Well, I guess the correct term to use is "developed", and not "photoshopped". Any comments?

Dude, for developing photos, especially RAW, Lightroom is really the best. Well, maybe not the best, but IMO it is better than Photoshop. One more thing not most people will agree, but I do feel that LR is more straightforward than PS.

Try downloading Lightroom 5 (Adobe is offering a 30-day trial period to test-run the software), and see if you like it.

This one looks better. The previous one looks like a tiger instead of a cat.

I agree with most sifus' comments. In the first photo, the subject is underexposed because the background is very bright. To compensate for the brightly-lit background, your camera has to tone down the exposure, therefore making your subject darker.

For the second photo, I guess it was taken indoor, which is not well-lit, hence the underexposure.

Both cases can be resolved with a simple use of the flash. Else, some simple touch-up in LR or PS will do the trick. It will be better if you have the RAW file of both the photos.

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By the way, you came to Singapore just for the Anime Festival, or you are staying in Singapore?

This post has been edited by exquisite_markas: Nov 10 2013, 01:35 PM

Very nice charming eyes she have there.

Maybe you can tell us your budget? D5100 also not bad.

The beauty of long exposure shot.

Hello all sifus, I have one simple question.

After seeing so many photos shared by sifus here, I noticed one trend. Most of the photos have watermarks.

How do you guys create these nice and professional-looking watermarks? Any software?

Thanks...

Starting from scratch?

Ok... Thanks for the suggestions.