revstat
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I took this one yesterday, and really liked it. It's soft but looks best this way (I feel). The girl is my daughter, but the dog is our neighbors (we're dog sitting). Taken with D100 and Sigma 28-70 2.8.
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Girl and Dog Portrait
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morris
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Nead I say more?
Morris
I took this one yesterday, and really liked it. It's soft but
looks best this way (I feel). The girl is my daughter, but the dog
is our neighbors (we're dog sitting). Taken with D100 and Sigma
28-70 2.8.
revstat
Leading Member
Maybe ??? Yours looks really harsh to me.
Jon Meddings
Leading Member
Revstat, you have a gorgeous daughter - I agree with Morris though that the picture would look a little better with some of the 'haze' taken out. I took the liberty of changing it just a bit and hope you don't mind. You are right that sharpening it can sure make it look harsh and there is still a bit of that in my rendition - anyhow let me know how this version looks to you.
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frank Harris
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I kinda like the soft look. It is meant to be that way and i feel the age of the girl with the cute puppy calls for a softer look.. IMHO
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morris
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morris
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I think the problem is the CA under her chin as the sharpening brings it out more.
Morris
Morris
Jon Meddings
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Thats true Morris - hadn't noticed it before. I'd wondered about jpg artifacts as well.
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Perpetual Bliss
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I like it! But what do you think about brining up th econtrast in just the eyes and hair leaving the rest soft.
This is a quick one, but like this:
This is a quick one, but like this:
Charles C Lloyd
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What did you do to eliminate the haze? That made a big improvement in my book. The sharpness may have been overdone a tad (too low a threshold?) but the haze was really distracting. I take it the haze elimination was independent of the shapening? I'd really like to know how to do that!
Thanks,
Charles.
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Dave Lewis
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Obviously, Morris' s image was sharpened way way too much. Your's is still too hot in my mind. I agree the original is a little too much the other way. He called it soft, Morris called it hazy. I think it was just a little lacking in contrast. Yours seems to now have too much saturation. High saturation with people is an invitation for ruddiness and red splotches. It this weren't a young subject the skin tone would have definitely not held up. I would go with something inbetween yours and the original.
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Dave Lewis
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Nope, that's too obvious.I like it! But what do you think about brining up th econtrast in
just the eyes and hair leaving the rest soft.
This is a quick one, but like this:
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Dave Lewis
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Dave Lewis
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Ok, here's my shot at it. I moved the slider in from the left in Levels to meet the graph. That darkened it just a little. I gave it just a tad of contrast boost, and gave it a tiny bit of sharpening. I don't think it is as hot as the others and is definitely not oversharpened.I took this one yesterday, and really liked it. It's soft but
looks best this way (I feel). The girl is my daughter, but the dog
is our neighbors (we're dog sitting). Taken with D100 and Sigma
28-70 2.8.
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Dave Lewis
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morris
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Bring up just the eyes and the hair makes her look possessed due to the eyes.
Morris
Morris
I like it! But what do you think about brining up th econtrast in
just the eyes and hair leaving the rest soft.
This is a quick one, but like this:
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morris
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Hi Charles, I removed the haze with autocontrast in PS 7. Very easy one step process.
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Morris
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morris
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There you go Dave. Very nice.
Morris
Morris
Ok, here's my shot at it. I moved the slider in from the left inI took this one yesterday, and really liked it. It's soft but
looks best this way (I feel). The girl is my daughter, but the dog
is our neighbors (we're dog sitting). Taken with D100 and Sigma
28-70 2.8.
Levels to meet the graph. That darkened it just a little. I gave it
just a tad of contrast boost, and gave it a tiny bit of sharpening.
I don't think it is as hot as the others and is definitely not
oversharpened.
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Dave Lewis
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Dave Lewis
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Thanks, Morris. I'm curious about relative sharpness of my shot in comparison to yours and the original and the other hot one. Mine should be just a little sharper than the original, still retaining the soft subtle look. Here is my problem, though. I have been working with an Apple Cinema display for about a month now, after usiing CRT's from the beginning. The apparent sharpness of these displays is much greater than CRT's. I fear not sharpening enough with this display, when overly sharpened stuff using a CRT looks absolutely awful on this display.
Your shot was reduced to a lot of sharpening atifacts on this display, when I'll bet it looked pretty good on CRT's. Is that the case, Morris.
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Dave Lewis
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morris
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Your last sample looks a soft to me, but is nice. My example was over sharpened and looked that way on my Acer 77c 17 inch CRT. What I posted was more a comment than a finished work. Apparently I made my point as so many jumped in. The original has issues that are hard to fix. CA under the chin, glare in the background, parts OOF due to shallow DOF. You did a nice job with it.
Morris
Morris
Robert M28897
Veteran Member
If you like the image, that's the most important thing. I like it myself, though I do think it could use a slight boost in contrast, but all the modifications posted so far in this thread are horribly overprocessed. "Auto"-anything in Photoshop should be avoided at all costs...subtle changes are always better.
Thanks for sharing this,
Robert
Thanks for sharing this,
Robert
I took this one yesterday, and really liked it. It's soft but
looks best this way (I feel). The girl is my daughter, but the dog
is our neighbors (we're dog sitting). Taken with D100 and Sigma
28-70 2.8.
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