I missed this shot previously. It is a very dramatic shot. Lovely. I agree with Godfrey that much more shadow detail can be extracted. It can all be done in PhotoShop as well. Much of the detail can be recoved with highlights/shadows alone. Some subsequent curve adjustments can restore balance. Paul On Mar 9, 2007, at 11:28 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
> > 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 > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
