Why half side of photo is darker?

[michoumisalade]

I took a picture and it looks a little bizarre: half of it - the left - is lighter than the right side of the picture:

http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1xX5jvnDA2V2KhU172cpCvgfJqhDV0

What could be the cause and what I can do to make it better?

I have a Canon Digital Rebel XT

[ThomasT]

Hmmm I have never seen that before, it could be from where you took the picture and the lighting of pictures was taken.

You could fix it by making the dark part a rectangular selection then going to....
:arrow: Enhance
:arrow: adjust lighting
:arrow: levels
And mess around with the Levels a little bit.

Or

:arrow: Enhance
:arrow: Adjust Lighting
:arrow: Brightness Contrast..

Thomas

[Wendy]

Hi ...

Well that is an odd one and I really have no idea what could have caused.

It you do try correcting it using the suggestions Theomas made then when you have made the selection do Select>Feather (probably 50, 60 or wven higher) .. that way the transistion will be smoother :)


Wendy

[2hokies]

I have a guess as to how it happened. I have the same camera you do. Did you use the onboard flash? Trying to shoot a vertical photo, if I don't hold the camera correctly, my hand blocks some of the flash and I get shadows on my photos. I will try to find one to post here but that's my guess.
Cathy

[bwolford]

I suspect you were standing near a piece of furniture, doorway, person, or fat fingered the flash... I've done that a few times.

Brice

[GaryK]

It is definately the light source/shadow that caused it. If it was the camera itself, the line on the keyboard would line up with tth line on the face.

[michoumisalade]

It is so bizarre but I guess that maybe not only one cause but the many because when I shot the picture above and the second one, the difference was about the angle of shot - zoom nearer in the right pic . But, if, how to explain that the shadow disappears when I shot at more right angle?Why the shadow does not increase toward the left of the picture if it is caused by the object near me at my front right? Even the zooming effect, the distance is still the same for my flash (onboard one) and the light is still stopped by the same object:

http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=17JCaHAVW9te9lNgpQfWeBEmaI9k

Thanks Wendy and Thomas, I will try. :)

[Wendy]

Hi ...

I just tried correcting it ... but it is just too dark and I can't get it to look OK :(


Sorry !


Wendy

[GaryK]

HI

Some zooms have a way, of getting in the way of the flash. I depends on the amount of zoom or non zoom, the angle.

There is another post around, that was taken of some halloweeners, that had a big dark area caused by the lens and the zoom. The shadow isn't the same as yours but many factors could affect that.

[michoumisalade]

Hi ...

I just tried correcting it ... but it is just too dark and I can't get it to look OK :(


Sorry !


Wendy

Oh thanks Wendy for your effort! This is so nice to try it! I really appreciate it.

[michoumisalade]

HI

Some zooms have a way, of getting in the way of the flash. I depends on the amount of zoom or non zoom, the angle.

There is another post around, that was taken of some halloweeners, that had a big dark area caused by the lens and the zoom. The shadow isn't the same as yours but many factors could affect that.

This is interesting. Some things to think about. Next time, I will clean my desk before taking a picture of people working in front of me! :)

[Jodi Frye]

I played

http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=112EdHHJzCHxp9JLc1mq9Nmee2kfB1

levels, low opacity cloning and a soft focus

[Wendy]

Jodi ...

That is lovely ... well done :)


Wendy

[Jodi Frye]

Wendy ! Go to sleep !! :lol: Thanks :)

[michoumisalade]

That's awesome! so smooth and soft. Lovely!

I tried myself but at the end, as I couldn't make it right, I do something else but now I am shy to show it :oops:

http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1S1zrLNDvhRqVD7lwgFmLeKWG34QAk

[Wendy]

Hi there ...

.... :lol: :lol: :lol: hey you have done that so welll :lol: :lol:

Good work


Wendy

[GaryK]

Thats great

Hope they don't know what you did :lol: :lol:

[bwolford]

There had to be some obvious obstruction or other lighting influence in the picture. It just seems odd....

Angle is definitely different.

Brice

[michoumisalade]

Of course they knew it! I sent it to them by e-mail. This mom told me that what was great was to have not make an effort to be costumed at the Halloween's day! But now, she tells me that I have to pay :P a "little damage fees" :P to her in printing for her my "Girls are born in flowers" (picture of the week 8) ). The baby girl on the picture is the same baby but at little younger age.
:D

I am happy that you like this little joke, Wendy and Gary. Thanks for your comments!

[Wendy]

Hi there ...

So glad that she liked it ... I thought it was so funny.

Your Girls are born in Flowers image is so good ... well done with that one too :)


wEndy