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10/13/2005 01:56:00 AM · #1 |
hi! i want to e-mail a copy of this photo to her for her birthday, and want to get some feedback on how i could improve this image.
i know that the windows are blown out, and i've tried dodging(burning? heck, darkening!) them as a separate layer, which seemed to help a bit. i've also blurred the background and softened the colors. i tried it as a b&w or dualtone, and wasn't as thrilled as i thought i'd be. the birthday is on friday, so any feedback you have would be great. (or, if the photo's probably okay to go, that would be great to hear as well!)
thanks!
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10/13/2005 02:38:09 AM · #2 |
There's probably quite a few things you could do to it, but I wouldn't feel it absolutely necessary to do anything to it - it looks fine as is, IMO.
But you could just throw a couple PS actions at it:
(Gothic Glow and Glam Blur) - If you dont have them, search the forum for Photoshop Actions and you'll find some link to where you can download them and others.
Hope this helps.
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10/13/2005 10:34:14 AM · #3 |
okay, ken, i've been thinking that gimp would be just fine for me to use as an edit tool, but seeing that lovely warm glow makes me think that ps may be something i need to save up for!
i took another pass over it, softening it just a bit more, knocking up the yellow a bit to warm it up, and then increasing the saturation just a bump. it's not terribly different from the first post, it doesn't have that lush feel that yours has, but do you see this one as an improvement or no over the first?
jeannel |
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10/13/2005 11:50:08 AM · #4 |
Another version could have similar soft look, but bring the sharpness back into the eyes & mouth afterwards through the history tool, a minor whitening of the teeth (just noticed I may have gone a bit far on that), bringing the highlights down to get the window area a bit more tolerable, and again bringing the highlights back into the skin via history brush or eraser in seocnd layer via copy, and finally a sort of vignette neutral density darkening of the image and re-lightening of the center.
------------Before--------------------After--------------
(click on each, then switch between them in taskbar to see changes)
Message edited by author 2005-10-13 11:50:34. |
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10/13/2005 01:10:14 PM · #5 |
I think you should crop square, and remove some of the distractions in the background.
I did a few other things here, including adjusting the colors and saturation to taste, sharpened it, added a version of Fievels Gothic Glow action to a layer but then reduced it to about 15%, then sharpened the eyes only, then brightened shadows and also brightened with curves.
Do it square, and then put it in a nice frame with a big border.
If you don't want to spend too much, they have nice (and cheap) museum format frames at art stores, like the frames by MCS. Just a thin border of black, a big matte, and your shot.
(Postnote: I see below you don't have PS. Your Draft 2 looks much better, I think as good as my PS version above. So all you'd need to do is crop and frame!)
Message edited by author 2005-10-13 13:13:16.
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10/13/2005 01:28:54 PM · #6 |
Here's my attempt at a duotone, though i think nshapiro's square format works best.
Kirsty
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10/13/2005 03:29:15 PM · #7 |
| I think the Draft 2 version is great. Brad and Neil's are excellent also and I especially like Neil's idea of cropping to a square and museum framing. Kirsty's duotone looks good, but I wouldn't give up the color. |
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10/13/2005 05:03:53 PM · #8 |
thank you guys so much for the feedback! here's the latest version with the editing tools i have...
or, i'm just going to go with version two and print it out for a card, i think.
j
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