Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/07/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Peter, Combining two images like that is beyond my PS skills, but the result is certainly very good. However, I wonder if this image would not work better in B&W--that way you don't have to worry about color saturation either ;-) Nathan Peter Klein wrote: > Oliver's suggestion motivated me to do further work on my "little girl > with wave sculpture," picture. I combined two different RAW developments > with a mask. I'm essentially doing the same thing Tina did with a > high-contrast picture a while back (though I use Picture Window Pro, not > Photoshop). > > Here's the image I posted yesterday, which was done by a levels adjust > to bring up the face a little: > http://users.2alpha.com/~pklein/E1/P7231089KarolinaWaveCrop2Sm.jpg > > Here's the original picture as shot, (low quality jpeg, just to show the > levels). > http://users.2alpha.com/~pklein/E1/P7231089AsShot.jpg > > Here's an alternative RAW "development," plus 1.2 stops to bring the > face to a natural level, about what the eye perceived. Of course the > rest of the picture is totally blown. Again, a low-quality JPEG: > http://users.2alpha.com/~pklein/E1/P7231089Plus1pt2.jpg > > And here's the final product, the two images "stacked" through a mask, > essentially combining the properly "developed" face with the rest of the > first image, and cropped to eliminate the, er, extraneous elements on > the right. > http://users.2alpha.com/~pklein/E1/P7231089KarWave3Sm.jpg > > The two RAW files combined are truer in color than the single 16-bit > TIFF. Interestingly, I could get similar but not identical results > working on the 16-bit TIFF and boosting the face through the mask. BUT, > the face ended up quite oversaturated. I could then drop the saturation > a bit and get things almost the same as the combined RAW picture. But > after all that, I ended up with a bit of toothcombing in the histogram. > > Combining two RAW developments is easier and the results are better. > Tina, you were right! > > --Peter > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com