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10/14/2008 10:49:10 PM · #1 |
| Just wondering if any of you up over night owls (or anyone in Aussie of course!) have discovered the best way to remove shadows from faces - the kind you get under trees in dappled shade. I shot a wedding last week, and could have sworn they were both in the shade for one of the poses, but it seems the groom managed to capture the pattern from the lovely old tree, right on his cheek. Its not extreme, but I can't use the shots unless I work out a great way of evening it out. I was going to rather laboriously use the healing tool, but some of the patches simply won't work, they're weird shapes, even though subtle. Has anyone successfully used something better to smooth the light out? Plan B is to ditch the shots from that location, there's plenty more, but there are a few good ones I'd love to keep. |
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10/14/2008 10:58:49 PM · #2 |
My usual fix for this is to use the selection brush and copy into a new layer (if you select wrong you can set it to mask and do it backwards, which is nice), set it to linear dodge, and then mess with the opacity until it looks right. I'm positive this works with whole faces, not sure about dappled bits tho. (It also might only work in photoshop elements, I haven't been able to find the selection brush in CS3.)
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10/14/2008 11:42:02 PM · #3 |
Ive been using the following to even out highight and shadow details.
-Duplicate layer
-Desaturate duplicate
-Negative image on duplicate
-Gaussian blur of 5-7
-Overlay
-Reduce opacity 'til it looks right to you. (for me that is usually somewhere between 25-50%)
-Merge layers
This does not eliminate the shadow, but can help bring out the details and reduce the difference with the highlights. You can also erase the duplicate layer in areas where you don't want this effect.
Here's an example. Original edited pic:
After this adjustment:
Added: This may simply be another method of doing the same thing that Jesi suggested.
Message edited by author 2008-10-14 23:45:57. |
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10/15/2008 12:41:31 AM · #4 |
At time of shooting (for this type of shot) have the subject hold a reflector to bounce the light back up under the chin.
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10/15/2008 12:43:24 AM · #5 |
Originally posted by cpanaioti:
At time of shooting (for this type of shot) have the subject hold a reflector to bounce the light back up under the chin. |
Or a flash? |
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10/15/2008 01:08:53 AM · #6 |
Originally posted by cpanaioti:
At time of shooting (for this type of shot) have the subject hold a reflector to bounce the light back up under the chin. |
Lol, duh. Too little too late, as I said I could have sworn there were no shadows on his face.
Thanks for the advice though. I think I'm just going to trash the shots, there are 500 more and I'm COMPLETELY over editing today! |
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10/15/2008 05:36:30 AM · #7 |
Why don't you just go back in time and re-shoot the whole wedding Trish? :P
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10/15/2008 06:21:37 PM · #8 |
lol, thats a great idea Lonni!
Luckily I've only managed to get shadow on about 10 out of 500 shots, so I think I can live with it for today. It is SUCH a grind though, I seem to have been in this chair for days. At least its raining and I have DPC to completely distract me from what I should be doing!
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10/15/2008 06:36:14 PM · #9 |
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