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 Ran-D
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 Re: Mushroom Photography Tips [Re: tgzander]
#15265852 - 10/23/11 10:33 AM (7 months, 2 days ago) |
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I just uploaded a bunch of pictures to my computer, went through them all and everything seemed fine. Then I uploaded a few to the Shroomery and they somehow got resized and they're tiny. Now even when I open my documents on my computer they're tiny too. What the fuck happened? 
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Re: Mushroom Photography Tips [Re: Ran-D]
#15267557 - 10/23/11 04:05 PM (7 months, 2 days ago) |
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"Now even when I open my documents on my computer they're tiny too."
This suggests that something happened on your system.
Perhaps they were just tiny, and your image viewer expanded them for you?
Good luck,
JD
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Ran-D
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Re: Mushroom Photography Tips [Re: Javadog]
#15267565 - 10/23/11 04:09 PM (7 months, 2 days ago) |
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Quote:
Javadog said:
"Now even when I open my documents on my computer they're tiny too."
This suggests that something happened on your system.
Perhaps they were just tiny, and your image viewer expanded them for you?
Good luck,
JD
Something weird was happening in my system I agree. It would go back and forth; I'd open them normal size, close it, and re-open and they'd be small.
After a while I opened them at the normal size, and sent them all to another folder and uploaded them from there with success. Still don't really get why that happened though 
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maynardjameskeenan
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Re: Mushroom Photography Tips [Re: Ran-D]
#15306631 - 10/31/11 10:48 PM (6 months, 25 days ago) |
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What is the best resolution for displaying pictures on this site?
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 Alan Rockefeller
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Depends on what kind of display is being used to view the pictures. I use images that are 640 or 960 pixels wide.
640 is kind of small but is viewable by everyone. 960 is nice and big but too large for systems with smaller screens.
There is a "max width of offsite images" setting that you can use if images appear too large.
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koraks
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I use a maximum dimension (width for landscape, height for portrait) of 700px. I find this is on the small size given today's high-resolution screens. I'd recommend using a maximum dimension of 850-900px; it'll work ok for most screens, although some people will have to scroll the portrait pics.
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riverdweller
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Re: Mushroom Photography Tips [Re: koraks]
#15335878 - 11/07/11 11:18 AM (6 months, 18 days ago) |
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Great thread, answers questions I didn't even know to ask 
Here's my unanswered question though,
I have an HP Photosmart digital, model 945. This camera kicks ass, especially because it has 56x zoom and takes great photos from two feet away and zoomed all the way to 56. The problem it has (or I have) is that the pictures turn 'cold' or blue and are distorted from 'true color'
example:
First pic no zoom, camera within a foot of subject
Now, at 56x zoom.
I have the following menu on the camera:
EV compensation
White balance
AE metering
ISO speed
Digital flash
Color (full color)
Resolution
Saturation
Compression
Sharpness
Contrast
What steps can I take to adjust for the max zoom, allowing continuity in color?
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Your camera's white balance is obviously thrown way off. In default setting, most cameras automatically choose a white balance to match the quality of the light. But this mechanism is rarely accurate, and almost never matches the intentions of the photographer. In situations like that, you could try manually setting the white balance to match the scene. Usually, pre-sets like 'cloudy', 'shade', 'daylight', 'incandescent' or 'fluorescent' are available. When I shoot mushrooms with a compact camera, I use either 'shade' or 'daylight' 99% of the time.
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riverdweller
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Re: Mushroom Photography Tips [Re: koraks]
#15335924 - 11/07/11 11:26 AM (6 months, 18 days ago) |
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perfect! thank you koraks.
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Alan Rockefeller
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I have an HP Photosmart digital, model 945. This camera kicks ass, especially because it has 56x zoom and takes great photos from two feet away and zoomed all the way to 56. The problem it has (or I have) is that the pictures turn 'cold' or blue and are distorted from 'true color'
You probably want manual white balance. See your camera's user guide page 44 and carry something white with you when you go mushroom hunting.
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riverdweller
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Thanks Alan, especially for the user's guide. I bought the camera on ebay and it didn't come with one.
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maynardjameskeenan
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Even after I re-size my photo's with irfanview and upload them they still come up being expandable thumbnails, how do I correct this? I would like my photo's displayed in full size with no expansion. I have noticed that most of the moderators will have threads with full size photos so I know it can be done. So if you could tell me how you guys are going about uploading and displaying your pictures to make them look so brilliant?
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Alan Rockefeller
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Host your pictures on mushroomobserver.org. Right click on the image to get the full URL, then paste that between [img] tags in your posts.
You can change the size of the pics by changing the number in the URL. 640 or 960 are good sizes.
All pictures hosted on shroomery are thumbnails until you click on them.
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riverdweller
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Alan Rockefeller said:
You probably want manual white balance. See your camera's user guide page 44 and carry something white with you when you go mushroom hunting.
Just wanted to thank you again for the info and instructions. I used the manual white balance feature as per instruction and my photos turned out
much better!
Thanks!
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Alan Rockefeller
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All photos always turn out better with manual white balance.
Unless you shoot in raw and correct it later.
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koraks
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This is true 
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Ran-D
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Re: Mushroom Photography Tips [Re: koraks]
#15967376 - 03/19/12 12:20 PM (2 months, 9 days ago) |
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How do you guys edit out unwanted objects in photos? I've noticed that being done on here a lot lately..
For instance, how would I get the fence out of these pictures?
 
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Re: Mushroom Photography Tips [Re: Ran-D]
#15967955 - 03/19/12 02:59 PM (2 months, 9 days ago) |
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This was just a quick five-minute jaunt in Gimp 2.6:
I used the Clone Tool (little rubber stamp looking thing) which allows you to pick an area of the photo and paint that over whatever you want. For the sky you just press and hold the Control button then click a part of the sky which looks like what the sky should in that spot. Then you use the Heal tool (crossed bandaids) to blend the areas and make it smooth.
The fence area is a little bit trickier, but apply the same concepts. Choose a patch of background within each diamond-shaped fence section to paint over the foreground fence. Then Heal as you would with the sky. As with any Photoshop/Gimp adventure, zooming in and taking your time will give much better results. For the actual metal fence links, choose other fence links as your starting paint. Don't Heal the fence links though.
Let me know if I need to explain myself better. Keep in mind there may be better options as well, but this is how I proceed for not terribly important photos.
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Re: Mushroom Photography Tips [Re: Ran-D]
#15968536 - 03/19/12 05:12 PM (2 months, 9 days ago) |
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Yeah, use a healing tool in Gimp or Photoshop or some other editing suite that has some sort of retouching tools. Unless you're very skilled with those, you are going to leave noticeable marks on the bird in both pics though. The best way to free your photos of such object is to avoid unwanted objects when you shoot the pics
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Re: Mushroom Photography Tips [Re: koraks]
#15968823 - 03/19/12 06:15 PM (2 months, 9 days ago) |
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koraks said:
The best way to free your photos of such object is to avoid unwanted objects when you shoot the pics
Thirty seconds with the camera will save 20 minutes in the gimp, but I think the feathers on the bird from just above the fence could be successfully cloned over the fence links.
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