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02/12/2007 10:16:27 PM · #1 |
:)
How'd I do?
Original:
Feedback would be greatly appreciated. This was from about a half hour ago.
Thanks so much!
Lee
Edit: the original is the untouched, unprocessed RAW file
Message edited by author 2007-02-12 22:17:49.
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02/12/2007 10:24:42 PM · #2 |
it's good, perhaps need some D&B to bring the subject out a little more?
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02/12/2007 10:24:59 PM · #3 |
Aww she is most definetly cute! I like both versions of the photo. The orginal is a more softer photo and the processed one is amazing. I like how much the dog stands out in the processed one. Good use of black on black. I think I would crop off the bottom of it some, but that is just my opinion...
Love the pup's expression as well. Good Job :)
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02/13/2007 02:00:13 AM · #4 |
What did you use to do the processing? I'm new to photography and I'd like to know what program you use.
BTW...SOOOO CUTE!!!
I wish I could have a dog. :( |
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02/13/2007 02:13:32 AM · #5 |
| Excellent - you've done really well to draw out that detail. |
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02/13/2007 07:10:18 AM · #6 |
Originally posted by kotzie:
What did you use to do the processing? I'm new to photography and I'd like to know what program you use. |
I actually used Photoshop CS3 to do the processing.
It went as follows:
Convert to TIFF from Camera RAW
Levels
Curves; I started with the CS3 "Strong Contrast" preset and then brought in a little more contrast into the darks and lights.
I then used the brand new Black and White adjustment in CS3. I always use Custom for this because you click anywhere on the image and it turns into a scrubby slider which gives you selective control over the tonality of the selection. I lowered yellows and rasied some reds for this B&W adjustment.
I then made a new layer where I painted the background area with a black brush at different opacities. This gave me the "burn effect" and I lowered the opacity of the layer to around 40%.
Using the black that I had painted in as a layer mask, I made a new layer to apply about an 8 pixel gaussien blur to the background.
From there I did one more layers adjustment using the black eyedrop to get some more dark tones, resized, and uploaded.
Thanks for the great feedback everyone! |
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02/13/2007 08:21:39 PM · #7 |
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02/13/2007 08:33:27 PM · #8 |
Awwww! Yes, very cute! Excellent processing!
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02/13/2007 09:51:54 PM · #9 |
awwwww chargadeen... although, my dog is def cooler
nice shot
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02/13/2007 11:05:24 PM · #10 |
It looks dark in the thumbnail, but not so bad when I click on it. I like the detail from the cross lighting in the hair and the high contrast. The eyes could use more light though to liven them up.
Cute dog.
Mike
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