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I have uploaded this completely unprocessed image for input on what I can do with similar images to make them better and potentially FP or at least QI quality. I also want to learn how to make the best of what equipment and skill I have. I'm guessing this particular image is not ever going to be FP quality (even I think it's a bit boring), but it's here for me to learn from in terms of cropping, post-processing image enhancement, and what "operator errors" I made with the camera settings. I provided more info on the image, above and beyond the EXIF data, at File talk:Grazing Montana Horses.jpg and would welcome more in-depth discussion there, if it would be convenient. At present, my limitations are: 1) I'm not purchasing more lenses or another camera (for now--we'll see in 5 years...) 2) I don't have Photoshop and I really don't want to have to buy it. 3) My computer is a MacBook Pro laptop, so I don't know what, if anything can be done to help the monitor "pass" the calibration test because it's not (and it changes--some things better, some worse--if I tilt the screen, too... ). Any input is much appreciated. Montanabw (talk) 17:33, 22 April 2017 (UTC)
- the picture is a little bit noisy, you can fix it using rawtherapee (http://rawtherapee.com) is free to download and use this is similar to ligthroom, another great tool is GIMP (https://www.gimp.org) similar to Photoshop but free to download and use, I use both on windows, but I understand that both have a mac version.--Cvmontuy (talk) 07:58, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
- On the topic of free software, I also recommend darktable (http://www.darktable.org/), which is similar to lightroom. As for the photo, it looks good to me. In the future, I'd use f/8 for this type of photo for more depth of field to get both horses very sharp. I also agree with the crop suggestion... the bottom of the image is quite boring. dllu (t,c) 21:40, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
- Thanks for the input everyone! This is helpful. Montanabw (talk) 06:41, 5 May 2017 (UTC)
- On the topic of free software, I also recommend darktable (http://www.darktable.org/), which is similar to lightroom. As for the photo, it looks good to me. In the future, I'd use f/8 for this type of photo for more depth of field to get both horses very sharp. I also agree with the crop suggestion... the bottom of the image is quite boring. dllu (t,c) 21:40, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
- the picture is a little bit noisy, you can fix it using rawtherapee (http://rawtherapee.com) is free to download and use this is similar to ligthroom, another great tool is GIMP (https://www.gimp.org) similar to Photoshop but free to download and use, I use both on windows, but I understand that both have a mac version.--Cvmontuy (talk) 07:58, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
