should probably be warned that people like me (web designer by trade) can pick out an oversaturated or otherwise deceitful pic in a New York minute.
Photoshop helps tremendously, but most beginners have a problem with going way too far.

(First post, not a snake owner yet, but I'm starting to "feel" it! )

[Dread]

Yep... Photoshop is a wonderful tool... and the more time you spend playing around the better you get. Not just web-designers can pick out the shops though To be nitpicky, instead of 'sharpening' the whole image like was done... if you really cared about presentation of your own image you'd do the most intense sharpening around the eyes, a little on the body, and then actually blur the background to draw the focus more on that beautiful snake.

You can do a world of good with auto levels, hue/saturation, and brightness/contrast... but those are essentially a hammer, screwdriver, and a saw in a toolbox the size of Home Depot!

[panthercz]

Another good tip is darkening the pupil of the eye. Humans make eye contact with about everything and the eye being in focus really goes a long way in a photo of a subject that has eyes. Darkening the pupil helps make the eye "appear" to be in focus (if it already isn't). Using the burn tool, or paint brush set on 'overlay' is good for that.

Like mentioned before though, do NOT go overboard, sometimes "less is more".