Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That's the problem with grab shots, no lighting control. If the guy was accommodating, as it appears he was, you could of walked him over to a better location, within a 20-30 foot radius. I pulled it off the page and ran it through PS. While there are a few tweezes that can be can done, it looked essentially the same. The flare on the shoulder was easy to take care of. But it's all those areas in the background that are really tedious to deal with. Also, the chicken is too flat. Then there's always the old standby, when in doubt, flash fill. Scene fidelity tests, as a rule of thumb, should always be done prior to any shooting, per specific location. It doesn't matter if it's an auditorium, or a beach scape (which I dealt with over the past 24 hours). The custom space, sometimes marked C on a wheel, should be used to save key settings for lighting situation you're already familiar with. On paper, Mark, I would of printed it with a 3 filter, and then burned the face slightly with the #5, to separate the values. S.d. On Jun 29, 2011, at 8:06 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > I think that there is no information in that area what so ever and you are > right drying to darken it would make it worse. Though I'd lower the > contrast > of the entire pic by quite a bit and that might help a bit. > Some Photoshop major players would experiment with "cloning" in detail from > the pattern of the jacket. I'm sure if it came to that that could be done. > The image really to me looks way jacked up in contrast like it could have > been printed on 3 but you've printed it on Brovira 6. > > It looks like a scan from print. Can you find the neg and give it a go from > that? > > > Mark William Rabiner > Photography > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > Cars: http://tinyurl.com/2f7ptxb > > > > >> From: Ken Carney <kcarney1 at cox.net> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:02:38 -0500 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: [Leica] Photoshop guru needed >> >> LUG: >> >> Here is an image I would like to print, but there is a flaw. There is a >> flare on the right shoulder of the dude holding the fighting chicken. I >> would like to get rid of it, but so far nothing has worked. Perhaps >> nothing will work since there is no detail at all there. I remember >> Ansel Adam's photo of the Pioneer Woman, where he regretted the blown >> out area on her shoulder, but concluded any fix would just worsen it. >> Of course, Ansel did not have PS for better or for worse. Thanks very >> much for any suggestions. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/kcarney/Haiti+fighting+cocksBW2.jpg.html >> >> Ken >> (I took this with the fabled Summicron f/2 - how come there is something >> less than perfect?) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information