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lephotography

« Reply #25 on: February 05, 2009, 22:08 »

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Quote from: Xalanx on February 05, 2009, 17:04

First of all, I don't like the lack of detail in dark areas. I'd rather have something like this:

That looks too overexposed


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Xalanx

« Reply #26 on: February 06, 2009, 00:37 »

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Quote from: lephotography on February 05, 2009, 22:08

Quote from: Xalanx on February 05, 2009, 17:04

First of all, I don't like the lack of detail in dark areas. I'd rather have something like this:

That looks too overexposed

He should look in the DARK areas, as I said. I don't do full processing for the sake of sharing just like that. A simple hint is more constructive, then he can learn.


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niserin

« Reply #27 on: February 06, 2009, 04:12 »

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Here is what I have done myself:

Is it more stock worthy now ?


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Microbius

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« Reply #28 on: February 06, 2009, 04:20 »

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looking much better in the darker areas. There seems to be something a little strange about her right arm. Maybe just because I've been staring at it too long, but have you slimmed the top of that arm down or moved it?


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niserin

« Reply #29 on: February 06, 2009, 04:37 »

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No, I haven't Wink


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Xalanx

« Reply #30 on: February 06, 2009, 04:46 »

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it's shot from close, with a semi-wide angle lens, hence the perspective distortion of the arm.


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Microbius

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« Reply #31 on: February 06, 2009, 06:29 »

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okay, must just be me looking at it for too long. The arm was looking unnaturally short, but must just be the angle/ perspective.


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Dreamframer

« Reply #32 on: February 06, 2009, 09:34 »

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Now you have some unnatural lightened area just under her hair on a forehead....
Try making new layer in PS, change it's mode to soft light, take very soft brush and white color, and paint in that new layer over areas in shadow. When you are done decrease opacity of that layer to achieve natural look.

Look... this image is basically good... it's obvious that you have good eye. We are talking here about some minor, but sometimes important adjustments. You are on a good way.... I really think that


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niserin

« Reply #33 on: February 06, 2009, 10:49 »

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Yes, I see this lightened area under her hair..
Thank you whitechild for you small tutorial, it is really helpful, I didn't know it before.

But what about this hair on the top of her head? Can it stay like that? I guess that highlighting this hair was the only way to achieve absolutely white background.


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niserin

« Reply #34 on: February 06, 2009, 11:04 »

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Another one:
Before shadow correction:

After correction:

Am I going a right way?


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Dreamframer

« Reply #35 on: February 06, 2009, 15:11 »

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Yes, you are on the right way.
About the hair... Probably some agencies will accept it, but some other wont. I would suggest you to try to remove whole that part of the hair, and to try to achieve natural look as much as possible. Try to use eraser and maybe clone stamp tool.
I don't use dodge and burn tools very often, exactly because of effects like this


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« Reply #36 on: February 06, 2009, 19:26 »

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Quote from: niserin on February 05, 2009, 14:04

Here is an another example, but now I am not sure about the isolation. I mean her hair on the top of her head.

Hair is a mess to isolate by dodging. You could just eleminate the small hairs in the separation and follow the main outline.


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Dreamframer

« Reply #37 on: February 06, 2009, 21:11 »

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Quote from: FlemishDreams on February 06, 2009, 19:26

Quote from: niserin on February 05, 2009, 14:04

Here is an another example, but now I am not sure about the isolation. I mean her hair on the top of her head.

Hair is a mess to isolate by dodging. You could just eleminate the small hairs in the separation and follow the main outline.

Thank you Flemish, I wanted to say that, but sometimes I don't know how to explain something in english

To erase small hairs with eraser, and if needed to use clone stamp on some small parts to hide the direction of a hair if it points in the wrong direction


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lephotography

« Reply #38 on: February 06, 2009, 23:50 »

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hair looks better but you have a shadow on her face from her glasses


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