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Nuno

Nikon D700

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

01/06/2005 03:57:06 PM · #1

Hi there and a very good new year to all. It's been a while since my last stop by DPChallenge.

But a boubt is in my spirit and I hope some one might help.

In a Christmas dinner I've taken this photo withought much car I must add.

But the baby's mother liked the photo so much (the first baby at the age of 40 - I gess it maybe from it) that she asked me if I could do a 8x10 print of it so she could give it to the child grandfader.

But the photo was taken in auto mode with flash and as so the image is very grainy, with lots of artifacts when viewed at photo qualaty prints. So I tryed some things to improve a bit, if that is not a impossible mission, the photo.

After playing a bit I come up with the next two images:

and

This is what I did:

In Photoshop I done Auto coulor and contrast correction.
Then I used quick mask to select the parts that I wanted to keep in coulor and created a new layer via cut.
Then I desaturated the background, to be B&W and then duplicate it.
Done a gaussian blur in the copy of the background, just slightly to minor some imperfections and put it with 50% transparancy to overlay tha actual background.

This was the result.

Any ideas of what to do to get it a bit better?

thanks

Message edited by author 2005-01-06 15:59:07.

SteveJ

Canon EOS-7D

Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM

01/06/2005 04:22:32 PM · #2

I am not an expert, by any stretch of the imagination, Nuno.

I like the original, but I think a tighter crop, taking out the chair and the blank area on the right would improve the shot. Any mum, 40 or not, would like it and Grandad will be pleased with it too!

Nice One!

Steve

GoldBerry

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

01/06/2005 04:31:48 PM · #3

Yup, I'd stick with the original just cropped tighter.

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