It was a beautiful day...

[Kyle B]

So, I had to take some pics!

Keep in mind, I'm a novice photographer at best, I hardly take photographs! However, feel free to give suggestions and tips! :thumbup

My backyard:

A barn that's down the road from me:

This is up hill from me. In the distance you can see where the two roads intersect. There's also a small house in the distance:

 

[Kyle B]

Seriously, I thought I made those pics smaller in the box. How do I decrease the size?

 

[darkangel]

Seriously, I thought I made those pics smaller in the box. How do I decrease the size?

Edit them in photobucket. You can change the size that way..

 

[skyblue]

or just open them up into yahoo paint.....re-size them there

 

[Kyle B]

Woohoo! Resized.

 

[Tuffdisc]

Great photos

 

[Kyle B]

Great photos

Thanks, I shot them from a really cheap digital camera in landscape mode.

 

[Tuffdisc]

Thanks, I shot them from a really cheap digital camera in landscape mode.

Yeah I know, but like I have said about cameras, it is all about your composition:thumbup

 

[JanieDough]

aw I miss New York

 

[Kyle B]

aw I miss New York

Yea, we live on the outskirts of town, where you can get great shots. However, quite a few people live on my road, it's not as barren as it looks!

 

[JanieDough]

I know how that is - my family lives in Clinton and Utica and New Hartford

 

[Kyle B]

I know how that is - my family lives in Clinton and Utica and New Hartford

Not the Clinton in Dutchess county is it?

 

[JanieDough]

are there two clintons in NY?

it's the one by utica I don't know the county - I would guess Oneida

 

[Kyle B]

are there two clintons in NY?

it's the one by utica I don't know the county - I would guess Oneida

Oh ok. There's a Clinton in Dutchess county, where I work/go to school.

 

[JanieDough]

Oh ok. There's a Clinton in Dutchess county, where I work/go to school.

ok just looked it up - and how can you have THREE towns named Clinton in one state???!!

:willy_nilly:


and it's in Oneida

 

[Siphorous]

I like them. Scenic and colourful

The only thing that I personally would have done via a paint or other package is a light dusting of gradient EV reduction.

e.g. From the clouds/sky - have it at about -1 (or more to suit) and swipe that gradient filter downwards until it reaches 0 say just above the top of the house.

The reason I would do that? To remove the glare somewhat as it impacts the sky/tops of trees. The other two pics are just dandy though. :thumbup

 

[Kyle B]

I like them. Scenic and colourful

The only thing that I personally would have done via a paint or other package is a light dusting of gradient EV reduction.

e.g. From the clouds/sky - have it at about -1 (or more to suit) and swipe that gradient filter downwards until it reaches 0 say just above the top of the house.

The reason I would do that? To remove the glare somewhat as it impacts the sky/tops of trees. The other two pics are just dandy though. :thumbup

Yea, that annoyed me a bit.

How exactly would I do this in paint?

 

[Siphorous]

Yea, that annoyed me a bit.

How exactly would I do this in paint?

I'm not familiar with the various versions (and some cheap ones) of Photoshop but you'd need something of that caliber rather than paint. I use Adobe Lightroom to sort out similar issues but that's not cheap.

Even some cheap cameras have EV compensation - but that has to be done at the time of the shot unless you have something like the Lightroom or similar package that can do that too.

 

[darkangel]

Do you have a photoshop program?

 

[Kyle B]

Do you have a photoshop program?

Nope, isn't it super expensive?