Photographing Pets

[AndrewWG]

I think that is about right on the size of my photos. I re-sized them all in photobucket so they look a bit more normal now. Lets try one more:

The raccoon was in the original picture, but he must have walked away:

 

[MarkBarbieri]

 

[We-Luv-Disney]

Nice work!

 

[pppiglet]

Why we keep the bathroom door closed (besides the shredded TP)

 

[Dznefreek]

 

[cathy0124]

from the St Louis Zoo a few years ago...

From Epcot in Jan

And AK

 

[jann1033]

still trying to get the aquarium shots....

this guy was very expressive, here he looked so content

 

[jann1033]

 

[jann1033]

btw Mark, I think i saw your 3rd from the bottom here in Bedrock getting in my garbage cans last night

 

[boBQuincy]

Oooh, can I play too?

 

[MarkBarbieri]

still trying to get the aquarium shots....

Aquarium shots are tough. When I get an image with very low dynamic range like this (kind of washed out looking), I try shifting the white and black points. If you go into the Levels control in Photoshop, you'll see that the histogram doesn't go all the way to the left or right edges. If drag the pointers at the bottom left and bottom right of the histogram in towards the image, you can adjust the black and white levels.

What this does is broaden the constrast range of your photo. What was a little dark before can now be black. What was a little light before can now be white. The difference between the darkest and brightest parts of the picture gets widened, giving you more dynamic range.

 

[Gdad]

I have a few...

And one of my favorites- Think they know what time it is?

 

[BethanyF]

From Fort Worth...

St Louis, Grant's Farm....

St Louis Zoo..

 

[BethanyF]

Brookfield Zoo (Chicago)...

this one's not the best, I just love the size between the mom and baby (If I remember correctly, the baby is about a week old)

 

[funhouse8]

Here is my puppy, he has been gone since June. I really miss him.
But wasn't he beautiful, so sweet too!

 

[jann1033]

thanks Mark, that helped some at least i boosted the saturation a little as well.

 

[extreme8]

Jann,
I took a few minutes in Photoshop, converted to LAB color and adjusted the channel curves.
I think it helped your fish picture.
With your permission I'll post it so you can see what you think.

 

[curlybop]

One of my three dogs. This is one of the first photos I've taken with my new Nikon D50. I have no idea what I'm doing, just snapping to see what works (for now)

 

[jann1033]

sure! thanks...what is the "lab" colors? i have some color channels in my canon raw converter,,maybe i ought to try to figure them out ( course that would mean reading the directions ) i think i only have rgb and maybe a srgb ( or words to that effect)

 

[extreme8]

I'm just starting to get a handle on LAB color myself, It takes some time to grasp the concepts and understand things like "imaginary colors" - colors that couldn't possibly exist or be displayed.
It does work really well to elimate haze & seperate colors though.
I spent about 3 minutes on this image of yours. 2 minutes in Photoshop LAB, another minute to remove noise and sharpen.
Better results could be had with a larger source image & a little more time.
Lemme know if you want me to do up a good 'un for ya!

thanks Mark, that helped some at least i boosted the saturation a little as well.