Much better. The shadows look quite natural in the original. It could use some mild tint adjustment, but this version is quite good as it stands. Paul
> Thanks, David, Shel, and Bruce, for your comments, > > The picture was shot as a jpeg, cropped, and slightly adjusted, in > Irfanview (which is probably why Shel prefers that program to view it). > > Being a tight-fisted Scot, I have been resisting buying PS CS (I have > Elements 2), but I suppose I am just going to have to bite the bullet and > do so if I am going to get the best out of my pictures. And also shoot > RAW. > > This is how the picture came out of the camera (cropped and resized only): > > http://www.johnpforbes.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/htm/_IGP0688basic.jpg > > If anybody feels like playing with it a little (and telling me what you > did), please feel free. > > John > > > > On Fri, 1 Apr 2005 06:41:03 -0500, Paul Stenquist > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Beautiful woman. I find the pose interesting. It's not what one would > > call a "natural" pose, but it is evocative and glamorous. More typical > > of fashion photography than portraiture. My only nit is that it appears > > to be oversaturated. The shadow areas have become very red and are too > > sharply defined from the rest of the image. I would go back to the RAW > > and do a new conversion with less saturation, less contrast and less > > shadow intensity. I might also minus the red a wee bit. If it was shot > > as a jpeg, you could work it in curves a bit while reducing the > > saturation. But I find the composition very nice. Overall, a striking > > image. > > On Mar 31, 2005, at 9:55 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote: > > > >> Ok, someone probably needs to come right out and say it - > >> "Where is the URL?" > >> > >> > >> -- Best regards, > >> Bruce > >> > >> > >> Thursday, March 31, 2005, 2:25:16 PM, you wrote: > >> > >> JF> This was taken in natural daylight, wide-open with the FA 1:2.8 > >> 100mm > >> JF> macro and *ist D at 1/40. ISO 400. > >> > >> JF> Comments welcome. > >> > >> JF> John > >> > >> > >> > >> JF> -- > >> JF> Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.8.5 - Release Date: 29/03/2005 >
