Walk in Trilogy Forest and Wetlands
Mar 16, 2013 20:16:46 #
Hallu
Loc: Redmond WA
Shooting against the western sky, in the shade. I'm wondering if I should have used a flash to bring out the face of the guy on the right. Anyway Photoshop can lighten just the face?
Mar 16, 2013 20:59:04 #
pretty realistic as is. fill flash would have worked. could use the dodge tool maybe have to be pretty light dose.
Mar 16, 2013 21:30:58 #
I dropped it in Aperture and just added more exposure and brought up the shadows and it looks pretty good. But the hat is killing the top of his face with the shadow.
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Mar 16, 2013 22:17:02 #
Hallu
Loc: Redmond WA
Yes, I tried that in photoshop and all the white dead trees in the background lightened up too. The hat is the key, you're right.
Mar 17, 2013 00:41:59 #
In camera raw in photoshop you can use the targeted adjustment brush to just lighten or darken certain areas or spots.
Mar 17, 2013 11:30:32 #
you would probably want to use a layer mask so only the gentleman is effected.
Hallu wrote:
Yes, I tried that in photoshop and all the white dead trees in the background lightened up too. The hat is the key, you're right.
Mar 17, 2013 15:25:42 #
Mar 17, 2013 21:04:45 #
A fill-flash, at or below lens-height and to the left of camera, could have helped. But it presents its own problems:
Unless precisely balanced it can give an "artificial" appearance to your photo.
You may get a nasty reflection from the subject's glasses.
I'd rather have the photo you have, than a photo that suffers from one or both of the above problems.
Unless precisely balanced it can give an "artificial" appearance to your photo.
You may get a nasty reflection from the subject's glasses.
I'd rather have the photo you have, than a photo that suffers from one or both of the above problems.
Mar 18, 2013 10:48:42 #
Danilo wrote:
A fill-flash, at or below lens-height and to the left of camera, could have helped. But it presents its own problems:
Unless precisely balanced it can give an "artificial" appearance to your photo.
You may get a nasty reflection from the subject's glasses.
I'd rather have the photo you have, than a photo that suffers from one or both of the above problems.
Unless precisely balanced it can give an "artificial" appearance to your photo.
You may get a nasty reflection from the subject's glasses.
I'd rather have the photo you have, than a photo that suffers from one or both of the above problems.
I don't do many people images, but I find hats to be my biggest offender. I seldom carry a flash and am not very good with them. And a very gentle dodge is helpful.
I have one more suggestion. The gentleman in the foreground is severely underexposed. I have one more consideration to add. Would it not be simple to expose for him. If the resulting background is to bright it can easily be toned down with the adjustment brush. If one wanted to use layers, the background would easy to select and darkened. There are multiple scenarios, but it seems as though the man is the main image and he should have top priority in exposure.
Mar 18, 2013 16:42:12 #
Hallu
Loc: Redmond WA
Thanks all. I used the Mask Layer technique and it did wonders for his skin. I also did levels adjustment to lessen the bluish tint on the green forest. Much better photo now.
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