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July 13, 2006 at 9:52 pm #615verucaParticipant
So here’s something I kind of suck at. I handed my camera off to someone to shoot a photo of me and my buddies here http://www.yelley.com/PICT3070.JPG (huge original) and had just set everything to manual so anyone could take the photos. Well, I forgot to compensate for the light from behind.
How would the greater farktography community fix this photo? Inputs and suggestions all very welcome!
July 13, 2006 at 11:19 pm #5263ElsinoreKeymasterThat’s a tough one. What I did (and I am by no means an expert, and this was a quick fix–there are probably better ways to handle this) was to go into curves and boost the low end quite a lot. Unfortunately that also boosted the noise, so I ran a selective Gaussian blur to smooth out some of that noise. I uploaded the pic to my Flickr account–let me know if you want me to take it down. I don’t have a pro account, so this is just the biggest size available, not the original. I can email you the edited original if you want it, just let me know. Hopefully someone with more extensive knowledge of Photoshop/GIMP can help out!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/65365136@N00/189052854/July 14, 2006 at 12:14 am #5265verucaParticipantThanks Elsinore! I tried the curves just a bit but didn’t try the gaussian blur – will definitely try it out. I like what you did and would be just heartbroken if that photo didn’t come out.
July 14, 2006 at 12:30 am #5264ElsinoreKeymasterJust make sure to use the selective Gaussian blur (if Photoshop has it–I’m using GIMP) and not a regular Gaussian blur, which will produce an overall blurring effect rather than leaving edges intact. It’s a nice tool to reduce noise, though it can take awhile to crunch the numbers and spit out the results on a large photo. I used a blur radius of 3 and a max delta of 45, but those numbers can be adjusted to suit your taste in the final result. You can also just run the picture through Noise Ninja or Neat Image after you get it lightened to where you need it. Good luck with it!
July 14, 2006 at 12:19 pm #5266idle_handsParticipantgreat smiles!
quick fix attempt here
http://www.pbase.com/image/63475728
duplicate layer > run adjustment shadow/highlight. colour balance was (imho) irredeemable. best solution: convert to b&w with channel mixer.
July 14, 2006 at 12:54 pm #5267ElsinoreKeymasterOh that looks nice! I always forget about converting to b&w…
July 14, 2006 at 3:09 pm #5268verucaParticipantgreat smiles!
quick fix attempt here
http://www.pbase.com/image/63475728
duplicate layer > run adjustment shadow/highlight. colour balance was (imho) irredeemable. best solution: convert to b&w with channel mixer.
you’re right – that will work perfectly! thanks mags.
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