Here are my tries............
Added some fill light, adjusted contrast & saturation.....
Cropped top and right side, sorry did not really pay much attention to the details. I used Microsoft Office Picture Manager.
ricardolegraham wrote:
Yeah, go ahead and do whatever you want to with it. Same goes for anyone else out there! :thumbup:
Here is my attempt. This is what I would do to it if it were my image. I used GIMP.
Color Balance Cyan-Red +15
Yellow -blue -11
Levels Left pointer 20 Center Pointer 1.19
Curves: Mid highlights (2 divisions from right) raise curve slightly
Mid Shadows (two divisions from left) lower curve slightly
(this increases mid tone contrast. Don't overdo it)
Hue/Saturation SAT + 19
Sharpen to taste using Unsharp Mask
Could be improved further by burning lower face and/or dodging upper one.
ricardolegraham wrote:
Yeah, go ahead and do whatever you want to with it. Same goes for anyone else out there! :thumbup:
Cool Beans :-D Watch out here I come :mrgreen:
:-) ;-)
ricardolegraham wrote:
Are you referring to the one in which the guy tells us to use the "Cartoon" filter? The link is to a search result page...
Yes, that's the one. I usually use Elements, but I tried GIMP with settings as suggested in this tutorial. It didn't do much for me. :cry: Some of the other reedits presented here are much better. Go Hoggers!
Here is another for you to look at. Ran it thru topaz b&w to desaturate down leaving small amount of color, smoothed a couple skin blemishes.
Shakey
Loc: Traveling again to Norway and other places.
The simple GIMP starting point is Colors menu, select the Brightness and Contrast tool. Lower the brightness to around -9 and increase the contrast to 18. Example image shown below.
If you need further adjustments click on the Levels bar in the Brightness and Contrast tool. From Levels click on the Curves bar for the new tool and adjust colors using the Color Channels.
Sharpen as required. No sharpening on these examples.
Brightness and Contrast Only
Levels and Curves Tools
You mean, you actually loaned your camera out to someone? Hmmm....you're MUCH nicer than I'll ever be! You never know what might happen in the hands of another user and if something REALLY bad were to happen to the camera - then who would you blame?
Shakey
Loc: Traveling again to Norway and other places.
ronwande wrote:
Here is my attempt. This is what I would do to it if it were my image. I used GIMP.
Color Balance Cyan-Red +15
Yellow -blue -11
Levels Left pointer 20 Center Pointer 1.19
Curves: Mid highlights (2 divisions from right) raise curve slightly
Mid Shadows (two divisions from left) lower curve slightly
(this increases mid tone contrast. Don't overdo it)
Hue/Saturation SAT + 19
Sharpen to taste using Unsharp Mask
Could be improved further by burning lower face and/or dodging upper one.
Here is my attempt. This is what I would do to it... (
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Nice job, ronwande. :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
NiagaraJim wrote:
I gave it a shot, hope you like it.
:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
Shakey
Loc: Traveling again to Norway and other places.
swallowtail wrote:
Is this too dark?
It's more than just too dark. For example: the flesh tones are too pale, check the sky and you can see banding, which means you pushed the image too far. I can't say how because I don't know the program you used.
Don't despair, it's a fair attempt.
Set everything to Auto and relax, when in doubt the camera is always smarter than you.
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