I took this photo in 2005 with my brand new Nikon D70 (a wamping 8 mega pixels). I did crop it a bit. Still it is quite small, with no megapixels to work with. No post processing was done.
What technical feedback would you like if any?
Does anyone have ideas about how to work with these older/smaller images? Any comments welcome.
What artistic feedback would you like if any?
What I like about this image is the contrast between the old decaying trees and new wild rose growth. Along with the misty feel of the fog. It was a great photographic day.
Any and all thoughts/comments would be appreciated.
Pertinent technical details or techniques:
Nikon D70, f/6.3, 1/160 sec., iso 250, 60m
Thank you
(If this is a composite, etc. please be honest with your techniques to help others learn)
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A lovely little scene. I brought you jpeg into PS/ACR and it didnāt look that bad, quality-wise. Iām no expert on editing small files, but I think if you donāt push it too far, you should be able to do some editing (also matters if itās jpeg vs raw, too). As far as this particular photo, that dark, OOF log is really grabbing my eye. I was thinking it should be lighter, but that made it even more prominent. Perhaps darkening and/or making it even more OOF would make it less attention-grabbing. Maybe even darkening the background a tad, to make the flower stand out even more would be interesting.
Thanks Bonnie. I pretty sure the original is a jpg (this was way before my ārawā days"). I do like your idea of darkening the surrounding area to help the flower stand out. Will definitely give that a shot next. Thanks again appreciate your thoughts and comments.
Everything else has been said of the lovely flower.
As for processing the older/small files, Linda, if you refer to just the resolution, the processing is the same as you would processing a 48MP resolution file. You would not be able to enlarge it with the same kind of level of details with these bigger files, but the rest of the RAW processing is the same.
If you, however, refer to processing JPEGs, like Bonnie said, you will be limited in terms of how much you can pull out from the highlights and the shadows but thatās true for an 8MP JPEG or 48MP JPEG. This is simply due to the compression of JPEG files.
Linda, I too like how the rose is isolated in the fog. The water drops on the grasses in the lower right show nicely and a few can be seen of the roses. The log is quite the presence in the small view, but fits better in the larger view.
You can increase the file size in Photoshop. Go to āImage Sizeā under the Image menu. There you can adjust the numbers of pixels. To maintain the dimensions, you want to select āConstrain proportionsā at the bottom, then you only have to adjust one of the pixel dimensions. You also want to select one of the resampling methods. You may need to try several of them to see if one works best for this particular image.
You are struck at once by the soft and slightly melancholy mood of this, Linda. Itās beautifully composed, and I love the depth which gives you a sense of having been there yourself ( if that makes sense !! )
Yes Ian, this is exactly how I feel every time I look at this image. It is a great park, I used to go there all the time. A very special place for me. Thanks.
The D70 was my first dslr too! What a technical leap for me at the time. Unfortunately, I experienced the green light of death at the most inopportune time. Got that repaired, sold it, and upgraded. Then upgraded again. Happy for now.
This is really a lovely composition. Peaceful. Iād leave it as is.
This is a very pretty fog scene, Linda! As for editing, I donāt see it being any different than a major crop of a higher megapixel image from a modern camera. The only difference is that youāre editing a jpg so you have to be careful about magnifying any artifacts. The only thing I would do for this image anyway, is a slight crop and clone out that lone leaf in the upper left. The log is a bit overbearing in the scene (very heavy looking) and the left side of the scene is much heavier also because of the log and the pine/spruce tree. I downloaded your large image and tried a crop that takes away some of the log and moves the flowers closer to the right side to balance the scene a bit. I also cloned out that leaf and sharpened it a bit to accent the water drops and details. See what you think:
Gary; i like this a lot, thanks for taking the time to make the edits and your comments. I get that jpgs clearly have limited abilities and only shoot in RAW these days. . . .but this whole conversation has helped me to understand and see/think more about the compositions Iām working with ā¦ . and avoid heavy overbearing elements in the first place. Thanks again.
