I don't know about applying grain, but I like this shot a lot. And I would go back to RAW and pull down the highlights. You're getting some burn out in the brighter parts of the face. You can do that without deepening the shadows a lot if you work the conversion. Paul On Feb 26, 2008, at 12:38 AM, Christine Aguila wrote:
> Hi Everyone: > > I've been fooling around with applying grain, but I really don't > know what > I'm doing. I don't have any guiding principles to fall back on. I > just > sort of click, add noise, & adjust amounts, but I don't feel > thoughtful > about my attempts. > > This is an Eye Crop. I kind of like it, but I feel like I got to > this point > accidently. > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6991527&size=lg > > > This is an informal portrait (BTW, When I open this photo up in > Photoshop > Elements 5, it looks a lot more grainer.). > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6991553 > > I suspect working with PSE5 also presents some limitations as > opposed to > working in the full Photoshop program. > > Anyway, I'd be grateful for just a tip or two. > > Cheers, > Christine > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
