Day 2 with my new Rebel

[goodferry]

I took some of the kids and a friend out for a hike today and took a few (130) pictures. Here are a few of them, any advice on how to improve would be much appreciated. The pictures of the creek didn't come out as well as I would have liked, and I know that a lot of that is because the day was a kind of overcast, but I am not sure I am setting things correctly.
Thanks!

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid205/p0c6433c8edd89954bcd1ed910869cd95/ef1b2a07.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid205/pae18a88bf92a174618d5eb240b1daa94/ef1b37ff.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid205/p7cc417c6d479e5138d481725ed9b220b/ef1b2bb3.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid205/pd4d722cdaab8a27fe28837310dc7705e/ef1b29a7.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid205/p0c1ae6302b3cd8c29477171dedaa5d41/ef1b1616.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid205/p29ead54534f537f3d353e84ca8e8c0a1/ef1b14f9.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid205/p4e29465a9099bbfed287c33ae17b1bd4/ef1b13e1.jpg

[jfulcer]

This is just my preference - but I don't ever take pictures on b&w/sepia/etc at the time of the picture. You can do all of those transformations in most photo editing software packages and still have the original full color images.

I think your creek pictures look fine. There's just not a lot of extremes in them (really light and really dark) so they don't 'stand out'. I'd try at different times of the day...

[Kelly Grannell]

for sepia, black and white, colour boosting, softening emulation I highly recommend:

IC NET Filters Unlimited
AlienSkin Exposure (click here to see examples (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1091772))

PM me for more info.

[goodferry]

Here is the original of the picture of Shelby
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid205/p73620c287967561e8640276920b70b5c/ef1b3b92.jpg

[Kelly Grannell]

Goodferry,

here are some examples of what you can do with a click of a button using AlienSkin Exposure.

Original, Diffuse Glow, Faded Colour
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a372/sapiendut/Alienskin%20Exposure/ef1b3b92.jpghttp://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a372/sapiendut/Alienskin%20Exposure/ef1b3b92DiffuseGlow.jpghttp://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a372/sapiendut/Alienskin%20Exposure/ef1b3b92fadedcolour.jpg

Fuji Neopan, Sepia, Kodak TMAX 100
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a372/sapiendut/Alienskin%20Exposure/ef1b3b92FujiNeopan.jpghttp://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a372/sapiendut/Alienskin%20Exposure/ef1b3b92Sepia.jpghttp://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a372/sapiendut/Alienskin%20Exposure/ef1b3b92KodakTMAX100.jpg

Kodachrome 25 and Softar
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a372/sapiendut/Alienskin%20Exposure/ef1b3b92Kodachrome25.jpghttp://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a372/sapiendut/Alienskin%20Exposure/ef1b3b92softar.jpg