Shadow troubles
Apr 15, 2012 18:14:11 #
Thanks, I'm still learning, and can not afford a $600 program just to edit a few photos. Lots of free programs out there, they do most of what I need. I'll download this, and again thanks.
senad55verizon.net wrote:
Completely removing the shadow may not be necessar... (show quote)
Apr 15, 2012 21:55:39 #
Apr 15, 2012 21:55:39 #
Not sure this will add anything to what has already been posted, but mainly checking out my eye and hand on this problem.
Well several attempts to download failed. Never had that problem before. Frustration!
Well several attempts to download failed. Never had that problem before. Frustration!
Apr 15, 2012 22:05:13 #
Apr 15, 2012 23:34:08 #
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This is a good free editing site, image editor, music creater, audio editor and much more.
Apr 15, 2012 23:38:52 #
cony25 wrote:
What is the difference between fill flash and the regular flash say a speedlite?
fill flash or fill light
fill flash; use of flash
fill light; using reflective material to bounce light onto darker sections of to be image using any light source, even ambinent. even if piece of aluminum foil.
Apr 16, 2012 21:58:02 #
FILL FLASH. In that kind of daylight - late afternoon, low bright sun - the shadows are not falling where they're convenient to us. They try to fall where they'll be the greatest curse to a photographer - a grandson's face, for example. If you're near enough to the subject for the flash to reach, USE THE FLASH. (From a long way away, of course, it won't.) If it can reach it'll throw a little more light on the shadows but because it's not as bright as the sunlight it won't make a difference to the already lit-up parts of the subject, but will still look like shadow, leaving the photo natural-looking. You've "filled the shadow in with flash." So - if there's ANY chance of dark shadows use the flash. It won't kill the anything else. Unless you're TOO close!
Mike
Mike
Apr 20, 2012 02:05:09 #
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!
Here's another attempt at cleanup in Photoshop. I created a duplicate layer, sampled the skin color in the sunlit area, and used the brush tool to apply color and luminosity changes (using fairly low percentages on the brush tool). I dropped the opacity of the revised layer to 90 percent. See if this looks reasonably natural. 10-minute job.
Apr 20, 2012 09:04:25 #
You did a great job, I aprecfiate your help. I've learned a lot here on the UHH, and now know what to do different next time.
RMM wrote:
quote=ferrinmike I do not have PSanything, but I ... (show quote)
May 12, 2012 10:58:14 #
May 13, 2012 09:49:55 #
Your image is not bad at all--it's a "life-as-it-is" shot, no? Not a photo-contest shot. If it were mine, to bring out the family more (and I think you always need to have a mental focus as well as a camera focus), I'd de-saturate the distracting color of the slide, SLIGHTLY dodge the shadow on the boy's face, and burn his eyes a bit.
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