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04/07/2005 01:40:49 PM · #1 |
I went out hiking yesterday and came across this cute little guy. He would stop and pose for me pretty much as long as I didn't move. More importantly though I have begun to jump on the Dodge and Burn train. I saw that Pedro did a tutorial for it so I gave it a quick shot today. What do you think with the results. Is it blatantly obvious D&B was used? Thanks ahead of time for any input.
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04/07/2005 01:46:18 PM · #2 |
| Nice shot, and no, I would say it's definitely not obvious you D'd & B'd. The shadow effect works well. |
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04/07/2005 01:46:57 PM · #3 |
| I'm no pro at Photoshop (I actually think it's way over used many times), but I think you did a great job on this shot. Both are fine photos, but the processed one seems to be much easier to look at. Nice work. |
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04/07/2005 01:57:17 PM · #4 |
almost a success.. but the shadow on the snake is too dark and the burn outline shows too much, try softening the outline and make the shadpw fade out, instead of the sharp shift from shadow to snake like it is now..
but still a nice snake picture :) |
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04/07/2005 02:12:31 PM · #5 |
What other editing steps did you do besides d&b? The second shot is definitely "easier to look at", but I suspect most of the improvement comes from more normal editing techniques like adjustment to contrast and saturation. Because I've seen both the before and the after I can spot some areas where you have used d&b, but probaly would not notice it if not comparing the two. Is that what you use to guage the success of your d&b? We could give you a better critique of your d&b if that were the only thing different in the two shots we have to compare.
It is a nice shot, very sharp with good depth of field. Full zoom? Exposure settings?
Message edited by author 2005-04-07 14:14:37.
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04/07/2005 03:25:31 PM · #6 |
| The picture was done almost completely with D&B with a very small adjustment to curves. No saturation or contrast changes. It was shot at full zoom(only 4x with sony v-1)in macro mode with f8 as aperature. |
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04/07/2005 03:36:38 PM · #7 |
| Nice job I thought! When I can tell it's been D&B it's too much....when I can't tell I think it's been used as it should be. :) |
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04/07/2005 03:45:58 PM · #8 |
I played with your snake a little, hope you don't mind. In addition to my variation of D&B, I did some cropping, then some cloning in the upper left. Finally, some hie/saturation and selective colour work to make it all a little richer. Of course I haven't seen the actual snake, so I don't know if I'm within the range of permissible variation, but it LOOKS a little better maybe...?
For what it's worth, note that I was making passes with the burn tool at all 3 settings; highlight, midtones, and shadow, and varying the % of burn for each, in an attempt to keep the texture natural while bringing the tones down on the non-snake elements so they didn't compete as much with the snake.
Robt.
Message edited by author 2005-04-07 15:48:29.
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04/07/2005 07:21:57 PM · #9 |
| That looks great Robert. I like that the shadows are a little bit more subued and the snake seems even more clear with variation. Thanks |
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