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[jonathon94]

I shot our high school soccer game last week and besides meeting another photographer who was a bit mean, I enjoyed myself. I tried to avoid 'chimping' though I'm still working on that. Anyways to get the shots I wanted without going and getting myself in trouble, I had to shoot behind the fence. On some of these shots, the fence it very noticible but on some like the one below, it is more like a grey blur. Is there any way to process this out of the image to get a cleaner image?

PS: Please ignore my bad spelling on the Title of the thread. I sometimes forget to check my spelling.

 

[Judobreaker]

I don't know what you use to edit your photos but in Adobe Camera Raw (found in Lightroom, Bridge or Photoshop) you can use a graduated filter to increase the contrast/saturation a bit where needed.
It's also possible with layer masks and such (the Gimp should be able to do this quite easily too).

 

[jonathon94]

I've switched from a Windows System to an all Linux system so I use Gimp for photo editing. would a graduated filter or layer masks negativly affect the image?

 

[Judobreaker]

Not at all.
Using a layer mask in the Gimp would enable you to increase contrast and/or saturation right where you need it in the image.
This means you can fix that corner without affecting the rest of the image.

 

[Austin Greene]

Don't worry about "chimping," those who use it as a derogatory term don't have a clue. If your not feeling 100% confident on a shot, its far better to check your photos and make sure you nailed it then keep on going throughout the day filling your card with useless images.

 

[Judobreaker]

Here's a nice tutorial explaining layer masks.
This one desaturates most of an image to create selective coloring.
The principle is exactly the same.

PA BLOG: Tutorial layer mask in Gimp for beginner

 

[jonathon94]

Well I've heard plenty of times that chimping is bad so I was trying to avoid a 'bad' habit.

 

[Judobreaker]

Meh, I do it quite a lot.
Especially when I'm not trying to shoot some action I don't really care about it.
I take my time, shoot, look, possibly correct settings and try again.
You can easily learn that way, might take some more time but if you have the time why shouldn't you do it just to make sure you have a good shot.

 

[jonathon94]

That's what I wanted to do lol

 

[MTVision]

Well I've heard plenty of times that chimping is bad so I was trying to avoid a 'bad' habit.

By chimping you mean looking at the LCD after every shot??
I wouldn't really say its a bad habit. If your missing shots due to it then maybe. But, cameras have histograms, highlight blinkes, and the image for a reason - to help. I don't look at my LCD after every single shot but I do do it. I like being able to check the histogram and it helps me correct anything for the next shot.

 

[jonathon94]

I don't do it after every shot but I like to check after every 30 shots or so just to be sure I am shooting right.

 

[fokker]

I think chimping refers to not so much checking the lcd after each shot to make sure you got it right, but when people take a shot then hold up the camera saying 'Ooh ooh ooh look at this shot look at this!!!'

 

[jonathon94]

lol I have occasionally showed off some of my shots but not everyone and not with the "Ooh Ooh!!" lol