S400 photo "too professional"

Mofongo said:

I brought in this photo on CD taken with my S400 of my neice to
Walmart to be printed as an 8x10 on their new Fuji machine...

When I went to pick it up an hour later the sales girl said " we
can't sell this print to you, this is a professional photo"...

I should have been flattered but was rather peeved at the
insinuation and inconvienience...I talked to the manager and she
said I would have to show her the photo on the CD to prove I didn't
scan it on there machine...I showed her the CD and explained that I
should't be penalized for making a decent photograph...the photo
was taken outdoors using fill flash and I removed a cluttered
background and replaced it with clouds in Photoshop...

She finally agreed to letting me have the print and said next time
just show the girl the CD so they know it's not being
scanned...(the machine reads media as well as allowing you to scan
film prints)...Very nice quality print at 8x10 by the way...

When I went to pay for the print the girl who originally said the
photo was too professional looking asked me what kind of digital
camera I used...when I took my little S400 out of my pocket and
said I used this little Canon Elph her face lit up and she said
"hey, that's the S400...I just bought that camera and am so happy
to know it can take real nice photos like that"...

Not bad for a little point and shoot, hey?

Bob

Here's the photo...isn't she a doll?

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Justme said:

Mofongo said:

I brought in this photo on CD taken with my S400 of my neice to
Walmart to be printed as an 8x10 on their new Fuji machine...

When I went to pick it up an hour later the sales girl said " we
can't sell this print to you, this is a professional photo"...

I should have been flattered but was rather peeved at the
insinuation and inconvienience...I talked to the manager and she
said I would have to show her the photo on the CD to prove I didn't
scan it on there machine...I showed her the CD and explained that I
should't be penalized for making a decent photograph...the photo
was taken outdoors using fill flash and I removed a cluttered
background and replaced it with clouds in Photoshop...

She finally agreed to letting me have the print and said next time
just show the girl the CD so they know it's not being
scanned...(the machine reads media as well as allowing you to scan
film prints)...Very nice quality print at 8x10 by the way...

When I went to pay for the print the girl who originally said the
photo was too professional looking asked me what kind of digital
camera I used...when I took my little S400 out of my pocket and
said I used this little Canon Elph her face lit up and she said
"hey, that's the S400...I just bought that camera and am so happy
to know it can take real nice photos like that"...

Not bad for a little point and shoot, hey?

Bob

Here's the photo...isn't she a doll?

(click image to view whole photo)

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Robert R Rogers said:

Justme said:

Mofongo said:

I brought in this photo on CD taken with my S400 of my neice to
Walmart to be printed as an 8x10 on their new Fuji machine...

When I went to pick it up an hour later the sales girl said " we
can't sell this print to you, this is a professional photo"...

I should have been flattered but was rather peeved at the
insinuation and inconvienience...I talked to the manager and she
said I would have to show her the photo on the CD to prove I didn't
scan it on there machine...I showed her the CD and explained that I
should't be penalized for making a decent photograph...the photo
was taken outdoors using fill flash and I removed a cluttered
background and replaced it with clouds in Photoshop...

She finally agreed to letting me have the print and said next time
just show the girl the CD so they know it's not being
scanned...(the machine reads media as well as allowing you to scan
film prints)...Very nice quality print at 8x10 by the way...

When I went to pay for the print the girl who originally said the
photo was too professional looking asked me what kind of digital
camera I used...when I took my little S400 out of my pocket and
said I used this little Canon Elph her face lit up and she said
"hey, that's the S400...I just bought that camera and am so happy
to know it can take real nice photos like that"...

Not bad for a little point and shoot, hey?

Bob

Here's the photo...isn't she a doll?

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Great picture! Why can't I get shots like that with my S400? Is
that a backdrop that you are using?

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Rob129 said:

Great picture! Why can't I get shots like that with my S400? Is
that a backdrop that you are using?

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Isabel Cutler said:

Too bad you can't frame that comment!

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Isabel Cutler said:

I love it! Too professional....GUFFAW! Those of us who have the
S400 can understand why she would say that...but I imagine if
someone would "card me" when I ordered a beer I would feel that way
too!

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Mofongo said:

Mofongo said:

Great picture! Why can't I get shots like that with my S400? Is
that a backdrop that you are using?

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Roger,
Thanks...I made the background in Photoshop using the clouds effect
under filters> render... the original background was rather
distracting...

This shot was taken outdoors and I used fill flash to remove
shadows...

Bob

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ijaaad said:

ijaaad wrote:
How did you crop the subject from the original background so cleanly?

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Mofongo said:

I brought in this photo on CD taken with my S400 of my neice to
Walmart to be printed as an 8x10 on their new Fuji machine...

When I went to pick it up an hour later the sales girl said " we
can't sell this print to you, this is a professional photo"...

I should have been flattered but was rather peeved at the
insinuation and inconvienience...I talked to the manager and she
said I would have to show her the photo on the CD to prove I didn't
scan it on there machine...I showed her the CD and explained that I
should't be penalized for making a decent photograph...the photo
was taken outdoors using fill flash and I removed a cluttered
background and replaced it with clouds in Photoshop...

She finally agreed to letting me have the print and said next time
just show the girl the CD so they know it's not being
scanned...(the machine reads media as well as allowing you to scan
film prints)...Very nice quality print at 8x10 by the way...

When I went to pay for the print the girl who originally said the
photo was too professional looking asked me what kind of digital
camera I used...when I took my little S400 out of my pocket and
said I used this little Canon Elph her face lit up and she said
"hey, that's the S400...I just bought that camera and am so happy
to know it can take real nice photos like that"...

Not bad for a little point and shoot, hey?

Bob

Here's the photo...isn't she a doll?

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Member said:

Ron Parr wrote:

Great shot, but sheesh... What a bunch of idiots those WalMart
people must be.

I suppose they think that individuals who want to copy professional
photos don't have scanners and CD burners?

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Isabel Cutler said:

Isabel Cutler wrote:
I love it! Too professional....GUFFAW! Those of us who have the
S400 can understand why she would say that...but I imagine if
someone would "card me" when I ordered a beer I would feel that way
too!

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Mofongo said:

Mofongo said:

ijaaad wrote:
How did you crop the subject from the original background so cleanly?

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ijaaad,
I used the magnetic lasso tool the trace around my neice...

I than copy and pasted her onto a new frame with the clouds...

I cleaned up a couple rough areas using the clone tool...

Thanks for looking...

Bob

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Mofongo said:

I brought in this photo on CD taken with my S400 of my neice to
Walmart to be printed as an 8x10 on their new Fuji machine...

When I went to pick it up an hour later the sales girl said " we
can't sell this print to you, this is a professional photo"...

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• Andrys

vito95363 said:

vito wrote:
Bob,

Please tell me you are using a tablet or something to help with
such a clean outline of the subject. I use a mouse and my lasso
skills need much to be desired.

Great photo and processing work!

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Ed Bair said:

Ed Bair

Mofongo said:

I brought in this photo on CD taken with my S400 of my neice to
Walmart to be printed as an 8x10 on their new Fuji machine...

When I went to pick it up an hour later the sales girl said " we
can't sell this print to you, this is a professional photo"...

I should have been flattered but was rather peeved at the
insinuation and inconvienience...I talked to the manager and she
said I would have to show her the photo on the CD to prove I didn't
scan it on there machine...I showed her the CD and explained that I
should't be penalized for making a decent photograph...the photo
was taken outdoors using fill flash and I removed a cluttered
background and replaced it with clouds in Photoshop...

She finally agreed to letting me have the print and said next time
just show the girl the CD so they know it's not being
scanned...(the machine reads media as well as allowing you to scan
film prints)...Very nice quality print at 8x10 by the way...

When I went to pay for the print the girl who originally said the
photo was too professional looking asked me what kind of digital
camera I used...when I took my little S400 out of my pocket and
said I used this little Canon Elph her face lit up and she said
"hey, that's the S400...I just bought that camera and am so happy
to know it can take real nice photos like that"...

Not bad for a little point and shoot, hey?

Bob

Here's the photo...isn't she a doll?

(click image to view whole photo)



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Alan Klein said:

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