Yes, I agree. I've gone back to the RAW and warmed it even more than my
last effort. I also pulled back on the exposure and increased
brightness to bring back the mid range before converting. I increased
shadow brightness a tiny bit in the converter as well. I'm working more
toward a print than a web image, but I think this is better on the web
as well.
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3403038&size=lg
On May 29, 2005, at 9:03 AM, Markus Maurer wrote:
Hi Paul
This thread is not "overextended" for me at all, it's an interesting
photo
to learn some improvement techniques for me and see different opinions.
I like it better when I equalize colors by taking away some of the
blue cast
on the street by measuring it as grey.
The faces get a warmer and more natural tone too for me then.
greetings
Markus
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Stenquist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2005 2:22 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: PESO: Friday Night
For anyone who's still mildly interested in this overextended
thread, I
made some changes based on my first work print. Here's where I ended
up
with this one:
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3402700&size=lg
On May 29, 2005, at 7:08 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
Hi Shel,
Thanks for the effort. I think you did a better job on the arm than
I
did. I'm going to work on it a bit more before I make a print.
However, I prefer the bright green. I know it's a distraction, but I
think it's an attractive distraction. How did you alter the color of
the arm? I just cloned areas from above the elbow but tried to
preserve the shape of the elbow.
Paul
On May 28, 2005, at 10:04 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Hi Paul ...
I did a Q&D adjustment on Green Girl's arm. I'll take a look at
what
you
did. I toned down the intensity of the green by reducing saturation
and
lightness, and slightly adjusted the hue. It may not be the best
choice of
green, but with the differences in monitors that abound, just a
rough
idea
seemed sufficient. I think it puts the pic in better balance.
http://home.earthlink.net/~my-pics/paulpic.jpg
Shel
[Original Message]
From: Paul Stenquist
Thanks. Would love to see your version. I posted a new onewith
corrections to the arm and the boy's face.
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3403038&size=lg
On May 28, 2005, at 11:06 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Hi Paul,
I pulled down the bright green by making a selection around the
area
and
using Replace Color. It really seemed to help the balance of the
pic
quite
a bit. I've completely changed my mind about this being a color
pic.
I
brought the lightness and saturation down to -25 and moved the
Hue
up
to
about +5. I really enjoyed fiddling with this one - it's really a
nice
capture.
Shel
[Original Message]
From: Paul Stenquist
Hi Shel,
Thanks for commenting. To me, this screams out for color (to
paraphrase
Frank:-). From the hair color to the rose to the handbag, the
color is
what makes this interesting from my point of view. I'm not sure
why
her
arm is a lighter, cooler color below the elbow. In the
full-frame
version, all of her arm is revealed but it juts quite a ways
out to
the
side and seemed to throw the frame off balance. It almost
looked as
though she had been in the sun with long gloves on. I could have
warmed
the whole image a bit more, but I looked at it and found they
were
getting a bit too rosy looking. The light was warm to begin.
