How is the dress now?

[Stephanie Miller]

1st photo has been edited a little in ps cs 2, the 2nd photo is right out of camera with dress blown out. Please remember I am still in the learning phase. Does dress look any better?
Thanks
http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk297/millerphotography/Alyssaaaronwedding273_s8h60web.jpghttp://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk297/millerphotography/Alyssaaaronwedding273_s8h60web.jpg

[Lelasmama05]

I don't know if it's just me... but I don't really see any difference.

[Subimatt]

I honestly cant tell a difference, might be the work monitor tho.

[sheckells27]

Can't see a difference...

[Kiddo]

Nope can't see a difference either....

[shilophoto]

Sorry ,, nothing .

[ImagesByInku]

I think both links lead back to the same file.

[Visual Bride]

Lol,
Stephanie posted the wrong before picture. Here is the picture from the thread earlier today.

Before:
http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk297/millerphotography/Alyssaaaronwedding273web.jpg
After:
http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk297/millerphotography/Alyssaaaronwedding273_s8h60web.jpg

Much better in my opinion. Good job.

[ImagesByInku]

Much better in my opinion. Good job.

I agree. However, I still think that it would be better if the groom weren't so far in the background and partially covered by a bush. Maybe he can be cloned out altogether.

[Hairyman]

The dress is much improved in terms of the problems of over-exposure.

I had a couple of thoughts about the scene. Perhaps you could just reprocess the bride and groom and leave the rest of the scene's exposure unchanged. The saturation of the trees and ferns are verynice in the original, but he is too dark and she is too bright.

Another thought mybe to do an HDR composition. I can well imagine whatyouwere actually looking at in terms of colour and saturation with your eye. It would be well outside the capacity of you sensor as a single exposure. It could be a gorgeous HDR with a little care.

A final thought was that in the original she looks absolutely ethereal. Perhaps with a little more "glow" she would appear as a sylvan figure in the woods to contrast with the more mortal treatment of the groom.

[_aravena]

Clear out the groom! The exposure though, major change. Good job.

[www.mbpixel.com]

Yes a lot better, much can be recovered with RAW, CS3 etc. Sometimes it is impossible to expose all the light ranges correctly. I believe it is easier to recover over exposure than under exposure, and you have done a good job here!

[33L]

nicely brought back in control form the original!

[Kathy H]

Looks much better in the edited version.

Cute photo Stephanie!

And I personally like the groom being back there:)

[k5bh]

good job!! well done

[Stephanie Miller]

thanks everyone for all your help and advice...so much to learn in all the aspects of photograhy and the pp afterwards...but I picked the right forum to learn how, so much talent here..love looking at everybodys work and learning...that is why I am here, to learn from some of the best

[Stephanie Miller]

oh "Visual Bride" thanks for the help with the picture...LOL..still trying to learn how to post pictures here

[Stephanie Miller]

Hairyman,
can you explain what an HDR composition is...sorry if this is a stupid ??, but not familiar with all the photo terms and post processing.

[Hairyman]

HDR is high dynamic range photography. It is a combination of several different levels of exposure to produce a photo that looks like the scene when you cast your eyes over the different areas. The eye automatically adjusts exposure and white balance as you cast you eyes from deep shadow (the groom) to bright sunlight (the bride). It is very difficult for a sensor to reproduce this with one shot. Instead you can use one of several pieces of software (Photoshop CS2 and CS3 will do it, but there are plenty of others) to combine different exposures of the same image. Toget the different exposures then use the exposure bracketing function in your camera, or manually adjust the exposure above and below the exposure metered by your camera and take a series of shots.

For a general understanding of range of exposure and 'zones' go here (http://www.normankoren.com/zonesystem.html).

For more on HDR go to everyone's big bag of knowledge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_dynamic_range_imaging).

For examples of the software available go here (http://www.google.com/search?hl=la&q=high+dynamic+range+software&btnG=Quaere) and brace for impact.