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Alrighty. Several people have told me that my photos are surprisingly good quality for something taken with a cheapy little Nikon Coolpix. So, I decided to come clean and show you what happens between the camera and the finished piece of art. In a nutshell, I try to capture a meaningful, non-blurry shot with the camera, then on my computer I do the subject justice by improving the tones and composition so that it is as visually appealing as possible.

In this comparison thingy you're looking at, the images on the left side are the original, untouched photos, straight out of the Coolpix. Only the first one is cropped. Some were taken with the old 4300, some with my new 7900. The right side shows the results of my photoshop work for each picture. All the tools I make reference to can be found in Photoshop under Image>Adjustments.

I know, some of the original photos suck compositionally. Namely Chronicle and Craftsmanship. I couldn't really frame Chronicle right, because of the way I wanted the camera to look in the mirror, and also I knew I'd be cropping out everything but the reflection later on. And to get the clarity I wanted on Craftsmanship, I had to sit on the ground with the camera held against my knee, so my choice of interesting compositions was quite limited.

Links to the Deviations:

Bugged
Chronicle
Jellylorum
Craftsmanship
Beanie

Description
Alrighty. Several people have told me that my photos are surprisingly good quality for something taken with a cheapy little Nikon Coolpix. So, I decided to come clean and show you what happens between the camera and the finished piece of art. In a nutshell, I try to capture a meaningful, non-blurry shot with the camera, then on my computer I do the subject justice by improving the tones and composition so that it is as visually appealing as possible.

In this comparison thingy you're looking at, the images on the left side are the original, untouched photos, straight out of the Coolpix. Only the first one is cropped. Some were taken with the old 4300, some with my new 7900. The right side shows the results of my photoshop work for each picture. All the tools I make reference to can be found in Photoshop under Image>Adjustments.

I know, some of the original photos suck compositionally. Namely Chronicle and Craftsmanship. I couldn't really frame Chronicle right, because of the way I wanted the camera to look in the mirror, and also I knew I'd be cropping out everything but the reflection later on. And to get the clarity I wanted on Craftsmanship, I had to sit on the ground with the camera held against my knee, so my choice of interesting compositions was quite limited.

Links to the Deviations:

Bugged
Chronicle
Jellylorum
Craftsmanship
Beanie