Wrightpython
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im guessing top one has been photoshopped and really all they youve done is removed glare and shown real colour
Reptile photography - real or fake?
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im guessing top one has been photoshopped and really all they youve done is removed glare and shown real colour
Red-Ink
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Other way around bottom pic is the HDR
Jungle_Freak
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I know a couple of my images that were published in The Complete Carpet Book appear atlered or brighter in print .
I did not realise this untill I got a copy of the book .
They are probly the ones Denual is commenting on etc.
My photo of a yearling tiger jungle and my 50/50 gold jungle .
The 50/50 Jungle was extreemely bright but the saturation was slighty tweaked after i sent the images off ..
But heres a video of her . Notice that the closer i get to her the more her colours are shown etc .
Gold 50 50 Female resized.wmv - YouTube
Here are my orignal images .
50/50 female jungle
Tiger jungle yearling .
The above images are the ones i posted online many times on different web sites.
These image codes were straight from my photo bucket account.
And the other thing is that for any jungle to show nice yellow in any photo.
It must have high yellow colouration. This is the case with my 50/50 female .
She is by far the most colourful jungle ive ever seen by a mile ........
I did not realise this untill I got a copy of the book .
They are probly the ones Denual is commenting on etc.
My photo of a yearling tiger jungle and my 50/50 gold jungle .
The 50/50 Jungle was extreemely bright but the saturation was slighty tweaked after i sent the images off ..
But heres a video of her . Notice that the closer i get to her the more her colours are shown etc .
Gold 50 50 Female resized.wmv - YouTube
Here are my orignal images .
50/50 female jungle
Tiger jungle yearling .
The above images are the ones i posted online many times on different web sites.
These image codes were straight from my photo bucket account.
And the other thing is that for any jungle to show nice yellow in any photo.
It must have high yellow colouration. This is the case with my 50/50 female .
She is by far the most colourful jungle ive ever seen by a mile ........
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longqi
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I dont know how to use this stuff as my camera skills are box brownie
but some of the effects seem pretty cool
note to self
'must find one of these and play'
after reading some of the recent discussion it is probably a good idea to label non-obviously enhanced photos as enhanced to save anyone in future saying 'but all xxxxxx;s photos are dodgy'
but some of the effects seem pretty cool
note to self
'must find one of these and play'
after reading some of the recent discussion it is probably a good idea to label non-obviously enhanced photos as enhanced to save anyone in future saying 'but all xxxxxx;s photos are dodgy'
What do you mean? Posting pics?
I really think on this forum and in herp magazines, all pics should be as true to live as possible. Hmmm, unless they are of GTPs in pitcher plants or like these:
Serious nature photographers can have an artistic licence too. LOL
Jungle_Freak
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Ok Denual ,
But it appears to me that my images look way different in print , when i compared them on my pc .
Roger
But it appears to me that my images look way different in print , when i compared them on my pc .
Roger
Roger, it's usually the case. I use two large monitors, so when one of them is out of whack, I can see it but I don't know which one is out, so I get both calibrated. Monitors ain't monitors, that's another thing.
Jungle_Freak
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Michael can you explain more on how you calibrate the monitors .
cheers
Roger
cheers
Roger
If breeders don't want to be accused of misrepresenting the colours( I don't think people set out to do this; just there is little widespread understanding of colour management and the vast diiferences between different environments and devices) of their animals then perhaps they should include a colour standard in the image such as photographing them with a Macbeth Colour checker in the image.
You can spend all the time you like matching colour on your screen to the original animal, but if the viewers screens aren't colour managed who knows what they will see.
You can spend all the time you like matching colour on your screen to the original animal, but if the viewers screens aren't colour managed who knows what they will see.
UrbanJungle
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Yeah, been having a look at some of ya old posts of ya green trees and there enclosures and stuff and some of the photos have been deleted. would love to see more!
Look up here: Michael's Photos
i am not up with the technical side of it. Monitors deteriorate in time, loosing brightness, contrast and suffer from colour shift. Calibrating is not something you would do your self, unless you have the gadgets and the software. I get my done about twice a year.
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hrafna
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i have a photographer friend of mine do my monitors every now and then, he has the gadgets and software etc etc. but i also think what needs to be mentioned here is things that can be done when taking the picture, that can enhance a picture. such as flash gels, lighting, even time of day etc etc. even backgrounds to a degree, you can place the same animal on a black background and a white background and have 2 different looking animal pics. no photoshopping, no raw "developing" used yet!
and yes i was very dissapointed with many of the pics in complete carpet python, some of them were such a blatant attempt of altering the colours it really (for me) placed 1 negative mark against the book. (otherwise a fantastic read) even on aps you can see some pics taken by people and put up in the "show us your....." threads or for sale threads that are obviously an altered image to try and enhance a certain aspect of an animal.
and yes i was very dissapointed with many of the pics in complete carpet python, some of them were such a blatant attempt of altering the colours it really (for me) placed 1 negative mark against the book. (otherwise a fantastic read) even on aps you can see some pics taken by people and put up in the "show us your....." threads or for sale threads that are obviously an altered image to try and enhance a certain aspect of an animal.
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I am on a number of different art and photography sites and I find I have to adjust pictures for each one, for example redbubble is way flatter than deviant art which has great contrast but is more saturated than society6. Photos are hard to get right but my artwork is not such a problem as I have the originals for reference.
hrafna
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the lighting in a room can throw things off too. fluro lighting on a monitor will look different than full sunlight hitting the monitor etc etc.
Wrightpython tree python?
Exactly. So many variables ...... breeding snakes is a breeze. LOL
This is my workplace. The monitors are in the shade under the shelf. Change the lighting ... and the images change too.
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