I'd go for the saturation and color cures sliders. Try knocking down the glistening skin by gently bringing down the highlights. Burn tool would be another possibility. Surgical use of the clone tool(?) MAY then be an option in restoring skin tone. As you can tell, I'd just fiddle with it and hope. Probably many others on this list would have better ideas.
Jack --- On Fri, 10/15/10, Walter Gilbert <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Walter Gilbert <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: GESO: Megan W. > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, October 15, 2010, 10:25 AM > I have to agree, > Jack. I've been trying to tone down the colors a bit, > but what has really bothered me is the shine on her skin > that you mentioned. I'm trying to mitigate that some, > but nothing I do seems to work, and often makes it > worse. I thought maybe a b&w conversion might help > a little, but boy was I WRONG! Any ideas on how to do > ease it up a bit with very rudimentary Photoshop skills? > > I really liked the window frame shot, too. As I > mentioned to Paul S. in my reply to him, it was a horrible > time of day to try to shoot that shot. She was sitting > inside a zebra striped Land Rover with a canvas canopy on > it. I actually took that one just to be taking a shot > -- she wanted some taken on the Rover, I just figured it was > a lost cause, but I wanted to go ahead and give it a try, > just to satisfy her. If I'd thought there was a chance > in hell of it turning out as well as it did, I'd have tried > a little harder on the focusing and metering. The shot > truly was atrocious before I salvaged it. It just so > happened to catch her face at its most flattering angle, I > think. > > Thanks for the input! > > -- Walt > > > On 10/15/2010 7:59 AM, Jack Davis wrote: > > I realize from your introductory comments that you > have a background issue. In addition, rather harsh tonality > while it may be intentional, adds a degree "pressure." > In many shots the model's face glistens as though perspiring > and to me, conveys a sense of discomfort. > > The window shot is the cleanest and best pose although > the model almost seems secondary to the window frame. > > > > Jack > > > > > > --- On Fri, 10/15/10, Walter Gilbert<[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> From: Walter Gilbert<[email protected]> > >> Subject: GESO: Megan W. > >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List"<[email protected]> > >> Date: Friday, October 15, 2010, 2:55 AM > >> Hi all, > >> > >> Well, I had my very first photo shoot today. > All > >> things considered, I think it went fairly > well. I did > >> get some good shots, a couple of great shots, and > many that > >> will wind up being salvageable. Here are a > few shots > >> to give a reasonable approximation: > >> > >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/walt_gilbert/sets/72157625167892920/ > >> > >> Nothing went as planned, and I hadn't the foggiest > notion > >> what I was doing. But, somehow, I managed > not to lose > >> my friend (Megan, the model) -- at least until > she's seen > >> the images. There are a few that have > clunky > >> backgrounds that I intend to obscure at some > point. Beyond that, does anyone have any hits or tips that I > might > >> use to make the images look better? > >> > >> Comments, critiques, and advice are, of course, > welcome. > >> > >> Best, > >> > >> Walt > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- 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.
