Hi Don, Dodging and burning aren't manipulation as I see it ;-))
Actually, there are many ways to lighten small or specific areas, that's not the problem. I just lightened the face a bit, but then the tonality of the photo was thrown off and the pic didn't look quite natural. Of course, I just did a little Q&D adjustment, and it's likely that spending more time on the face could bring a better result. My own philosphy of image tonality comes from working with B&W, where one works with light and shadows differently. Personally, I like deep shadows and darker prints (one of my teachers was a student of WES, and WES often printed dark), but what I'm used to doing in B&W doesn't always translate into color, so new skills are needed here. However, I generally don't like working in color as color often gets in the way of the image and the story. Here's the Q&D lightening of the face. Tell me if you don't thing the balance of the image is ruined by the adjustment. You might want to switch between them to better see the dif. http://home.earthlink.net/~my-pics/snoozer-lite.html http://home.earthlink.net/~my-pics/snoozer.html Shel > [Original Message] > From: Don Sanderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 3/17/2005 6:18:51 PM > Subject: RE: PAW PESO - Snoozer > > I was assuming an overall lightening of the pic. > You wouldn't resort to *dodging* would you? > That would be "manipulation"! ;-) > (Poking fun at the 'purists'.) > > Actually I don't know if it would look right or not > just lightening the shadows. I'm not good enough at > PS to make it look natural. > Looks like one of those cut n' paste things when I'm > done with it.
