HELP!!!
Aug 11, 2013 06:12:18 #
MaggieMay, you're worrying about nothing when it comes to the Mother's hair. It's natural for the hair to fall over the face in that pose and looks fine to me.
I'd be worrying about the lighting and the focus point (or DOF), in fact, I'd have binned the image straight away. Sorry if that sounds harsh, it's just my opinion which may not tally with yours.
I'd be worrying about the lighting and the focus point (or DOF), in fact, I'd have binned the image straight away. Sorry if that sounds harsh, it's just my opinion which may not tally with yours.
Aug 11, 2013 06:13:32 #
There are online retouching services that will do that for you and the price is reasonable. Of course, if you are a computer guru, you can diy.
Aug 11, 2013 06:27:19 #
hi Maggie - Do you use Photoshop? If so, the clone stamp will do the job. BTW it's a lovely picture!
Aug 11, 2013 08:00:12 #
Bamboo wrote:
The hair looks natural to me. What is distracting to me is the white from the back of her neck and the pattern in the background. I did no post processing only cropped. Forgive me if I was out of line.
I like Bamboo's changes.
Aug 11, 2013 08:08:56 #
MaggieMay1978 wrote:
I did a photoshoot the other day and I didn't notice till I got home that her hair was distracting from the picture...what is the easiest way to rectify?
Thank you in advance!!
Thank you in advance!!
MaggieMay, I tend to agree with Bamboo in as much as I like the way he/she cropped it. I also think the hair adds to the reality of the photo - a slightly dishevelled new mum with her darling baby. However if you want to get rid of some of the hair do it with the patch tool in PS elements or PS CS5 etc. patch tool works best here because there is not a good spot to clone from (in my opinion) I have attached my very quick effort. Hope you like it.
PS You haven't lived in Australia in a previous life have you? LoL looking at your avatar you look like some one I know.
A Little bit of Patch Tool work
Aug 11, 2013 09:15:18 #
I would go with the cropped view and leave the hair alone Looks very natural like that Other wise a nice photo
Aug 11, 2013 09:18:55 #
I don't find her hair as objectionable as the large area of in-focus backdrop on the right. Looks like it could be a made into a very nice black and white shot.
Aug 11, 2013 09:38:45 #
Aug 11, 2013 09:40:59 #
MaggieMay1978 wrote:
I did a photoshoot the other day and I didn't notice till I got home that her hair was distracting from the picture...what is the easiest way to rectify?
Thank you in advance!!
Thank you in advance!!
Very tender shot, MaggieMay.
Aug 11, 2013 09:46:37 #
Here is my last one. I personally would would re-shoot the set. But that is your call. Print a test Photo of which ever rendition or all of them. Good Luck and enjoy everyday, our replacements are in there arms.
Aug 11, 2013 09:58:30 #
Bamboo wrote:
The hair looks natural to me. What is distracting to me is the white from the back of her neck and the pattern in the background. I did no post processing only cropped. Forgive me if I was out of line.
The hair is natural. It's not a distraction to me. I would suggest altering the contrast/brightness slightly to get a bit more detail in the arm, hand, and baby. The highlights are a little blown out. But it might be my monitor. Here's a slight adjustment in brightness and contrast and a bit of cropping. Like I say it may appear different on different monitors. I have that problem when printing. :thumbup:
Aug 11, 2013 10:14:01 #
Bill Houghton wrote:
Here is my last one. I personally would would re-shoot the set. But that is your call. Print a test Photo of which ever rendition or all of them. Good Luck and enjoy everyday, our replacements are in there arms.
You did a excellent job with this photo.What process did you use if you don't mind telling Thank you
Aug 11, 2013 10:18:07 #
Flipper2012 wrote:
You did a excellent job with this photo.What process did you use if you don't mind telling Thank you
CR5 but I use old school tech. Made a copy layer - then cloned out the hairs as best I could. Then spray painted the skin tone back. Where her hair was cast a shadow the made most of problems. For her arm, just selected it and did a contrast adjust. for the back drop, just selected it and did a Bucket fill. And time. Took about 2 hours complete. It could have been done in Gimp.
Aug 11, 2013 10:22:49 #
Bill Houghton wrote:
CR5 but I use old school tech. Made a copy layer - then cloned out the hairs as best I could. Then spray painted the skin tone back. Where her hair was cast a shadow the made most of problems. For her arm, just selected it and did a contrast adjust. for the back drop, just selected it and did a Bucket fill. And time. Took about 2 hours complete. It could have been done in Gimp.
Two Hours!!!!!! You have way more patience than I do. :lol: I spent two minutes with PS Elements just cropping and adjusting brightness and contrast. Your results are great but my attention span is not as long as it should be. :lol: Oops! I just realized I was using an already edited version of the photo. Anyways the hair had already been corrected. I just cropped and adjusted as stated. Sorry for editing someone's edit of an edit of the original. Or something like that. I'm so confused. Time for a beer and hit the pool. :roll: :lol:
Aug 11, 2013 10:28:04 #
Well I do read Hedge Hog Post while doing it. Also watched some TV as I click away. LOL
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