By the way, with RAW and the PSCS converter, you could do more. First, the RAW conversion will be somewhat more detailed and sharper. You could fine tune some of the color, but adjusting the different values seperately. The gradation between shadow and open areas would be smoother in the converted RAW. (I don't know why, but it is.) Finally, you could improve the shadow areas a bit more after conversion with the Shadow/Highlight tool. But jpeg severely limits you.
> Thanks, David, Shel, and Bruce, for your comments, > > The picture was shot as a jpeg, cropped, and slightly adjusted, in > Irfanview (which is probably why Shel prefers that program to view it). > > Being a tight-fisted Scot, I have been resisting buying PS CS (I have > Elements 2), but I suppose I am just going to have to bite the bullet and > do so if I am going to get the best out of my pictures. And also shoot > RAW. > > This is how the picture came out of the camera (cropped and resized only): > > http://www.johnpforbes.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/htm/_IGP0688basic.jpg > > If anybody feels like playing with it a little (and telling me what you > did), please feel free. > > John > > > > On Fri, 1 Apr 2005 06:41:03 -0500, Paul Stenquist > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Beautiful woman. I find the pose interesting. It's not what one would > > call a "natural" pose, but it is evocative and glamorous. More typical > > of fashion photography than portraiture. My only nit is that it appears > > to be oversaturated. The shadow areas have become very red and are too > > sharply defined from the rest of the image. I would go back to the RAW > > and do a new conversion with less saturation, less contrast and less > > shadow intensity. I might also minus the red a wee bit. If it was shot > > as a jpeg, you could work it in curves a bit while reducing the > > saturation. But I find the composition very nice. Overall, a striking > > image. > > On Mar 31, 2005, at 9:55 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote: > > > >> Ok, someone probably needs to come right out and say it - > >> "Where is the URL?" > >> > >> > >> -- Best regards, > >> Bruce > >> > >> > >> Thursday, March 31, 2005, 2:25:16 PM, you wrote: > >> > >> JF> This was taken in natural daylight, wide-open with the FA 1:2.8 > >> 100mm > >> JF> macro and *ist D at 1/40. ISO 400. > >> > >> JF> Comments welcome. > >> > >> JF> John > >> > >> > >> > >> JF> -- > >> JF> Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.8.5 - Release Date: 29/03/2005 >
