Another one of Ani for you to correct / post edit :)

[MrChevy]

This one will be a little harder, since it has her in the shadows with some highlight on her right cheek. And all that bright sun in the background.

Give it a go. Let's see the edits, crops etc that you come up with.

Enjoy.

http://home.comcast.net/~kenchevy/CRW_6803w.jpg

[G3]

Let's see how it looks...

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-4/166972/CRW_6803w.jpg


I liked the cropping as it is.

[John_T]

...jpeg squashes and all, curious how this comes out...

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/2391647-lg.jpg

[n3hle]

Here is my attempt. I like the crop the way you had it.
Rgrds, Kevin

http://images.fotopic.net/?id=4732180&outx=600&noresize=1&nostamp=1

[who10]

Here's a quick and dirty attempt; think I'll try again when I get home and have access to a calibrated monitor...

David

http://www.haskellct.com/photos/CRW_6803wADJ.jpg

[Bruce Hamilton]

I cropped out the excessive sunshine, and changed color saturation slightly.

http://photos.imageevent.com/brucehamilton/miscellaneous/miscellaneous/websize/CRW_6803w_1.jpg

[PhotosGuy]

My 15 minute contribution:

CRWFC_6803w.jpg
http://img72.photobucket.com/albums/v218/PhotosGuy/Forum%20Junk/CRWFC_6803w.jpg

[Calis]

I enjoyed your last one, so I thought I'd have another go:

http://www.pbase.com/image/29414908.jpg

I didn't do much - A slight crop, a white balance adjustment, a bit of skin softening, eye & teeth whitening, a curves adjustment to increase contrast slightly and bring up the mid tones a bit, a final light USM and that was that.

I hope She likes this one too.

[MrsChevy]

My 15 minute contribution:

Frank,
wow, only 15 minutes? :shock:
I like your work! :D

[MrsChevy]

Here's a quick and dirty attempt; think I'll try again when I get home and have access to a calibrated monitor...

David


David, I like your work too. wow! :D

[MrsChevy]

I enjoyed your last one, so I thought I'd have another go:

I didn't do much - A slight crop, a white balance adjustment, a bit of skin softening, eye & teeth whitening, a curves adjustment to increase contrast slightly and bring up the mid tones a bit, a final light USM and that was that.

I hope She likes this one too.

I like your work too, but Frank's is the one so far that I really like. :D

[MrsChevy]

I also want to thanks G3, John, Kevin and Bruce for your contributions. :)

[who10]

Here's a quick and dirty attempt; think I'll try again when I get home and have access to a calibrated monitor...

David


David, I like your work too. wow! :D

Glad you liked my first attempt... here's the final version

http://www.haskellct.com/photos/CRW_6803wAni.jpg

David

[MrChevy]

Here is the RAW file if you have broadband and want to play with it instead of a little jpg copy.

http://www.mrchevy.com/CRW_6803.CRW

Slow tonight for us, since we are both playing on the www at the same time :)

http://home.comcast.net/~kenchevy/dl6803.jpg

[Bruno1520]

I thought I had better try my luck too :D
http://www.pbase.com/image/29432133.jpg

[quickben]

who10, how do you do that ?

[who10]

who10, how do you do that ?

Quickben,

Used Photoshop CS as follows:

1st adjusted the overall color balance with levels, moved the black point (left arrow) to the beginning of the histogram data - then set gray (center eye dropper) on what I guessed was neutral (selected Ani's shirt collar).

2nd I made two copies of the image. To the first I added a softlight layer and adjusted the opacity to accentuate Ani and the foreground. To the second I added a multiply layer and adjusted the opacity to accentuate the tree shadows in the background. This leaves you with a slightly overexposed image of Ani in a very overexposed background, and a slightly dark background image with Ani covered in deep shadows.

3rd I blended the two copies together into one image and balanced this one with the shadow/highlight adjustment, and tweaked the contrast a bit.

The process takes about ten minutes after you get the hang of it.

This was kind of an experiment for me, so I may have left out a couple minor tweaks, but those I described are certainly the most relevant steps.

Later tonight I going to try something similar using the actual raw image (this will produce much better results)... and I'll keep better track of what I do in each step this time!

David

[quickben]

Thanks David,

I'll try it with a couple of images i have that are a bit flat.

:D :D

Gary.

[PhotosGuy]

I like your work too, but Frank's is the one so far that I really like.

Thanks a lot, Ani! When the subject is also the ‘client’, it’s usually 10 times as hard to get a compliment! :lol:

P$hop 7: Dupe the Bkg layer in case I screw up & need to start over. On the ‘Bkg Copy’…
I used adjustment layers to set Levels & Color Balance JUST for the face of the “Flower” in the center. (Adjustment layers because I can easily go back & tweak them).
Saved a History Snapshot.
Undo the pic History back to ‘Open’.
Use Levels to darken the whole pic to knock down the bright leaves in the bkg.
Activate the History snapshot, chose the History Brush @ about 25%, & paint in the “Flower” & some of the surrounding area. Leave the edges a bit dark.
Crop. Done.

What I might do different:
Use a hard brush to paint in the face. I used a large soft one, & see a bit of a halo at the top right of the head now.
Save another History Snapshot of brighter flowers to touch them up at the end.
Knock down the bright leaves & white flowers in the bkg some more. They still look a bit hot & the contrast with the darker face tends to draw attention away from it.
Paint a red circle on the lens for the “L”-Junkies out there!

The great thing about P$hop is that there are about 17 different ways to get something done! As they used to say on “The Naked City”, this has been one of them.
:wink:

[who10]

Frank... I really like the composition you chose, excellent work!



David

[kosmos]

Here's a quick and dirty attempt; think I'll try again when I get home and have access to a calibrated monitor...

David


David, I like your work too. wow! :D

Glad you liked my first attempt... here's the final version

http://www.haskellct.com/photos/CRW_6803wAni.jpg

David

WOW!! :shock: :shock: :D

That looks awesome... I love the saturation and color!

....


Can you give me a mini-tutorial? :oops:

[BigRed450]

Here is my version

http://users.air.on.ca/cbjaps/Webpostpics/CRW_6803wcopy.jpg

[BigRed450]

And a warmer version

http://users.air.on.ca/cbjaps/Webpostpics/CRW_6803wcopy2.jpg

[Calis]

Thanks for posting the RAW file, that makes things much easier.

So here is my (revised) version taken from the RAW

http://www.pbase.com/image/29463805.jpg

[quickben]

How do you blend layers together ? Does PS do it automatically ?

Gary.