Shadow troubles
Apr 14, 2012 14:11:06 #
I do not have PSanything, but I want to know if there are any free, or cheap programs that could help me get the shaddow off my grandson's face. They love this picture, but I want it to look better before I give them a copy. Please tell me, or help me!
Apr 14, 2012 15:06:06 #
Apr 14, 2012 23:07:37 #
Save your time. Even with Photoshop it is virtually impossible to totally eliminate a shadow like the one on your grandson's face. You can lighten it with a "fill light" type of adjustment, you can select just the shadow portion of the face and try adjusting the exposure on it; you could spend hours trying to paint over the shadow pixels, but the portion in shadow is just going to look different at best, or unnatural at worst. You have now learned the important lesson of why one does not want to shoot in bright sunlight.
Apr 14, 2012 23:50:56 #
Thanks to both of you, they still love the picture, and want a copy. I tried to shoot just before sunset, but still hadn't set yet.
Apr 15, 2012 09:15:19 #
ferrinmike wrote:
Thanks to both of you, they still love the picture, and want a copy. I tried to shoot just before sunset, but still hadn't set yet.
On your next shots in similar conditions use your flash as a fill.
Apr 15, 2012 09:17:01 #
TruLaw
Loc: Missouri
One thing you can do in the future is use one of the big diffusers that come as part of a reflector kit. Just remove the reflector cover and position the diffuser so it cuts down the harsh sunlight on the subject.
Apr 15, 2012 09:28:20 #
Or why one would use a flash in daylight or known as a fill flash to fight shadows.
lesdmd wrote:
Save your time. Even with Photoshop it is virtuall... (show quote)
Apr 15, 2012 09:29:59 #
docrob
Loc: Durango, Colorado
ferrinmike wrote:
I do not have PSanything, but I want to know if there are any free, or cheap programs that could help me get the shaddow off my grandson's face. They love this picture, but I want it to look better before I give them a copy. Please tell me, or help me!
yes just go to shadow remove dot com
Apr 15, 2012 11:07:11 #
senad55verizon.net
Loc: Milford, NJ
Completely removing the shadow may not be necessary or even desirable.
There's a time-honored technic called "dodging" from darkroom days, and you can do it Photoshop and other programs as well.
I adjusted the white balance and toned down the colors just a bit, and dodged the boy's face. Seems better to me.
There's a time-honored technic called "dodging" from darkroom days, and you can do it Photoshop and other programs as well.
I adjusted the white balance and toned down the colors just a bit, and dodged the boy's face. Seems better to me.
ferrinmike wrote:
I do not have PSanything, but I want to know if there are any free, or cheap programs that could help me get the shaddow off my grandson's face. They love this picture, but I want it to look better before I give them a copy. Please tell me, or help me!
Dodge the shadow
Apr 15, 2012 12:15:22 #
Apr 15, 2012 12:16:41 #
ferrinmike wrote:
I do not have PSanything, but I want to know if there are any free, or cheap programs that could help me get the shaddow off my grandson's face. They love this picture, but I want it to look better before I give them a copy. Please tell me, or help me!
You may or may not like this better...
Apr 15, 2012 12:17:06 #
I had the exact problem with a picture,, nothing helped,, I learned my lesson, I check my subjects for shadows before shooting,,,stay away from harsh daylights,,,trued photoshopping it,,, coloring, equaling color,,, looked worse..trashed the picture or deal with the shadow
Apr 15, 2012 12:58:26 #
Apr 15, 2012 14:49:40 #
docrob
Loc: Durango, Colorado
cony25 wrote:
What is the difference between fill flash and the regular flash say a speedlite?
nothing except a name
Apr 15, 2012 15:22:22 #
cony25 wrote:
What is the difference between fill flash and the regular flash say a speedlite?
None, fill flash is what you call it when you use your regular flash or "speed-light" to push a bit more light into the shadow area's. Personally, I think the fill flash would have been more trouble than you'd think because you've a lot of people that will cause shadow's somewhere else ;~(
I've not tried to adjust your image but the one I've seen where the boy was "dodged" to lighten him look really weird/unnatural to me, IMHO ;~)
Alan
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