Tell me your honest opinion....

melspencer

This photo was just one I grabbed while my daughter was waiting on me. This is completely unposed. The photo before this one was posed. Then I told her to wait while my computer caught up to itself.

And this is what I got...... (a friend told me I needed to submit it to a contest). I have no idea where to find an appropriate contest for such a photo.

Your honest opinions and feedback would be awesome.

Owen

It is a beautiful photo. It was a bit noisy and dark. Do you have a larger version? They are easier to edit. I ran it through a profile of her skin in Neat Image and it really softened it up. A nice effect, imo. Something I do a lot. I then adjusted the curves in Photoshop to bring up the brightness and then did some USM at about 125.

As I said, if you have a larger copy there would be more to work with!

Owen

Yuri Pautov

melspencer wrote:

This photo was just one I grabbed while my daughter was waiting on me. This is completely unposed. The photo before this one was posed. Then I told her to wait while my computer caught up to itself.

And this is what I got...... (a friend told me I needed to submit it to a contest). I have no idea where to find an appropriate contest for such a photo.

Your honest opinions and feedback would be awesome.

Mel, if you dont mind - thats my vision:



Yes, 15 min of work in PS, not accurate, but you can see the idea..
Yuri

melspencer

Both of the photos you attached!!!
They are absolutely gorgeous. They both came out so different from eachother.

I have so many photos that could be so much more beautiful just from what I see here. I really need to work with the programs to understand what I am doing better.

I have attached one of a friend and I, it is a tough picture to make it look decent, what would you do?



Yuri- Your vision is exactly her personality. It fits the attitude perfectly. Thank you.

gpgold

melspencer wrote:

They are absolutely gorgeous. They both came out so different from eachother.

I have so many photos that could be so much more beautiful just from what I see here. I really need to work with the programs to understand what I am doing better.

I have attached one of a friend and I, it is a tough picture to make it look decent, what would you do?
Yuri- Your vision is exactly her personality. It fits the attitude perfectly. Thank you.

I did this really quickly (getting ready for work).



I just tried some curves adjustment. But, the main thing I wanted to show was the clone tool to get rid of the blown out area. But the shot looks a little less saturated now for some reason. I might want to increase that a bit more.

regards,

Gary

XO-Studios

melspencer wrote:

This photo was just one I grabbed while my daughter was waiting on me. This is completely unposed. The photo before this one was posed. Then I told her to wait while my computer caught up to itself.

And this is what I got...... (a friend told me I needed to submit it to a contest). I have no idea where to find an appropriate contest for such a photo.

Your honest opinions and feedback would be awesome.

I like the picture and what Yuri and Owen did with it, however the original picture the camera seems to be more in focus on the background (foot of statue) than the subject. This is also the reason both Owens and Yuri's vision work so well as both techniques make this into a strength for the picture.

FWIW,

XO,

Angelo

XO-Studios wrote:

I like the picture and what Yuri and Owen did with it, however the original picture the camera seems to be more in focus on the background (foot of statue) than the subject. This is also the reason both Owens and Yuri's vision work so well as both techniques make this into a strength for the picture.

FWIW,

XO,