Bearded Dragon

polymoog · Apr 16, 2009

This species is native to Australia, but we happen to have one at the aquarium in Holmsund as well

Exif : Borrowed Nikon D80 + Tamron 28-200, wb set to lightbulb, ISO 1600, 1/80 sec, Exposure bias -0.3, F5.6, 70mm.

Lightroom : increase tint and saturation

Photoshop : Cropping, Levels, Noise Reduction, Sharpening (Unsharp Mask), Selective Colour Adjustment, Hue/Saturation, Curves, Image Size

So quite a lot, just to try to get some decent colours and avoid the "haziness" I tend to end up with :roll:

This pic was taken indoors and through glass, and any C&C would be most welcome, both re composition and lighting/colours.

If anyone wants to have a go at working on the pic, let me know and I'll post a jpeg of the original image.

BTW does anyone else find that their images visibly change once saved to jpeg ... mine tend to go yellow, which has also happened here

Big Mike · Apr 16, 2009

BTW does anyone else find that their images visibly change once saved to jpeg ... mine tend to go yellow, which has also happened here

If you find that your images are changing when you save an image...it's probably a color space issue. Check to see what color space you are working in.

Antarctican · Apr 16, 2009

Whew, good image! The little horns look soooo sharp, and the head 'stands out' so well against the background with the dof you chose.

polymoog · Apr 16, 2009

Big Mike said:
If you find that your images are changing when you save an image...it's probably a color space issue. Check to see what color space you are working in.

OK sorry for the n00b warning now, but I am using RGB and 8 bits/channel (that's what it says when I open the pic in Photoshop), should I use CMYK for example?

polymoog · Apr 16, 2009

Antarctican said:
Whew, good image! The little horns look soooo sharp, and the head 'stands out' so well against the background with the dof you chose.

Thanks, yes I was trying to emphasise that, even though the bg is blurry, I wanted to bring out the colours a bit more but I don' know if I succeeded ...