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How should I have shot this picture so it isn't so washed out?



 
 
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Old July 31st 07, 05:54 PM posted to rec.photo.digital
SHAKY HANDS
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Default How should I have shot this picture so it isn't so washed out?

PICTURE HERE
http://www.intergate.com/~tobeornot2b/me/P7290011.JPG

This picture was shot on my Olympus SP-350 using SHQ (Super High
Quality) + an Automatic setting + Landscape Scene. The shot is just
so washed out, I really feel I need some guidance on how to shoot it.

I'd like to bring the shade of the background trees into focus, and
(if you'll look closely) you'll see my orange power cord lying there
-- I should be able to see that much more vividly. It's not sharp
enough. In short . . . this shot is pretty bad lol.

I'm not a photographer but I am darn proud I cut down this gigantic
tree by myself and I'd like to have photos of it (I also want help
with a PANORAMA shot from the inside of my house to get the full
length of this beast . . . but that's another thread).

Thanks for every piece of advice you can give me. I am clueless about
what I'm doing here!

SHAKY HANDS

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HERE ARE THE STATISTICS FOR THE JPG IMAGE:

Original date/time: 2007:07:29 10:24:08
Exposure time: 1/60
F-stop: 2.8
ISO speed: 50
Focal length: 8.0000
Flash: Not fired
Exposure mode: Auto
White balance: Auto
Orientation: Top-left
Light source: Unknown
Exposure bias: 0.0000
Metering mode: Pattern
Exposure program: Creative
Digitized date/time: 2007:07:29 10:24:08
Modified date/time: 2007:07:29 10:24:08
Image description: OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
Scene type: Photograph
User comment:
Custom rendered: Normal
Scene capture type: Landscape
Gain control: None
Digital zoom ratio: 0.0000
Contrast: Normal
Saturation: Normal
Sharpness: Normal
Olympus special mode: 0,0,0
Olympus jpeg quality: 1
Olympus macro mode: 0
Olympus (unknown 1): 0
Olympus digital zoom: 1.0000
Olympus (unknown 2): 9.0950
Olympus (unknown 3): 65324,65044,64935,65383,65151,65063
Olympus firmware ver: SX855
Olympus picture info: [pictureInfo] Resolution=1 [Camera Info]
Type=SX855
Olympus camera ID: "OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA" (snip)
Olympus more data: (snip)
Camera make: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
Camera model: SP350
X resolution: 72.0000
Y resolution: 72.0000
Resolution unit: Inches
Camera version: Version 1.4
Colorspace: sRGB
File source: DSC

Before I did that, however, I shot the image using Olympus' RAW
settings for highest resolution etc. I can't display the RAW image
because I haven't settled on which RAW Converter I want to use (the
Thumbs Plus plug in does not support the Olympus SP-350 sigh).

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HERE ARE THE STATISTICS FOR THE RAW IMAGE:
Original date/time: 2007:07:29 10:08:37
Exposure time: 1/30
F-stop: 2.8
ISO speed: 56
Focal length: 8.0000
Flash: Not fired
Exposure mode: Auto
White balance: Auto
Orientation: Top-left
Light source: Unknown
Exposure bias: 0.0000
Metering mode: Pattern
Exposure program: Normal
Digitized date/time: 2007:07:29 10:08:37
Modified date/time: 2007:07:29 10:08:37
Image description: OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
Scene type: Photograph
User comment:
Custom rendered: Normal
Scene capture type: Standard
Gain control: Low gain up
Digital zoom ratio: 0.0000
Contrast: Normal
Saturation: Normal
Sharpness: Normal
Olympus special mode: 2007669128,2007669128,2007669128
Olympus jpeg quality: 6
Olympus macro mode: 0
Olympus (unknown 1): 0
Olympus digital zoom: 1.0000
Olympus (unknown 2): 1.0000
Olympus (unknown 3): 39304,30634,39304,30634,39304,30634
Olympus firmware ver: (snip)
Olympus picture info: (snip)
Olympus camera ID: (snip)
Olympus more data: (snip)
Camera make: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
Camera model: SP350
X resolution: 72.0000
Y resolution: 72.0000
Resolution unit: Inches
Camera version: Version 1.4
Colorspace: sRGB
File source: DSC

 




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