I was referring to the second pic (grain 1 portrait), although I like them both. But the highlights appear somewhat burned out in the second. Paul On Feb 27, 2008, at 12:04 AM, Christine Aguila wrote:
> Thanks, Paul, but which photo do you mean? The 1st one (eye crop) > or the > second one (grain 1 portrait). Cheers, Christine > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 5:13 AM > Subject: Re: Advice for Applying Grain > > >> 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. >> > > > > -- > 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.
