Photographing Pets

[extreme8]

Quite a step in the right direction from the original.
I'm lovin' LAB!

still trying to get the aquarium shots....

 

[MarkBarbieri]

There are lots of ways of representing colors with numbers (which is what all computers do). Most people are familiar with some form of RGB representation in which you have three numbers each of which represent the amount of Red, Green, and Blue in a picture. Another popular method is CMYK, which is like RGB except that you use four numbers for Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black.

LAB accomplishes the same goal (colors = sets of numbers) as RGB and CMYK, but in a very different way. With LAB, the L represents brightness independent of color while the A and B values are sort of like positions on sliders between opposing colors.

There are two advantages that I know of for working with LAB. First, you can adjust L to make brightness adjustments independent of the color channels. Second, adjustments in LAB are more perceptually linear. That means that if you change an LAB value by a certain number, the corresponding visual affect changes by about the same amount, regardless of where you are on the number scale.

I don't think, unless things have changed, that Photoshop Elements has a LAB (or CMYK) mode. I think that's one of the Photoshop only features. I don't think anyone uses CMYK for anything but publishing. It is (or was - I may be out-of-date) the standard for printing books and magazines. LAB is much more useful but still not something I would consider a must-have photo editing tool.

 

[extreme8]

I just looked at this post on another computer and it looks much darker and over saturated than it did on my laptop.
I guess I should have waited until I got home and looked at it on a calibrated monitor.
Oh well, hopefully it's enough to get an idea of what can be done.

 

[2angelsinheaven]

This guy was camera shy, we waited for 30 minutes to see him come up from his hiding spot in the grass underwater. He was about 7 feet or so. I must say I was being quite brave as this was not taken at the zoo or at a gator farm but rather in the wild this afternoon during our drive through the Wildlife Refuge.

 

[2angelsinheaven]

Snapped this one today as well. You can't really tell in this photo but the plume in the background isn't clouds but a huge controlled burn.

 

[woody64]

Here are some from me also from the Brookfield Zoo in early Jan. Everyones pictures look great.

Baby ape

Bird with the penguins

Penguin

Tiger-big yawn (and teeth!)

These next 2 pics are of the leopard(I think). Unfortunately the netting is there but then again, fortunately because I was about 20 feet down below it and it stared me down. I'm thinking I was lunch!

 

[LilyLake]

I love the pictures of all of the pets! I'm still getting used to my new camera. This is Blazer, our Welsh Springer Spaniel:

First picture with the camera:

Playing in the snow:

Auditioning for a job as a sled dog:

 

[Jeanne B]

All four were great, but this one is just fantastic...very impressed!!

 

[dolcezena]

Whoo hoo a place to show off my "babies"

Maggie (12 y/o Lab/Husky/Malamute) - before offer of a treat

After treat offer - yes, she's very food driven (her pretty blue eyes really don't show up well)

Riley (2 y/o Border Collie/???) when he was REALLY little, in Mode 1 - full speed

Riley, in only other Mode - full off (we thought he'd like a sheep to herd - it lasted about 10 seconds after he cycled back to Mode 1)

Riley, trying to convince his "sister" to go for a walk, despite a treat offer.

 

[Philagoofy]

Love all of your photos.

 

[Philagoofy]

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

Yes, he was beautiful. I know how tough it is.

 

[2angelsinheaven]

 

[Pea-n-Me]

Very nice, all.

I'm sorry, funhouse.

Lily, what did you get for a camera?

 

[funhouse8]

Thanks! You guys are sweet & your pets are all so cute!!!!!!!

 

[jacksonsmom]

Can I share photos of my pet too?

I got my new camera about a month ago and of course the cats have been my most popular subject to experiement on.

Do you think they had enough?????
Rusty is in the 1st picture and Herbie is in the 2nd picture

 

[brack]

 

[jann1033]

either that or i should get a job as a photographer at the B.M.V.

 

[jann1033]

akron zoo ( first time there and not a ton of animals but cute little zoo)

sleeping tiger

 

[jann1033]

this jaguar was quite the poser

 

[thompson princesses]

My cross dressing dog