Others thoughts on framing a photo of my sister...

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

01/11/2005 11:20:47 PM · #1

i'm thinking of giving this photo to my sister.. she just had her baby girl making me an uncle for the first time. is there anything i could or should do before i get this printed and framed?

cpanaioti

Canon EOS-40D

01/12/2005 12:41:15 AM · #2

Cute photo. I think you might want to tweak the contrast a bit, maybe using curves or similar option.

debitipton

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 II

01/12/2005 12:47:54 AM · #3

This will be a wonderful gift, she'll treasure it forever.

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

01/12/2005 12:50:27 AM · #4

What a sweet photo! I agree with cpanaioti that it could use a little curves adjustment to give it a little umph! I really like the composition, very unique.

rscorp

Nikon D70

01/12/2005 12:53:29 AM · #5

Very nice. Just make sure you don't blow out that white shirt if you tweak it. Maybe try different versions of a duotone to see what that looks like? Don't know what the actual size would look like but the only other thing I can think of is if there is a noise, run it through Neat Image. Great gift and congrats on being an uncle. My niece is in Rome and I almost never see her :-(

Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 EX DC for Canon

01/12/2005 09:19:05 AM · #6

thanks everyone for the kind words, what would be my best bet to eliminate that shadow in the lower left hand side? cloning?

moswyn

Canon EOS-7D

01/12/2005 09:22:32 AM · #7

Originally posted by totaldis:

thanks everyone for the kind words, what would be my best bet to eliminate that shadow in the lower left hand side? cloning?

I was thinking that.

jonpink

Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX2

01/12/2005 09:28:59 AM · #8

I would remove the shadow first.

As for contrast, I wouldn't touch it. If you start upping the levels of contrast it will create a harshness which will defy the image.

As it is now, it has a certain softness to it, which bodes well with the subject.

01/13/2005 12:08:35 PM · #9

well i gave my run at the shadows and failed miserably. anyone have a good technique to get rid of them?

Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L USM

01/13/2005 12:13:04 PM · #10

Originally posted by totaldis:

well i gave my run at the shadows and failed miserably. anyone have a good technique to get rid of them?

Did you try using the healing tool? I just took a quick swipe at it and it seemed to do away with the shadow pretty nicely.

thatcloudthere

Canon EOS-1D

01/13/2005 12:29:39 PM · #11

Originally posted by jenesis:

Originally posted by totaldis:
well i gave my run at the shadows and failed miserably. anyone have a good technique to get rid of them?

Did you try using the healing tool? I just took a quick swipe at it and it seemed to do away with the shadow pretty nicely.

Off topic for one second (I use Elements)...what does the healing tool actually do? Thanks.

GoldBerry

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

01/13/2005 12:31:21 PM · #12

Playing with levels/curves might minimize the appearance of the shadow.

I say a nice white or black matte with a big black frame. I know people's tastes are varied, but black is a safe bet.

Message edited by author 2005-01-13 12:31:40.

01/13/2005 12:37:22 PM · #13

hope you don't mind Aaron, but I played with a little. Sorry it's an addiction for me. :-) I used the healing tool in the corner and also added a gradient fill layer to kind of hightlight the stomach a little and did a little curves adjustment.

I don't know, maybe I just messed it up. :-) But if you want details, let me know.

as far as what the healing tool does, well from what I can tell, it kind of blends things together a little better. Helps getting rid of little lines and shadows and such. I'm sure someone that is more knowledgable in PS can explain it better than I.

01/13/2005 01:30:11 PM · #14

thanks for the run at it jenesis looks good, just wondering how well the healing tool will do on a printed picture. as for the gradient fill layer i dont understand what that even does. i guess im going to have to install photoshop. it looks good and thanks for the input.