Still trying to nail Focus
Jul 15, 2012 18:31:12 #
Canon Rebel f/4.5 1/125 sec ISO 400
Taken in a screen house in the middle of a bright sunny afternoon. No PP except a small crop, single focus on her right eye
Taken in a screen house in the middle of a bright sunny afternoon. No PP except a small crop, single focus on her right eye
Elyse
Jul 15, 2012 21:28:17 #
Hi Mary, Focus looks pretty good for the lighting. The DOF is what is killing you on dark shots like this. Can you brighten it up some in post?
Erv
Erv
Jul 16, 2012 05:29:18 #
Thanks Erv. I took it into Elements 9 and adjusted the brightness. Sometimes it looks just right on my laptop and I don't compensate for the back lit screen.
Lightened
Jul 16, 2012 06:53:43 #
Jul 16, 2012 07:21:25 #
Jul 16, 2012 09:33:41 #
Mary, I adjusted the levels and contrast...did a little sharpening for you. Let me know if you would like for me to post it. She has beautiful eyes!
Jul 16, 2012 09:56:04 #
MaryRose wrote:
Mary, I adjusted the levels and contrast...did a little sharpening for you. Let me know if you would like for me to post it. She has beautiful eyes!
Thank you and yes she does have beautiful eyes! I would be happy to have you post it.
Jul 16, 2012 10:22:30 #
maryp wrote:
Thank you and yes she does have beautiful eyes! I would be happy to have you post it.
MaryRose wrote:
Mary, I adjusted the levels and contrast...did a little sharpening for you. Let me know if you would like for me to post it. She has beautiful eyes!
Thank you and yes she does have beautiful eyes! I would be happy to have you post it.
Here it is.... :)
Jul 16, 2012 10:36:19 #
Here's another one...I made her eyes a touch bluer and blurred the background...she is so cute !!!
Jul 16, 2012 10:39:51 #
MaryRose, thank you~they look great, especially number 2. I have to start using the levels in Photoshop, they really make a difference!
She has quite the personality too!
She has quite the personality too!
Jul 16, 2012 11:04:20 #
maryp wrote:
MaryRose, thank you~they look great, especially number 2. I have to start using the levels in Photoshop, they really make a difference!
She has quite the personality too!
She has quite the personality too!
You're welcome! I can tell she is loaded with personality....they are precious at that age.
Jul 17, 2012 01:01:57 #
maryp wrote:
Canon Rebel f/4.5 1/125 sec ISO 400
Taken in a screen house in the middle of a bright sunny afternoon. No PP except a small crop, single focus on her right eye
Taken in a screen house in the middle of a bright sunny afternoon. No PP except a small crop, single focus on her right eye
Hi Mary; I can see that you are on the right track with your post processing. Your model has very beautiful and large eyes. My youngest granddaughter is the same way and I always make her eyes too blue, guess that is the way I see them.
I see that MarryRose has posted a very improved photo and I have taken the liberty of downloading and post processing the young lady. I am trying to lean new software (CS6) and these type of images gives me practice.
I have noticed that when I download a photo from UH it always has a lot of purple fringe. My monitor is calibrated and the resulting image should show up fine. Just letting you know so if the colors are not right, it must be on my end.
Jul 17, 2012 07:24:33 #
roadking11 wrote:
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Thank you RoadKing! She does look a little blue but I can see what you did to her eyes. Her younger brother has really blue eyes. Of my six grandchildren, my son's three have bright blue eyes and my daughter's three have very dark brown eyes.
Jul 20, 2012 07:40:33 #
Did you use a ring flash. I notice two lights in her eyes, I get that when I use my sigma ring flash
Don
Don
Jul 20, 2012 07:53:47 #
maryp wrote:
Canon Rebel f/4.5 1/125 sec ISO 400
Taken in a screen house in the middle of a bright sunny afternoon. No PP except a small crop, single focus on her right eye
Taken in a screen house in the middle of a bright sunny afternoon. No PP except a small crop, single focus on her right eye
Maryp, try enlarging your aperture to f/2.8 and speeding your shutter accordingly. Get your light level for the face rather than the background. You can determine this by spot metering on her face, rather than area metering.
The larger aperture will help blur the background more, and lighten the foreground. You also can reduce your flash to 1/2 or 1/4 power and use it as fill lighting.
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