How to clean up hairy belly on pregnant lady.

05/19/2008 06:58:51 PM · #1

That just sounds wrong in so many ways, but it's a fact of being pregnant.. I did a shoot with a lovely gal who's got a little bit of a hair issue on her belly.. I've tried softening the skin, using a little "airbrushing" over it and it looks terrible.. How do I get rid of the hair on the belly ???

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Olympus 12-40mm f/2.8 Pro

05/19/2008 07:10:04 PM · #2

Originally posted by kandykarml:

I would healing brush it, but that is just me. I did this using mostly cloning and healing brushes.
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I would think you could fix the hair in much the same way.

slickchik

OM System OM-1

05/19/2008 07:11:03 PM · #3

Man, why didn't she shave? I would have!!

kyebosh

Canon EOS-20D

Canon EF 80-200mm f/2.8L

05/19/2008 07:17:55 PM · #4

from the pic you posted it's almost not noticeable at all.

Did she ask you to edit it out?

05/19/2008 07:36:35 PM · #5

I agree, it is really not that noticeable. Maybe a larger print shows it more however. I bit of neat image on the belly might do the trick to. Smooth it out, but don't overdo it. Just leave some of the texture. Just a thought.

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Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

05/19/2008 07:48:15 PM · #6

To me, it's very obvious.. So, I'm sure to her, it will be too.. She did ask me to do any and all touch up's I thought needed to be done, so hence my dillema.. I must say though, neat image kicks hairy belly butt.. I'm gonna mask out the rest and then drop the opacity, but here's the neat imaged version.
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thanks for the help

DrAchoo

Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5

05/19/2008 07:49:20 PM · #7

A dark line running from your pubic bone to your belly button is called the linea nigrans and is a sign of pregnancy. Often that line will be present but white before pregnancy and is called the linea alba.

picturesbykim

Nikon D300

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

05/19/2008 07:56:08 PM · #8

good job with the line. My one thought was the spot just above her underwear where there is a little darker spot. It isn't flattering and I think it would look much nicer touched up. JMHO though. :)

Sam94720

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

05/19/2008 07:57:32 PM · #9

Try cloning from non-hairy parts of the skin, with reduced opacity.

Art Roflmao

Canon EOS-6D Mark II

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

05/19/2008 07:59:18 PM · #10

For some reason I was expecting to see something like this:

Softening looks like it was the easy fix to what was probably not noticable to many anyway. Your NI fix looks good though.

05/19/2008 08:00:23 PM · #11

Originally posted by picturesbykim:

good job with the line. My one thought was the spot just above her underwear where there is a little darker spot. It isn't flattering and I think it would look much nicer touched up. JMHO though. :)

OK.. I see what you're talking about.. Thanks, I'll fix that too.. I'm always afraid I'll go too far in some of these.. So, I have to just take it one flaw at a time.. :-)

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

05/19/2008 08:01:25 PM · #12

Originally posted by Art Roflmao:

For some reason I was expecting to see something like this:

Softening looks like it was the easy fix to what was probably not noticable to many anyway. Your NI fix looks good though.

OK, I probably would have died laughing at the shoot and been asked to leave if this is what I was facing.. (no offense there mr.toothfairy)..

picturesbykim

Nikon D300

05/19/2008 08:13:44 PM · #13

Originally posted by kandykarml:

Originally posted by picturesbykim:
good job with the line. My one thought was the spot just above her underwear where there is a little darker spot. It isn't flattering and I think it would look much nicer touched up. JMHO though. :)

OK.. I see what you're talking about.. Thanks, I'll fix that too.. I'm always afraid I'll go too far in some of these.. So, I have to just take it one flaw at a time.. :-)

I understand and that's the best approach. The next thing I would do, clone out the bar from the bed above her head.

Nikon AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.8D

05/19/2008 08:22:34 PM · #14

OK.. bar shooting out of the head is gone.. Let me ask you this.. Can you tell I basically added the entire back wall.. You can see the blinds from the window peaking through the maroon muslin she had drapped over the canopy.. That window went out 3/4's of the way across the wall.. I need to add some texture to it to make it match what was there originally, but the full window had to go.

Louis

Nikon D800

05/19/2008 08:30:16 PM · #15

Large areas of hair like that can be removed in PS CS3 with a large soft healing brush set at about 70% opacity. Make the brush about 30% as large as the area to be corrected. Brush lightly with pen+tablet if you have that. Repeat over area as needed. You can also use a large spot healing brush tool and sample that area above her navel.

Sunniee

Canon EOS-40D

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

05/19/2008 09:06:56 PM · #16

A little trick to lessen the look of the blinds behind the curtain....

loosely select the curtain where the blinds show through...
Ctrl+J to put the selection on its own layer....
change layer blending mode to "darken"
click on the patch inside the photo as if you were going to move it....
hold down the ctrl key as you arrow down a couple times.... the dark part of the blind will darken the light area.... lessening the look of the blinds without having to remove them.

ikopanas

Nikon D7000

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Nikon

05/20/2008 01:48:41 AM · #17

In many cases one wants to blur the background.... But then the hair intersects with it:

Is it a technique to keep the hair in focus, while blurring the background?

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

05/20/2008 08:43:15 AM · #18

This was a case of shallow DOF. Long lense, small fstop.

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

05/20/2008 09:08:34 AM · #19

Originally posted by Jason_Cross:

This was a case of shallow DOF. Long lense, small fstop.

You mean "long lens, large (or wide-open) f/stop". A small f/stop is f/22, a large f/stop is f/2.8...

R.