My first rose pic

dehno · 09-04-2007, 07:18

Well, i did this for my girlfriend back at christmas...and came across it today....let me know what you think. only ps done is the contrast boost to the rose, i liked the way it made it stand out so much more.....

and one more thing....i dont know why...but when i uploaded it to pixalo, the rose came out of focus...i tried re-uploading a few times and every time the same thing...i swear the rose is in focus in the picture, i think maybe in the compression it did that. any ideas?

**Markulous** · 09-04-2007, 10:26

Contrast colours of the roses works well and I wonder whether you need to push it so much - looks like it's resulted in very "sharp" edges to the red rose, giving it a slight "cutout" look

The lack of definition is, as you've spotted, compression - but then you've only used 41k of the max 200k! Try saving a larger (in space used, not pixels) image

***Dave*** · 09-04-2007, 11:14

This should help :- Resizing Pictures for Pixalo . It's part of the guidelines highlighted at the top of the Members Gallery

Looking forward to seeing the sharp version , as I like the concept of the shot

**Dabhand16** · 09-04-2007, 12:21

Also did you sharpen it before uploading? I sometime forget, and it can make a difference.

dehno · 09-04-2007, 21:47

thanks for the help.....heres the new one

**Dabhand16** · 09-04-2007, 21:50

Yeah - that looks like an improvement to me

Rob Barron · 10-04-2007, 20:00

The higher quality image is definitely better and we can see the sharpness much better. I am not convinced the red rose needed such high contrast, the black areas are very strong. The general principle to remember is that the viewer's eye is drawn towards the lighter areas of a picture. This means you have that to contend with straight away ehre because naturally the lightest part will be the white roses. However, the eye also goes for the point of sharpness so if you let the white roses blur off just a tad, only enough to make them soft, not blurred, it will keep the eye's attention on the red rose. The blackness near the centre of the flower tends here to push the viewer's eye away rather than draw it in.

I hope that helps for a future shot.
Cheers,
Rob

09-04-2007, 07:18	#1 (permalink)
dehno Quite Chatty Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Kansas Posts: 76	My first rose pic Well, i did this for my girlfriend back at christmas...and came across it today....let me know what you think. only ps done is the contrast boost to the rose, i liked the way it made it stand out so much more..... and one more thing....i dont know why...but when i uploaded it to pixalo, the rose came out of focus...i tried re-uploading a few times and every time the same thing...i swear the rose is in focus in the picture, i think maybe in the compression it did that. any ideas?

09-04-2007, 10:26	#2 (permalink)
Markulous Pixalo Crew Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Peak District Posts: 9,937	Re: My first rose pic Contrast colours of the roses works well and I wonder whether you need to push it so much - looks like it's resulted in very "sharp" edges to the red rose, giving it a slight "cutout" look The lack of definition is, as you've spotted, compression - but then you've only used 41k of the max 200k! Try saving a larger (in space used, not pixels) image

09-04-2007, 11:14	#3 (permalink)
*Dave* Pixalo Crew Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 15,355	Re: My first rose pic This should help :- Resizing Pictures for Pixalo . It's part of the guidelines highlighted at the top of the Members Gallery Looking forward to seeing the sharp version , as I like the concept of the shot

09-04-2007, 12:21	#4 (permalink)
Dabhand16 Pixalo Crew Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Dunstable Bedfordshire UK Posts: 9,457	Re: My first rose pic Also did you sharpen it before uploading? I sometime forget, and it can make a difference.

09-04-2007, 21:47	#5 (permalink)
dehno Quite Chatty Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Kansas Posts: 76	Re: My first rose pic thanks for the help.....heres the new one

09-04-2007, 21:50	#6 (permalink)
Dabhand16 Pixalo Crew Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Dunstable Bedfordshire UK Posts: 9,457	Re: My first rose pic Yeah - that looks like an improvement to me

10-04-2007, 20:00	#7 (permalink)
Rob Barron Loves the place Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Poole, Dorset Posts: 5,348	Re: My first rose pic The higher quality image is definitely better and we can see the sharpness much better. I am not convinced the red rose needed such high contrast, the black areas are very strong. The general principle to remember is that the viewer's eye is drawn towards the lighter areas of a picture. This means you have that to contend with straight away ehre because naturally the lightest part will be the white roses. However, the eye also goes for the point of sharpness so if you let the white roses blur off just a tad, only enough to make them soft, not blurred, it will keep the eye's attention on the red rose. The blackness near the centre of the flower tends here to push the viewer's eye away rather than draw it in. I hope that helps for a future shot. Cheers, Rob __________________ Rob Barron robbarron@aol.com If you look down on other people, don't expect them to look up to you!

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