Our club was recently given the task of submitting any photograph taken over the Easter weekend. We were fortunate enough to have a very successful school fair close by. It was a brilliantly sunny morning and the sun was obviously going to be more of a problem later in the day.
The image I have here is the one I like. I have cropped unnecessary cars and gates away from the subject.
My questions are:
1: Could a photographer with a lot more experience than I, have photographed these Zorb balls without those glare spots being so obvious - under the same conditions, of course - 9.30am brilliant sun and cloudless sky.
2: Can those glares be edited out? (I have tried)
3: I have attempted to lighten the boy's face, but I found it difficult without adding light to the complete image. Can this be done (face only) successfully?
My 2nd image is one that I have "played with" - just for fun. I have removed the flag pole from the centre of the image and added an 'Easter Addition'
Comments and/or advice would be appreciated.
Camera: Nikon 600; lense Nikor 24-120mm
This is just a quick change in face with a adj. layer in PS
Northlander wrote:
Our club was recently given the task of submitting any photograph taken over the Easter weekend. We were fortunate enough to have a very successful school fair close by. It was a brilliantly sunny morning and the sun was obviously going to be more of a problem later in the day.
The image I have here is the one I like. I have cropped unnecessary cars and gates away from the subject.
My questions are:
1: Could a photographer with a lot more experience than I, have photographed these Zorb balls without those glare spots being so obvious - under the same conditions, of course - 9.30am brilliant sun and cloudless sky.
2: Can those glares be edited out? (I have tried)
3: I have attempted to lighten the boy's face, but I found it difficult without adding light to the complete image. Can this be done (face only) successfully?
My 2nd image is one that I have "played with" - just for fun. I have removed the flag pole from the centre of the image and added an 'Easter Addition'
Comments and/or advice would be appreciated.
Camera: Nikon 600; lense Nikor 24-120mm
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The "glare spots" could have been better controlled by using a polarizing filter at the time of the session. After the fact is a bit more difficult, but do-able.
--Bob
Northlander, if you have Photoshop Elements you can make a selection of any area you want to lighten. Also there is a sponge tool, the option dodge tool, brightens any area with a brush.
rmalarz wrote:
The "glare spots" could have been better controlled by using a polarizing filter at the time of the session. After the fact is a bit more difficult, but do-able.
--Bob
I second this. Purchase a circular polarizing filter for the lens you use for this type of shooting and learn to use it. Using fill flash would have also brightened up the boys face when shooting, otherwise you need to select the boys face and make an adjustment layer and make a lightening adjustment.
flyguy
Loc: Las Cruces, New Mexico
All of what you would like to do in post processing can be done using onOne Perfect Photo Suite 9.5, it's available for $149. They have lots of free vids to demonstrate how to use the various modules in the suite.
You can also try moving your position. angle of incidence = angle of reflection. You probably can't totally eliminate it and get the shot you want, but you can minimize the effect.
Also in your composite shot, the light on the bunny doesn't match the scene so it looks out of place.
Keep shooting and playing, it's how we all learn!
GoldwingerTX wrote:
This is just a quick change in face with a adj. layer in PS
That looks better. Thanks - I'll have another go.
rmalarz wrote:
The "glare spots" could have been better controlled by using a polarizing filter at the time of the session. After the fact is a bit more difficult, but do-able.
--Bob
I forgot to mention that I started the day off with a polarizing filter but had difficulties adjusting it, so I used an ND8 filter for the remainder of the day.
marthamcc wrote:
Northlander, if you have Photoshop Elements you can make a selection of any area you want to lighten. Also there is a sponge tool, the option dodge tool, brightens any area with a brush.
Thank you marthamcc; I did try the sponge and dodge tools - perhaps I lost patience when it didn't go right the first 3 or 4 attempts. I'll have another go.
tsilva wrote:
You can also try moving your position. angle of incidence = angle of reflection. You probably can't totally eliminate it and get the shot you want, but you can minimize the effect.
Also in your composite shot, the light on the bunny doesn't match the scene so it looks out of place.
Thank you tsilva. It is always difficult grabbing the shots that one likes while in a crowd (big crowd that day!), and yes - I do agree bunny looks out of place but I needed another pair of eyes to tell me why :-) Thanks.
Keep shooting and playing, it's how we all learn!
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100% in agreement with that statement :-)
Thanks flyguy - advice appreciated. ;-)
Adding something to an image is fiendishly difficult because the light angle has to match and your bunny does not.
Intersting photo, but I'm not sure what the subject is. If it's the boy, he could be made more prominent by getting lower which would place him "over" the balls. And as other photogs have mentioned, some fill on his face, but this couldn't have been done with flash on camera because the sun is already on the side you're shooting. Personally, I like reflectors, but that's a lot more to carry than a wireless Speedlight which you can place on its little "penguin" feet to camera right. And I agree about the polarizer--you said that you started with one? Were you able to adjust it correctly? It turns, you know.
Northlander wrote:
I forgot to mention that I started the day off with a polarizing filter but had difficulties adjusting it, so I used an ND8 filter for the remainder of the day.
What were you hoping to accomplish by using an ND8 filter & reducing the amount of light passing into your lens?
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