Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Much better Ken, now I find it a terririf picture, a really outstanding. Maybe I will reduce a little the vignetting effet on the up corners Saludos Lluis El 01/07/2011, a las 2:37, Ken Carney escribi?: > Here is another try: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/kcarney/CRW_1654trial.jpg.html > > It is just a trial. I didn't do a very good job of cutting the > mask, and the rooster's "colors" are off, but I can work on it > some. The adobe wall behind him is from the St. Francis of Assisi > church in NM. Probably all kinds of heresy going on here. > > Ken > > On 6/30/2011 5:14 PM, Ken Carney wrote: >> Thanks to both of you for the suggestions. It was my fault not to >> locate a better background - to tell the truth I was in a bit of a >> hurry to get out of there. I do need to bring out detail in the >> rooster. I did punch up the contrast, but that's the way I saw >> the image - sort of gritty. It is a scan from a Kodachrome 25 >> converted to b&w in Nik Silver Efex2. Actually, now that I think >> of it, the best solution is just to mask the background and put him >> in front of a stone wall or similar. Back to the drawing board >> once more. >> >> Ken >> >> On 6/29/2011 10:27 PM, Slobodan Dimitrov wrote: >>> 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 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information