On 8 Dec 2004 at 15:58, Mark Roberts wrote: > Have you tried desaturating it completely? I suspect it might be really > good as a B&W shot.
Hi Mark, Just made a new RAW conversion and a Q&D B&W conversion, not that pleased with the current result but I agree there is plenty of scope in it. http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/temp/IMGP5212.jpg http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/temp/IMGP5212gs.jpg On 8 Dec 2004 at 13:11, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > I think the biggest problem with the eyes is that there are 4 catchlights, > each of a different color. The two in the right eye are very different, > too much so imo. Also, the one in the lower corner of the left eye is too > big. In addition, there's a spot on the nose that's too bright, and a > small reflection from the subject's fingernail on the finger against his > cheek. Plus there are two or four pixels (didn't actually count them) in > two places on the bridge of the nose. So, I fiddled with the catchlights, > removed the fingernail reflection, toned down the bright spot on the nose, > and removed those two or four annoying pixels. > > Take a look: http://home.earthlink.net/~my-pics/robs-pics.jpg Thanks for taking the time to do this. The four or so catch-light pixels in the right eye of the web image are actually my PC screen and desk-top, I've clipped and level adjusted a small 1:1 section here: http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/temp/IMGP5212eye.jpg I don't really have a problem with the bright spots on Dave's nose and nail in this second conversion, I think it looks OK, but the version that you commented on was a bit hot. I'll defer hear to your perspective on the updated images given that I'm really more at home shooting bugs :-) Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
