Which picture is better?
Jan 23, 2012 09:48:53 #
Jan 23, 2012 10:03:55 #
#1 the skin tone is much more natural.
Selective sharpening of the eyes only would be better.
Selective sharpening of the eyes only would be better.
Jan 23, 2012 10:06:29 #
Jan 23, 2012 10:10:17 #
Mikey69 wrote:
My wife did some sharpening on this picture and needs some feedback
I like the first one
Jan 23, 2012 10:58:32 #
The first picture is awesome! ddrum's solution should give the effect that she wants.
Jan 23, 2012 11:05:52 #
The first one is the best by far. The second picture is flat and doesn't show any depth.
Jan 23, 2012 11:17:36 #
Mikey69 wrote:
My wife did some sharpening on this picture and needs some feedback
Like #1 without the sharpening. Generally Portraits look better with a softer focus. The only case might be an old cowboy who has been on the range all his life and is an alcoholic and smoker. Then you you would like to show a lot of sharpness to bring out the character of the subject.
Jan 23, 2012 11:53:10 #
I pick #1 but, it also appears to have a blue tint to it. This can be fixed in p.s.
Mikey69 wrote:
My wife did some sharpening on this picture and needs some feedback
Jan 23, 2012 11:54:58 #
Jan 23, 2012 12:04:17 #
Jan 23, 2012 12:18:28 #
Jan 23, 2012 12:22:18 #
Jan 23, 2012 12:31:33 #
Y'all had the right idea .. but when you are cropped this close .. sharpening creates a few problems that need to be addressed.
What I would have done.. is convert it to lab color and go to the channels pallette and select the highlights tab and use a high pass filter on that .. then convert back to rbg.
But you can't stop there .. you have to zoom into the eye area and clone out the (missing pixels) and other problem areas .. also increase the catch light just a tiny bit.
At any rate I did these things to show you if you would like to see ...
If you shot this in color ... maybe you could have saturated the eye color a bit before converting it to black and white so there would be more definition between the pupil and the iris ...
What I would have done.. is convert it to lab color and go to the channels pallette and select the highlights tab and use a high pass filter on that .. then convert back to rbg.
But you can't stop there .. you have to zoom into the eye area and clone out the (missing pixels) and other problem areas .. also increase the catch light just a tiny bit.
At any rate I did these things to show you if you would like to see ...
If you shot this in color ... maybe you could have saturated the eye color a bit before converting it to black and white so there would be more definition between the pupil and the iris ...
Jan 23, 2012 12:51:01 #
Mikey69 wrote:
My wife did some sharpening on this picture and needs some feedback
The over-sharpening in #2 gives too much emphasis to the details in the cap and background, taking focus away from the face. #1 is much nicer.
Jan 23, 2012 13:05:11 #
photogrl57 wrote:
Y'all had the right idea .. but when you are cropp... (show quote)
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