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[Kielan]

Originally Posted by AMoRT

how do you go about photoshopping the rig out of the picture? is it just a lot of clone-stamping?

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[mad325is]

Originally Posted by VicSkimmr

What kind of pipe is that? It must be pretty sturdy

thats what im curious about...

[estwokayy..]

my fake hdr's.

[NikonJonWtf]

Don't fake hdr's

[Kielan]

Fake HDR's never really come out well... Much better off actually taking the 3 exposures.

[mojocoggo]

HDR, like many "techniques" (wacked out curve adjustments, PS lens flares (guilty as charged, btw), etc) is something people do and they think it looks good because it's so different from what came off the camera. You'll find that if you edit your photos, then come back to them in 24 hours and edit them again you'll be much more satisfied. Or, (and I do this sometimes) you can simply halve your adjustments so it still at least somewhat resembles the original image.

[Stephen]

Originally Posted by mojocoggo

You'll find that if you edit your photos, then come back to them in 24 hours and edit them again you'll be much more satisfied.

x10000 i started doing this when i was unsure about an edit

[FreshLikeSushi]

i fixed it completely
i dont edit

[Stephen]

cool

[Anonymoose]

Hey can you tell me if these pictures are any good, and what I could do to improve my shooting..they are unedited straight of a Canon SX100. I want to try some rolling shots etc and generally more cars. Sorry to whore pics but these are my best and am really interested in getting better

Thanks!

[NikonJonWtf]

A couple of those look pretty decent.. watch your focus and angles though.
Some stuff is out of focus and the cars are weird angles.
Generally it looks like you have some good ideas. What camera are you using?

[Anonymoose]

Cheers man, I have a Canon SX100, nothing flash The one with the steeple in the background was intended to be focused on the wall close up, have another exactly the same but focused on the steeple. Will be working on my car shots, thanks for the tips

[AMoRT]

Originally Posted by AMoRT

how do you go about photoshopping the rig out of the picture? is it just a lot of clone-stamping?

anyone?

[Travis]

Originally Posted by AMoRT

anyone?

Its clone stamping, yes. Wait until cs5 comes out and it will be a whole lot easier than that too

[Withers]

Content aware fill FTMFW. For the longest time I thought it was an april fools joke

[TheNeek]

My Canon 350D keeps ERR 99. I've tried a bunch of the things from google. Anyone got any insight?

[Withers]

Originally Posted by TheNeek

My Canon 350D keeps ERR 99. I've tried a bunch of the things from google. Anyone got any insight?

Send it in for repair. The ERR 99 code is the catch all for anything mechanically wrong with it. I had to send my 40D in for the same thing. FWIW, mine cost about $250 to repair

[Bimmerteck]

I've had dirty lens contacts cause err99 codes as well, also the internal battery going dead will cause it. Just a few simple things to check before sending it in.


Erik

[TheNeek]

Originally Posted by VicSkimmr

Send it in for repair. The ERR 99 code is the catch all for anything mechanically wrong with it. I had to send my 40D in for the same thing. FWIW, mine cost about $250 to repair

250 towards a 7D sounds more like it.

Originally Posted by Bimmerteck

I've had dirty lens contacts cause err99 codes as well, also the internal battery going dead will cause it. Just a few simple things to check before sending it in.


Erik

Thanks Erik. I tried the lens contacts. I'll try and swap out that internal battery.

[dubber]

Can we get a parts list?

[dubber]

Nevermind. Thanks for the how to on page 2!

[Kielan]

Is there any other way to remove an item (lamp pole, posts, etc), from a picture other than clone stamp because on a static shot its much easier to tell.

[StayNegative]

My method is typically clone stamp + patch tool to smooth it out. That can pretty much get rid of anything with enough time. Also I occasionally copy a similar area and paste it over what i'm trying to get rid of, then use the patch tool to smooth it out a bit.

[Withers]

Originally Posted by Bimmerteck

I've had dirty lens contacts cause err99 codes as well, also the internal battery going dead will cause it. Just a few simple things to check before sending it in.


Erik

Whoops yep, he's correct. There's a few things to check before sending it in that it could be.

[Buratino]

Ok, I have a new question, how many megapixels are necessary for the kind of good quality shots that I see from the pro's on here?

And I've heard that the best beginner camera is a d70 or xsi, if i get one of those i would just have to worry about my skills and not the actual picture quality right?

Thanks