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[Sammie_Lou]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sherren88/6135059520/I know my PP is off on these. It was a cloudy day and I can't quite figure out how to tweak the colors so that it doesn't look underexposed without it looking oversatured. Tips on that?? Anyways, any feedback would be great. These were taken at the Woodward Dream Cruise in SE Michigan back in August. Very cool festival. If you're a car buff, you should check it out one year. I have some other pics of it if anybody wants to just see the cars, but they're even worse than these ones. lol Thanks in advance for any feedback!


DSC_2759 by SHerren88, on Flickr


DSC_2822 by SHerren88, on Flickr


DSC_2788 by SHerren88, on Flickr

 

[marmots]

try Lightroom
it has a great wight balance adjustment tool

 

[Sammie_Lou]

True, but I'm trying to teach myself with the software the I own instead of learning with a trial of a program I'll never be able to afford. I have Corel PaintShop Photo Pro X3. Do you have any experience with that one?

 

[marmots]

nope
but Lightroom isnt THAT expensive, especially if your a student of any kind
or even if your not

 

[Sammie_Lou]

For comparison, these are the originals.



DSC_2759 by SHerren88, on Flickr


DSC_2822 by SHerren88, on Flickr


DSC_2788 by SHerren88, on Flickr

 

[patrickdio]

Hmm I actually like the originals more than the edited ones.
The colours on your edited photos seem off and unnatural; as if they were candy colours. Might be the software you are using or you are putting the sliders in the extremes.
Maybe try and envision what you want the end product to look like and then find out how to achieve that.