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Sludge Tank posted:Yeah it was just taken at a bar late afternoon. I like the original the way it is. I'm no post-processing expert by any stretch, but if what you want is to bring out your subject's skin texture more, I'd stick with playing with your contrast or clarity sliders, and then sharpen it some. Keep it simple.
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I got my first hot shoe flash today. I have no idea what I'm doing. But I do it anyways! Mine was done only using bounced flash in a dark room. I didn't get near the hard shadows with it that I wanted.  IMG_4656 by philip painter, on Flickr  IMG_4632 by philip painter, on Flickr
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Dude that's a mighty beard.
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Santa is strapped posted:Dude that's a mighty beard. Thanks. You should see it when it's in full bloom.  IMG_0158 by philip painter, on Flickr
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smallmouth posted:I got my first hot shoe flash today. I have no idea what I'm doing. But I do it anyways! Bouncing the flash will soften the shadows, because you're increasing the size of the light source.
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dakana posted:Bouncing the flash will soften the shadows, because you're increasing the size of the light source. Makes sense. Thanks!
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dakana posted:Bouncing the flash will soften the shadows, because you're increasing the size of the light source. I've been playing with lights as well lately, and found that you'll have to get a whole lot closer than you'd guess for really dramatic shadows.  Any feedback on this is welcome!
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Sludge Tank posted:Yeah it was just taken at a bar late afternoon. The easiest way is to just sharpen it, but it can be easy to overdo. In lightroom you're looking for the clarity slider, in Photoshop make a copy of the background layer, apply a high pass filter, and change the blending mode to soft or hard light.
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RangerScum posted:The easiest way is to just sharpen it, but it can be easy to overdo. In lightroom you're looking for the clarity slider, in Photoshop make a copy of the background layer, apply a high pass filter, and change the blending mode to soft or hard light. Clarity is midtone contrast, not sharpening. There's an entirely different set of sliders for sharpening in Lightroom, radius, amount, all that stuff.
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RangerScum posted:The easiest way is to just sharpen it, but it can be easy to overdo. In lightroom you're looking for the clarity slider
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Interesting, thank you for the correction.
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Hold option (Windows alt) while adjusting the mask slider and you get what looks like an actual mask for feedback. Holding the same key while adjusting the other sliders converts the image to gray scale so you can see the sharpen effect better. It's a p. decent system to do a quick masked sharpen.
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I always think the Lightroom sharpening tools look like garbage. Whenever I actually need to sharpen I feel like the output sharpening or taking it into Photoshop and unsharp masking it works better.
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Couple favs from a portrait shoot yesterday: IMG_9460-Edit by Calypso_Rae, on Flickr  IMG_9382-Edit-Edit by Calypso_Rae, on Flickr  IMG_9511 by Calypso_Rae, on Flickr
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the hodag posted:
I like the colours/tones here, but for post I'd go a bit heavier on the dark lines under her eyes; at the moment with her all-pale portrait skin and then the dark patches it looks a bit like she's covered up two black eyes with makeup 
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NoneMoreNegative posted:I like the colours/tones here, but for post I'd go a bit heavier on the dark lines under her eyes; at the moment with her all-pale portrait skin and then the dark patches it looks a bit like she's covered up two black eyes with makeup A little bit of work with the Color Dodge blend mode would probably help a great deal with this.
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NoneMoreNegative posted:I like the colours/tones here, but for post I'd go a bit heavier on the dark lines under her eyes; at the moment with her all-pale portrait skin and then the dark patches it looks a bit like she's covered up two black eyes with makeup Thanks, tried to fix it up a bit in PS, I think it looks much better: Original: IMG_9382-Edit-Edit by Calypso_Rae, on Flickr New:  IMG_9382-Edit-Edit-Edit-Edit by Calypso_Rae, on Flickr and here's one more from that shoot that I like a lot:  IMG_9437-Edit by Calypso_Rae, on Flickr
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the hodag posted:Couple favs from a portrait shoot yesterday: This one's really good.
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Current works in progress:  edit: decided to go with a 16:9 crop sw1gger fucked around with this message at 22:54 on Apr 14, 2013 |
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sw1gger posted:Current works in progress: Bottom one, I'd bring the irises out a little, looks like they'd make a nice contrast with the hair.
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I really like this. Feels light and delicate. A couple from my recent West Coast vacation:  Have Coat, Will Travel 1 by thetzar, on Flickr  Have Coat, Will Travel 2 by thetzar, on Flickr  Have Coat, Will Travel 3 by thetzar, on Flickr  Have Coat, Will Travel 4 by thetzar, on Flickr
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thetzar posted:I really like this. Feels light and delicate. Really nice!   
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thetzar posted:A couple from my recent West Coast vacation: I really like this series. Great job! I might push the red of her coat a little more in the third one. Oprah Haza posted:Really nice! You got her to smile! I really like the third one with the angled lines from the swing set.
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Did some bluebonnet pictures yesterday. Here's some of the finished ones so far.  Bluebonnets_2013-14 by thepaisleyfox, on Flickr  Bluebonnets_2013-11 by thepaisleyfox, on Flickr My monitor is getting all janky, I think. I can't tell if the colors are okay or not anymore. I'll probably have to drop some money in the next month to get me a new one. 
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It looks a little bright to me - probably your monitor.
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Chitin posted:It looks a little bright to me - probably your monitor. But likely 'truthful.' There's a lot of squinting going on there.
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The problem is it's a high contrast setting. Getting both sides of the face (highlight and shadows) are likely beyond the camera's dynamic range capability. You can try to bring down the highlights to get the right side of the faces more properly exposed.
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I'm thinking if this isn't it, I'll have to drag out the work Mac to do some edits (uugh, it's so sloooooow) It looks a little better I think, but I also can't tell that much of a difference.  And yeah, I only have a D5000 and it had a 50mm 1.8 on it. I think the sun was just too harsh for the field we were at. Previous: Bluebonnets_2013-14 by thepaisleyfox, on Flickr Newer:  Bluebonnets_2013-14_2 by thepaisleyfox, on Flickr EDIT: Newest:  Bluebonnets_2013-14_3 by thepaisleyfox, on Flickr paisleyfox fucked around with this message at 15:41 on Apr 16, 2013 |
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Here's one from a shoot I had this weekend. Hall of Doors by Myotomy, on Flickr
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RangerScum posted:Here's one from a shoot I had this weekend. Gorgeous, might I ask what was the thinking behind not having some kind of light on the model?
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xenilk posted:Gorgeous, might I ask what was the thinking behind not having some kind of light on the model? I had a shoot-through umbrella with me that I tried out in this setting and I preferred how it all looked with deeper shadows. I don't do a lot of portraits with only natural light so that was also a bit of a motivation for me. All in all I was at that location for a job and after noticing the windows decided to take something for personal use, so I was kind of winging it.
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RangerScum posted:Here's one from a shoot I had this weekend. Love this. I do wish there was a little bit more pop on the red shoes/hair thingie, but that's a minor personal quibble. Where was the setting?
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thetzar posted:Love this. I do wish there was a little bit more pop on the red shoes/hair thingie, but that's a minor personal quibble. Where was the setting? I was at Pressure Point recording studios in Chicago doing some standard promo shots for a fitness professional. Good call on the red, I might play with that a bit.
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Finished printing my project with the vintage cadet costume. The Cadet by McMadCow, on Flickr  The Cadet by McMadCow, on Flickr  The Cadet by McMadCow, on Flickr The new paper I used is a little rough to scan, but it's gorgeous in person.
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Just having some fun Don't Look Behind by alkanphel, on Flickr
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RangerScum posted:Here's one from a shoot I had this weekend. This is great! McMadCow posted:Finished printing my project with the vintage cadet costume. I don't post in these forums a ton, but I lurk a lot and I've always enjoyed your work and these are no exception. Here's one from a shoot I had yesterday:  IMG_0029 by Calypso_Rae, on Flickr
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McMadCow posted:Finished printing my project with the vintage cadet costume. Awesome man - diggin the treatment/film! Can't tell which one I like the most. I'm leaning towards the middle one. Pinup: 
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sw1gger posted:
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