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new to photography - 8/31/2009 2:50:34 PM

ArtistaDonna

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I have a lumix panasonic dmc-fz28 and I am an amateur photographer.....I enhanced this a bit on photo shop.....please let me know if I have a shot at entering a the texas photo contest judged by Jamie Lee Curtis....I really don't want to throw away $25.00 to enter if this photo is not good quality.....
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RE: new to photography - 8/31/2009 3:59:55 PM

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My work computer gives a wonky veiw of photos I'll look when I get home. Beautiful young lady.

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RE: new to photography - 8/31/2009 4:30:51 PM

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thank you!

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RE: new to photography - 8/31/2009 8:29:25 PM

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Ok Nata....a couple of things I see. The blue thing in the corner really stands out in my eyes. I'm not fond of the dark background. It makes her look a little flat and not 3 dimensional. I always try to photograph a child with something to show scale, it will give a sense of how old the child is.
The photo is very sharp and her skin tone is even...what a unique color of eyes. All very good things.
Did you use a flash? Where is the light coming from? Did you crop?
What sort of edits did you do?
Lots of questions

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RE: new to photography - 8/31/2009 9:41:29 PM

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attached is what the picture looked like...I just started playing around with the light contrast and saturation, color balance, shadow highlight...I tried to duplicate the procedures for another photo but couldn't remember what I did...when I have time I want to learn how to use photo shop....I appreciate your feedback....the deadline for the contest is Oct 2....I will take more pics of bella with a background....I will take your suggestion into consideration ...thank you ;-)
p.s. her eyes change with the different lightning....I always said she and my older daughter have unique eye colors.....my son has blue instead

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RE: new to photography - 8/31/2009 9:46:15 PM

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What a doll

I can't wait to see what you come up with.

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RE: new to photography - 8/31/2009 9:54:55 PM

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thank you Lisa ;-)

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RE: new to photography - 8/31/2009 10:01:08 PM

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She's sure a pretty little thing,i don't know anything about photography,i want to get photo-shop when i get the money.
Just wanted to tell you how cute she is,her name fits her too.

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RE: new to photography - 9/1/2009 12:03:16 AM

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That is a pretty little girl for sure! Try taking her outside in that gorgeous dress to get some shots in the natural sunlight. That will make the greatest difference for you. Natural light is amazing.

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RE: new to photography - 9/1/2009 8:10:20 AM

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What a sweetheart!! I love her eyes. I think you need to include a little more background in the crop, her head is cut off a little bit and that is somewhat distracting. I like the shine to her hair, it seems to accent her eyes. It is a really cute photo, I see why you want to do something with it!! Curious to see what else you do!

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RE: new to photography - 9/1/2009 9:19:01 AM

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thank you Carolyn!
I will take more pictures with a background and see what i can come up with and post here ;-)

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RE: new to photography - 9/1/2009 9:24:49 AM

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I will take some shots outside with natural sunlight ...thank you!!!!!

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RE: new to photography - 9/1/2009 9:25:58 AM

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thank you Christi :-) it's actually fun working on photo shop...it's amazing what you can do there

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RE: new to photography - 9/12/2009 9:20:08 AM

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I have trouble posting pics ....file is too large.....what is the appropriate file size?

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RE: new to photography - 9/12/2009 9:44:53 AM

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Hi Donna,

I use a quick and easy Resizing tool when I want to post images here. Serious photographers here probably have their own methods, but this works for my purposes. I always choose the "medium" size and have no trouble getting the image posted here.

You have to download the program in this link:

http://resize-o-matic.software.informer.com/

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RE: new to photography - 9/12/2009 6:53:29 PM

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my daughter is dancing in this pic......

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RE: new to photography - 9/12/2009 10:10:11 PM

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That is cute, really! Being in black and white seems to enhance the image, too!

I usually size my images to something like 600x400 pixels and it seems to be the right size to put in the thread. I use photobucket.com to load them up to.

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RE: new to photography - 9/12/2009 11:31:02 PM

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Yeah, photobucket is what I use too and it will auto resize it to a few different preset dimension so you don't end up with something scary big or postage stamp size so it is easier to view (and show off)

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RE: new to photography - 9/13/2009 8:48:41 AM

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She's a darling Nata,I don't know zip,that's what i wanted to see,is Photo bucket better than flickr?or are they about the same?

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