first pic ever, pointers?

[dunkyg99]

funny you should ask that! i used photoshop cs2 for the robin pic, re-sized it, cropped it, changed the colours and that had the info you reqd. but with the mallard, i didnt touch it at all, i uploaded it to my computer, and then uploaded it to this site, it didnt even touch photoshop, and it doesnt have any exif info! now im confused!!

[Bub-les]

Maybe in resetting the camera you accidentally stopped it recording the exif?
I don't know it will take someone who knows your camera to tell if you could have done that. Or maybe someone else has some idea of why it isn't there.
Barbara

[John D]

Originally Posted by dunkyg99

funny you should ask that! i used photoshop cs2 for the robin pic, re-sized it, cropped it, changed the colours and that had the info you reqd. but with the mallard, i didnt touch it at all, i uploaded it to my computer, and then uploaded it to this site, it didnt even touch photoshop, and it doesnt have any exif info! now im confused!!

Hi Dunky, I would suggest it's always worth processing through Photoshop now that you have it. Even if colours are acceptable there is usually a need to sharpen the image a bit beyond what the camera does. A bit of 'correct' sharpening can make all the difference.
Worth giving it a try using Unsharp Mask! There are already a few threads on sharpening. One as recent as last week.
John D

[RichBrew]

dunkyg99:

There's one thing I will add to John D's advice re: processing in Photoshop CS 2, and that is; if you do go that route, set all camera settings to zero (sharpening, saturation etc). The reason being that these built-in options are somewhat aggressive, and you have far more control using CS 2, plus, it's not a good idea to have two sets of sharpening etc.

Exif data should accompany all digital images, but if you use the Photoshop "Save For Web" action, it strips away this information.

RichBrew

[Dan Salter]

Originally Posted by dunkyg99

funny you should ask that! i used photoshop cs2 for the robin pic, re-sized it, cropped it, changed the colours and that had the info you reqd. but with the mallard, i didnt touch it at all, i uploaded it to my computer, and then uploaded it to this site, it didnt even touch photoshop, and it doesnt have any exif info! now im confused!!

Ahah! so it was YOU and there were all of us blaming the tungsten setting you said you had taken the pic in?

[dunkyg99]

bub-les said it in the 3rd post! im to new to this to trick you yet!! haha. but just to add to the confusion, when i looked at my camera, it WAS on tungsten setting!! whether it had been when i actually took the pic i'll never know, maybe i should stop pressing buttons when i dont know what they do? haha

[Bub-les]

according to the exif data in your first photo the camera was set to "tungsten"
Its ok to play with the settings just remember what you've done then you can try it out and learn what happens with the various settings.
Barbara

[Dan Salter]

Yes but either way you had "played around with the colour" in photoshop in the first pic which i dont think you mentioned?...

[RichBrew]

He's done something, Dan. I don't recall ever seeing a blue and red robin in the wild!

RichBrew

[dunkyg99]

maybe its because its in scotland and its cold!! oh well, lets put the robin to rest, it was my first pic and well..... i can only get better! thanks so much for all the help and pointers. can i improve the duck? other than sharpening it as has been suggested.