Paul Stenquist wrote: >I think you do a decent job on the retouching. I would reduce the >saturation a wee bit and push the middle of the RGB curve up a bit to >brighten midrange tones without losing contrast. But the real problem >here is that her eye is half closed. Is this a crop? I don't like the >one-eyed framing. >On Mar 16, 2007, at 11:31 PM, David Savage wrote: > > Well I bet she likes the second a bit better but the severe crop would be as likely a reason...
It does look "fake" after retouching - it is a bitch to do that stuff... but you also changed her coloration. (noticed the lipstick changed color :) ) I agree with Paul, I dont like the framing either. She is a pretty woman and no amount of gausian blurr with bring back her whole face :) YOu are trying to be too artsy , David I think. ann > > >>G'day All, >> >>A couple of weeks ago we had a building wide fire drill at work. There >>was a photographer there from the council or local paper taking snaps, >>and all my work mates egged me on to take his picture, which I did >>(BTW, He was shooting with a silver 350D with what looked like a >>70-200 f2.8, ugly looking combination). >> >>While I was goofing around I took a picture of our office manager. I >>didn't use the VF, it was a >>point-the-camera-in-her-general-direction-and-fire kind of thing. >>Surprisingly it turned out sharp and, IMHO, quite well framed. >>Unsurprisingly it's not at all flattering (there is a reason why I >>don't post my portraits/candids :-). >> >>I sent her the original and she didn't like it.. So I've been having a >>go at some of that heavy handed post processing stuff (~130kb): >> >><http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/Misc/Images/K10D/_IGP1300_4_2.jpg> >> >>K10D, FA 50mm f1.4, f4.5 @ 1/800 +0.3EV, ISO 400 >> >>...here's a side by side before-after comparison (~100kb): >> >><http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/Misc/Images/K10D/_IGP1300_before- >>after.jpg> >> >>I realise it looks fake, but short of a make-up artist & re shooting >>in a studio there's not much else I can do. >> >>What do you reckon? Has it improved a mediocre shot, or just blurred >>and over saturated it? :-) >> >>Cheers, >> >>Dave >> >>-- >>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>PDML@pdml.net >>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> >> > > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
