can someone help me shop my vlamingii pic?

[E-A-G-L-E-S]

I just got a new camera today and took a pic of my vlamingii.....i will be learning photoshop over the next few days starting tomorrow.
Thanks in advance

 

[jwedehase]

Unfortunately, there really isn't anything to work with in this photo. Too much blue, man! Was it shot under actinic?

I can give it a shot, but it will cost you one of those croceas.

 

[E-A-G-L-E-S]

lol......under full lighting(2x250 & 1x400 W ReefLux 12K's -and- 320W Uri VHO Super Actinic) in a dimly lit room

 

[E-A-G-L-E-S]

anyone....??

 

[clippo]

as said, there's not a lot of hope for that one. If you can shoot again, try experimenting witht he cameras white balance setting - does your camera shoot in RAW mode?

You crop it down to a bit so the fish is more central.... sharpening won't help though. Looks like the focus was locked on the rockwork.

 

[fishypets]

Hey Matt who did you steal that camera from? What kind is it?

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

Matt- you need to start with a better picture. Set your camera for macro mode and use it's flash for starters.

 

[E-A-G-L-E-S]

only a coolpix 5600.....i'm totally new to photography
give me a day or two to read up and i will post some better pics hopefully

 

[gregr]

I took a stab at it for kicks- even though it has a ways to go it's still better color-wise than I expected:

versus the original:

 

[yuhsuen]

Here's my try...could use more work...but not too bad IMO

original

edit: ah nuts...photobucket keeps resizing the pic...oh well

 

[thor32766]

you can really tell the difference

 

[E-A-G-L-E-S]

yeah thanks guys....when i learn more i will post some nice shots!

 

[janderson8]

What program are you all using to touch up the photos???? Thanks Jason

 

[gregr]

I used Photoshop CS.

 

[Ereefic]

Vlamingi's a cool fish, got one myself.

 

[fishypets]

Dang Matt your rock is clean and spotless looking. Good looking tank from what I can see. Have a full tank shot?

 

[E-A-G-L-E-S]

yeah....i've cherry picked about 180lbs. of some nice marshall isl., kaelini, tonga, and figi(one 45lb. piece of base rock that is still not covered though)

....i will get a full tank shot up tomorrow

 

[concept3]

Matt, I tried to take a stab with your original pic, but the angle that you took the pic makes it hard to work with. Try taking the picture perpendicular to the glass of the tank, you should get less image skew from refraction. The blue shouldn't be a big deal, I've learned to play with some 20K/14K shots with CS2, just take another pic and post up.

-Merv

 

[CrystalAZ]

A first Photoshop tip for you... for pics like that with a lot of blue, something that will usually make it look 100% better is to go to Image > Adjustments > Levels > Auto Levels. The Auto Color sometimes helps a lot too.

I was able to make it much better but it looks similar to Greg's so no need to post it.

Crystal

 

[gregr]

One more tip that I think some people don't know about-- this is only for when you're not using adjustment layers. After each adjustment that you make (whether it be sharpening, clone tool, levels, curves, etc etc etc etc etc... photoshop is big ) you can click on edit>>fade x, where x is the last adjustment you made. That brings up a slider that allows you to ease back on whatever you just did. It's great if you like to use auto-anything because sometimes [usually] auto overdoes it.
Greg