Photo Quality Help

legoguy · Tue Sep 09, 2008 12:29 am

Having spent all weekend at a local airshow with my fairly newish Point and Shoot camera, I believe I finally managed to take a decent picture which may be good enough for the tough standards of A.net however it most certainly requires some kind of editing to improve it. I'm useless with photoshop however I did give editing a go. Will this picture even stand a remote chance here?

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,

Dave

NIKV69 · Tue Sep 09, 2008 1:22 am

Capture looks good enough. I would begin by resizing it. Your ratio is a bit off. Try the old stand by 3 to 2 and try 1024 wide. Center the aircraft a little and use some more USM. You should be there. As always when you shoot from directly beneath the aircraft you have some light issues as some areas are dark but give it a shot.

mjgbtv · Tue Sep 09, 2008 1:47 am

Dave,

The sky (especially at the top) and the dark side of the top wing look a bit grainy as well.

Marty

legoguy · Tue Sep 09, 2008 1:55 am

Hey, many thanks for the pointers. I didn't notice the grainy sky until you pointed it out Mjgbtv. Do you think it could be saved?

NIKV69, I'm seeing if I can resize it and adjusting the ratio, etc etc, however what does USM mean? I'm a photoshop n00b Smile

Once again, thanks for the prompt replies guys,

Regards,

Dave

mjgbtv · Tue Sep 09, 2008 3:02 am

Hi Dave,

I think a noise reduction program could help with the grain without hurting your detail significantly.

Marty

legoguy · Tue Sep 09, 2008 5:10 am

Just spent the past few hours re-editing and I think the aircraft might be abit off centre to the left. Rubbish! Any how, is the general quality/sky any better than the previous attempt? I think I may have accidentally not saved it at the highest quality.

Thanks in advance again,

Dave

NIKV69 · Tue Sep 09, 2008 12:24 pm

Quoting Legoguy (Reply 3):
however what does USM mean

Unsharp mask. How you sharpen the image.

Quoting Legoguy (Reply 5):
Just spent the past few hours re-editing and I think the aircraft might be abit off centre to the left. Rubbish! Any how, is the general quality/sky any better than the previous attempt? I think I may have accidentally not saved it at the highest quality.

Hours?

There is a bit of dead space to the upper left. I would also crop a little tighter. Subject could use some more sharpness. Are you using the magic wand tool and deselecting the sky when you sharpen? Sky looks a little weird to me.

legoguy · Tue Sep 09, 2008 4:40 pm

Quoting NIKV69 (Reply 6):
Unsharp mask. How you sharpen the image.

Ahhh, I knew that, it was a late night yawn

Quoting NIKV69 (Reply 6):
Hours?

There is a bit of dead space to the upper left. I would also crop a little tighter. Subject could use some more sharpness. Are you using the magic wand tool and deselecting the sky when you sharpen? Sky looks a little weird to me.

I tried to 'heal' the entire sky however I don't think that kind of editing is allowed, not that it matters as it didn't work. I tried sharpening the picture but perhaps I went abit over board? When it comes to centering the aircraft in the middle of the picture, do I judge it by the wings or the fuselage as it never quite seems to be in the middle.

Anyhow, thanks for the help, I doubt I'll ever get there but it won't kill me to keep trying Smile

NIKV69 · Tue Sep 09, 2008 5:58 pm

Quoting Legoguy (Reply 7):
I tried to 'heal' the entire sky however I don't think that kind of editing is allowed

Why did you even bother with the sky?

Quoting Legoguy (Reply 7):
I tried sharpening the picture but perhaps I went abit over board?

On this monitor looks ok. Need my notebook though.

Quoting Legoguy (Reply 7):
When it comes to centering the aircraft in the middle of the picture, do I judge it by the wings or the fuselage as it never quite seems to be in the middle.

Hmm this one is a pain in the arse, but looks like your ok as far as it being centered. These shots drive me nuts to center.

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