Before and after photo bushbuck.

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Vacation here, so my time between reading OJ´s book

and being out in the sun I have edited some photos. Here is a "lost" photo and the same photo after with just some small adjustments.

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That's well done.It's amazing what can be done with the editing software available today.

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That is incredible!

How did you go about adjusting the photo(programs, etc.).

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On this one just adjusted the levels and colors in PS. Cloned away the bullet hole and cloned the sand so it would not be any footprints in it.

To top it of I put some filters on it in Color Efex Pro II. ( Made some adjustments with yellow color from the right so it would look more like a sunset as it actually was when the photo was taken

Cropped it and adjusted the horizon.

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Anton, your photography expertise continues to amaze me. A great trophy and your ability to enhance the picture is superb!

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Amazing! I don't see how this is possible after looking at that first photo. I guess I hit "delete" too often.

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Nicely done Anton...Love it

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Very nice Anton!!!!!

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Amazing! I don't see how this is possible after looking at that first photo. I guess I hit "delete" too often.

Jim this is why we like to shoot RAW instead of jpegs...even quite a number of point & shoot cameras offer this nowadays too

Lots more data and latitude in post-processing

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Originally posted by Frostbit:
Amazing! I don't see how this is possible after looking at that first photo. I guess I hit "delete" too often.

Jim this is why we like to shoot RAW instead of jpegs...even quite a number of point & shoot cameras offer this nowadays too

Lots more data and latitude in post-processing

OK, dumb question. If you "shoot RAW" (I presume this is a setting that has to be changed in the camera) does the picture still load as usual to programs like iPhoto or is there some type of conversion step? I'd be afraid to make things more complicated when I don't know much about anything but pointing the camera.

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Originally posted by Frostbit:
Amazing! I don't see how this is possible after looking at that first photo. I guess I hit "delete" too often.

Jim this is why we like to shoot RAW instead of jpegs...even quite a number of point & shoot cameras offer this nowadays too

Lots more data and latitude in post-processing

OK, dumb question. If you "shoot RAW" (I presume this is a setting that has to be changed in the camera) does the picture still load as usual to programs like iPhoto or is there some type of conversion step? I'd be afraid to make things more complicated when I don't know much about anything but pointing the camera.

Yes Jim you need a RAW CONVERTER

You can PM me if you need more explanation...no probs..as I do not want to hijack Anton's thread.

I only thought to comment about being able to get MUCH more latitude from a RAW format when needed.

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Jim,

My new website will be up shortly and I will be featuring...

PHOTO DOCUMENTARIES of MY ADVENTURES…documentaries of interesting individuals and people who are doing incredible things in fascinating places and countries!!!

Photo-Journalistic in nature and Nat Geo in type!!!

And sharing with my customers and visitors to my website, the type of camera bodies and the various lenses I used to create those images….giving valuable information and professional tips in order that they may have the knowledge to create stunning images for themselves, too!!!

I will be using both DSLR and modern Point&Shoot cameras...shooting both RAW and JPEG formats and providing editing tips

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Originally posted by Frostbit:
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Originally posted by Late-Bloomer:
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Originally posted by Frostbit:
Amazing! I don't see how this is possible after looking at that first photo. I guess I hit "delete" too often.

Jim this is why we like to shoot RAW instead of jpegs...even quite a number of point & shoot cameras offer this nowadays too

Lots more data and latitude in post-processing

OK, dumb question. If you "shoot RAW" (I presume this is a setting that has to be changed in the camera) does the picture still load as usual to programs like iPhoto or is there some type of conversion step? I'd be afraid to make things more complicated when I don't know much about anything but pointing the camera.

Yes Jim you need a RAW CONVERTER

You can PM me if you need more explanation...no probs..as I do not want to hijack Anton's thread.

I only thought to comment about being able to get MUCH more latitude from a RAW format when needed.

I understand the "hijack" but I also thought it's good info for the rest of us. EVERYONE takes pictures on Safari but few of us have near the talent of Anton or yourself. If shooting RAW gives you more latitude in post production work but still allows someone like me to just plug my camera into my computer and load the pictures as usual then that would be the best of both worlds I suppose.

Anton, sorry for the hijack.

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Jim,

My new website will be up shortly and I will be featuring...

PHOTO DOCUMENTARIES of MY ADVENTURES…documentaries of interesting individuals and people who are doing incredible things in fascinating places and countries!!!

Photo-Journalistic in nature and Nat Geo in type!!!

And sharing with my customers and visitors to my website, the type of camera bodies and the various lenses I used to create those images….giving valuable information and professional tips in order that they may have the knowledge to create stunning images for themselves, too!!!

I will be using both DSLR and modern Point&Shoot cameras...shooting both RAW and JPEG formats and providing editing tips

Looking forward to it.

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That is really amazing. The bushbuck's coloration really come alive. Technology today is something else. Perhaps you could photoshop my head on somebody else posing with their trophies? It would save me a lot of money.

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That's just incredible.
Some of us are still trying to figure out how a thermos bottle keeps hot things hot & cold things cold. How does it know?

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OJ's book?
Like The Infamous OJ Simpson?

Great job by the way. And nice bushbuck to boot.

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How DO it know?

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Boarkiller yes. I like reading books by sport stars, this one is a bit different though.

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I hear you
I'll read about anything
Cool
Might have to give it a try
Thanks

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Awesome Anton!

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lol no problems Jim.

This photo is actually taken as a jpg.

But the bigger raw file is always better to work with.

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Anton,

You sir are talented. I would have hit delete on that one also.

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I have also begun working more with editing software (namely Adobe Lightroom), and have been able to salvage several photos that I otherwise would have deleted.

Below are the "before & after" shots of a sunset I took near Mason, Texas in 2012. I was absolutely THRILLED when I realized what I was able to get out of this photo....

Before....

After....

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Wade,

That is incredible the difference! Anton's photo was impressive, but I can see how there was something to work with there. On yours, I would have thought there was no way!

Good work gentlemen.

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Man, I don't see how you can take a picture that looks so underexposed that it's black and do that to it. Amazing.

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Incredible

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