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dolly44 · Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 10:14 am

Could you guys please take a look at this pic...it was rejected for 'Poor Lighting--Poor or uneven lighting, or shadows. White balance may be incorrect'.
I'm not a 'moaner' and normally would just move on, however the picture has had no alterations white balance was not adjusted the colours are as I saw them...your guidance will be most welcome.

Donna

digigandalf · Joined: 11 Jun 2005 Posts: 5413 Location: Twinsburg, OH

Not uneven, just a little dark, esp. on the legs (on my laptop there's loss of detail there).

tverkhovynets · Joined: 12 Jun 2010 Posts: 749 Location: Kiev, Ukraine

Yes, underexposed. Here is an example, just compare:

Taras

pjmorley · Joined: 15 Apr 2005 Posts: 3300

That second horse is much lighter in colour.

Mike Price · Joined: 06 Jun 2008 Posts: 2919 Location: South Wales

I would say it is the loss of detail on the legs. Just open it up a bit.

Mike

dolly44 · Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 11:31 am

Thanks for looking, and the helpful advice.
Donna

Mike Price · Joined: 06 Jun 2008 Posts: 2919 Location: South Wales

I would do something like this. I opened the shadows a bit and applied the dodge tool to the legs set on shadows.

dolly44 · Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 1:30 pm

Thank you Mike...I appreciate you going to so much trouble.
Donna :-)

pharm · Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 9406 Location: Never quite sure

Just out of curiosity, can you post a 100% crop?

rinder99 · Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 9:22 pm

dolly44 · Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 12:34 am

I thought I did...I zoomed in to 100% and cropped the section to post here.
I will chech this evening when I get home.
Thanks all!
Donna

wolfienz · Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 4:24 am

Hahahaha Lauren, have to pick you up there, horses don't have fur, they have hair.

dolly44 · Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 10:39 am

I redone the 100% crop.

Donna

Mike Price · Joined: 06 Jun 2008 Posts: 2919 Location: South Wales

The crop isn't 100% or if it is the original image is too small to be accepted. The crop should be a minimum of 4 times bigger than the original to even make 4MP minimum.

Mike

dolly44 · Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 11:38 am

I thought I done it correctly.,I used the crop tool at 500x500 px..the only difference is the crop is saved at 300dpi,the full version I saved at 72dpi....or am I missing something?
Donna