Removing dandruff? On a dog? - DPChallenge Forums

Olympus 50mm f/1.8 MF Normal Zuiko

01/27/2008 06:06:41 PM · #1

I'm doing the post processing for a shoot I did last week of San Diego Hospice's therapy dogs (a totally fun shoot, I'll post the results soon). One of the dogs, a doberman, has terrible dandruff, and it shows up in every shot of him. Since the results of the shoot are likely to be both printed large and projected onto very large screens in front of a lot of people, I'd like to solve the guy's skin problem in Photoshop. Any suggestions?

Unsharpened 100% crop...
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I feel kinda bad, because the owner had obviously gone to a lot of trouble to clean him up before the shoot, but as soon as he showed up, I scratched his neck, and you can see the results.

emorgan49

Olympus E-5

01/27/2008 06:11:55 PM · #2

Talk to your vet - they make dog shampoos for dry skin and dandruff.

LanndonKane

Nikon D800

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 16-35 f/4 ED VR

01/27/2008 06:12:42 PM · #3

clone tool- shouldnt be that difficult a job, just a bit time consuming seeing there are lots of spots.

01/27/2008 06:12:46 PM · #4

Originally posted by emorgan49:

Talk to your vet - they make dog shampoos for dry skin and dandruff.

Not my dog. This is somebody else's dog from a shoot last week.

Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM

01/27/2008 06:16:58 PM · #5

Originally posted by LanndonKane:

clone tool- shouldnt be that difficult a job, just a bit time consuming seeing there are lots of spots.

I've definitely thought of that...did I mention he's huge, and it's down his entire back?

cpanaioti

Canon EOS-40D

01/27/2008 06:18:42 PM · #6

Originally posted by Ann:

Originally posted by LanndonKane:
clone tool- shouldnt be that difficult a job, just a bit time consuming seeing there are lots of spots.

I've definitely thought of that...did I mention he's huge, and it's down his entire back?

How about dust and scratches?

Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM

01/27/2008 06:27:46 PM · #7

Originally posted by cpanaioti:

How about dust and scratches?

Worked like a charm. Thanks!

cpanaioti

Canon EOS-40D

01/27/2008 06:33:12 PM · #8

Originally posted by Ann:

Originally posted by cpanaioti:

How about dust and scratches?

Worked like a charm. Thanks!

I'm glad it worked for you. Any chance we can see the result?

Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM

01/27/2008 06:46:02 PM · #9

Originally posted by cpanaioti:

Originally posted by Ann:

Originally posted by cpanaioti:

How about dust and scratches?

Worked like a charm. Thanks!

I'm glad it worked for you. Any chance we can see the result?

Before and after...I just used dust and scratches with radius 2 and threshold 10.
[thumb]638772[/thumb] [thumb]638805[/thumb]

The full shot..

cpanaioti

Canon EOS-40D

01/27/2008 06:48:40 PM · #10

Originally posted by Ann:

Originally posted by cpanaioti:

Originally posted by Ann:

Originally posted by cpanaioti:

How about dust and scratches?

Worked like a charm. Thanks!

I'm glad it worked for you. Any chance we can see the result?

Before and after...I just used dust and scratches with radius 2 and threshold 10.
[thumb]638772[/thumb] [thumb]638805[/thumb]

The full shot..

Seems to have worked quite well. The only thing I see is that the collar isn't as sharp in the after shot.