Larry I do like it though I must confess that the white of the eye is indeed really red. I suppose what I was thinking was a subtle color of the eye so it stood out. I do like it as it does add something to the photo...
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Larry Colen Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 1:34 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Eye On Apr 7, 2011, at 10:27 AM, Matthew Hunt wrote: > On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 1:13 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5597881633/in/set-7215762644470 >> 4090/ >> >> That type of photo manipulation isn't my normal style, which I guess is a good reason to try it. And I forgot to thank you for the suggestion. Suggestions for things that I wouldn't normally do is exactly the reason that I post photos to the list. >> >> I think my favorite version of the photo is still the plain B&W. > > I'm inclined to agree. In the new, manipulated version, the color of > the "whites" of the eye make him appear jaundiced. I realize it's > probably the same as the color version, where it looks fine, but the > B&W face accentuates the warm color of the eyeball. Good point. I just tweaked the color balance and did a little work on exposure compensation, dodging and burning. I think I dialed this version in a little better, and learned a bit more about the limitations of my skill in photo manipulation. > > -- > 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. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- 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.
