On Mar 9, 2007, at 10:39 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: > http://not.contaxg.com/document.php?id=16946&full=1
Boris, This is a beautiful shot. She looks alive on my screen, wonderful expression and lively composition. Rendering wise, you've left too much in dark shadows and inky blacks. I wanted to see what I could get out of the JPEG ... there's plenty of meat in those shadows ... so: I took a copy and brought it into Lightroom. In the Develop module, Basic controls set the exposure slider to +0.24, recovery to 29, fill to 13. In the Tone Curve, drag the left hand (black) divider to 10, the set the Darks to +29 and the Shadows to +87. Last thing to do is to render those setting out to a disk file and bring it into Photoshop. A little spot correction on her left eye and cheek completes the rendering beautifully. (Note: these settings are for viewing against a medium gray surroung like on your web page. For a white backdrop, it needs more drastic lightening overall and a different curve. On my screen, the photo *pops* with those settings. It's extremely appealing. (I'll send you a copy of the revised JPEG so you can see what I've done. I'd like to hear your opinion of the changes, and whether it balances properly on your screen...) well done! Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
