Also, the colours are not very faithful to the actual situation; the background wall is a pale blue (not painted by me!). When I increased the blue, I found it looked better with a bit more red.
I'll see whether I can do better in Elements.
Thanks again,
John
On Fri, 01 Apr 2005 14:39:00 +0000, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Much better. The shadows look quite natural in the original. It could use some mild tint adjustment, but this version is quite good as it stands.
Paul
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
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