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22-01-2008, 04:44 PM
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| | | Changing the colours
I was out for action shots on Saturday but the light was so poor that I could not get fast enough shutter speeds without cranking the ISO up. I thought I would have a bit of a play about with the colour of the water. Using the colour control points in Nikon Capture NX. I sampled colours from other photographs with blue sky to get a realistic reflected sky colour. 
Goldeneye before 
Goldeneye After 
Male Tufted Duck Before 
Male Tufted Duck After
I stress that I hardly ever do any manipulation to my images and I was really just playing about with these shots. It took about five minutes for each photograph to chnage the colour and increase the contrast. |
22-01-2008, 04:52 PM
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| | | Re: Changing the colours
I like what you`ve done Peter, its given the images a lot more impact, to my eyes.
Mark H |
22-01-2008, 05:07 PM
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Having recently bought a Nikon D80 I have a 30 day free trial of NX. I have not yet used it as I am still learning about the camera but seeing your shots makes me want a go. Do you have to shoot in RAW or can it manipulate in JPEG? It does seem to make quite an impact on the shots you have posted.
VinceS |
22-01-2008, 06:26 PM
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Hello Peter like Mark I like what you have done to the pics it is more plkeasing on the eye than the bland and washed out look of the water in the original well done.
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22-01-2008, 06:30 PM
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| | | Re: Changing the colours
Too much blue the original looks much, more natural.
Dai |
22-01-2008, 06:33 PM
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Somewhere between the two would be good. The initial shot has the natural look, which is great...but it lacks a punch, whereas the modified shot is over punchy and too 'in your face'. A happy medium methinks 
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22-01-2008, 06:46 PM
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Doesn't look right to me. Looks like it's swimming in a bottle of ink!  |
22-01-2008, 07:04 PM
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As NickCantle said, try somewhere between the two. Never tried that programme but, if it is possible, I would do the alteration on a duplicate layer then merge the two. Vary the opacity and blend modes until you get things to look more natural. |
22-01-2008, 07:14 PM
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I prefer the first. The second as lost the shading and what bit of detail there is, in the dark areas.
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22-01-2008, 07:18 PM
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| | | Re: Changing the colours
Quote:
Originally Posted by VinceS  Having recently bought a Nikon D80 I have a 30 day free trial of NX. I have not yet used it as I am still learning about the camera but seeing your shots makes me want a go. Do you have to shoot in RAW or can it manipulate in JPEG? It does seem to make quite an impact on the shots you have posted.
VinceS | Vince, Capture NX works with Jpeg, Tiff and Nef. I have a few friend who use Canon and they use NX on thier Tiffs for some of the features. It's a cracking bit of software. |
23-01-2008, 02:59 PM
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Thanks for that . I will make a point of trying it |
23-01-2008, 03:04 PM
| | Frozen | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: march, cambridgeshire
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| | | Re: Changing the colours
sorry but its too blue for me too,like the original better but a little blue might help,other than that good photoes. |
27-01-2008, 09:27 PM
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Somehwere bewteen the two woulod be best for me!!! | | |
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