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zacker
10th of December 2008 (Wed), 13:11
So I have this Photo of one of my dogs, Sam... i was trying out a new flash bouncer I made and he kept rolling around and wanting to play as I was laying on the floor which usually means play time.. well, he got close or i got too close any how... i blew this one out pretty badly..

Jpeg version of the original RAW.. ( i shoot raw + jpeg most times)
http://www.brokenfencephotography.com/photos/434019381_qfwqR-L.jpg

Now I love this shot i was using the siggie 10-20 and love how huge his legs and feet look.. lol so...

I ran the one RAW through Photomatix and got this after tone mapping the **** out of it.. lol
http://www.brokenfencephotography.com/photos/433678392_zpUTz-L.jpg

ok looking better but, now i have an ugly BG and alot of noise...
Ok, I saved the PM version (this one) and opened it in PS.. cropped it, curves, color, blacked out the bg and ran it through the noise ware in PS.. then used a very slight "Lusic Arts" filter on it to help with lost detail.. then i manually cleaned up some of the left over niose and stuff a small (tiny) amount of dodging and some localized blurring.. then i ran it through neat image once more to smoothe it out and.. this is the final outcome.

http://www.smugmug.com/photos/433385077_Ne9jE-L.jpg
-Douglas-
10th of December 2008 (Wed), 13:17
that came out really, really nice. fantastic!
zacker
10th of December 2008 (Wed), 13:28
thanks!!
theague
10th of December 2008 (Wed), 14:25
That looks really good! I like it
BrandonSi
10th of December 2008 (Wed), 16:38
Nice save!
millsinmaine@gmail.com
10th of December 2008 (Wed), 16:40
the final picture is great and quite a transformation from where you started. You've motivated me to explore and play deeper with Photoshop
waynedsargent
10th of December 2008 (Wed), 16:44
Great transformation!
CameraBuff
10th of December 2008 (Wed), 18:27
Wow, nice pp - I just love those huge paws.
zacker
10th of December 2008 (Wed), 20:31
Wow, nice pp - I just love those huge paws.



me too, thats why i wanted to save the shot.



thanks guys :)
Avi
11th of December 2008 (Thu), 08:54
yeah, no doubt...HDR really saved the image..

but can't see the final image... is it uploaded on a different server ?

Avi
zacker
11th of December 2008 (Thu), 08:57
I can see it... can you check it again?
thanks Avi!!!
queenbee288
11th of December 2008 (Thu), 10:25
Good job!
randy.wick
11th of December 2008 (Thu), 11:02
That turned out great! (and I am getting that lens this weekend-- I'm even more excited now!) Great job fixing it!