look what you people on here have helped me learn to do.....
I was half expecting to see a copy of your CC bill reffering to our helping you learn to spend all your money.
She is very pretty though and you had better be planning for her starting to bring guys home if she isn't already.
Your portraits are great and keep in mind that sometimes alittle soft is good, learning the results from each setting is great for knowing exactly what you want later. However the look on her face in this photo looks alot like "Yeah ok you got a new freaking lense, big deal, get over it".
i wish i could somehow pay for my gratitude...
You do seem to have some spare cameras lying around .
I was half expecting to see a copy of your CC bill reffering to our helping you learn to spend all your money.
She is very pretty though and you had better be planning for her starting to bring guys home if she isn't already.
Your portraits are great and keep in mind that sometimes alittle soft is good, learning the results from each setting is great for knowing exactly what you want later. However the look on her face in this photo looks alot like "Yeah ok you got a new freaking lense, big deal, get over it".
You do seem to have some spare cameras lying around .
Thats one of the great things about this place, we are all here so that we can help each other and learn more ourselves. There is so little bickering (even though it does happen) on this forum compared to others it is great. It's no wonder we can pull of great events like the smug shootouts.
look what you people on here have helped me learn to do.....
this is a result of your efforts helping me, is it perfect no.. but im on my way.......
i wish i could somehow pay for my gratitude...
This IS better!!:):
Both eyes are nice and crisp and hold my attention. Now if you could subdue the blue/white background it would be even better.lol3 Perhaps select the background and decreasing the saturation and hue might help. Or replacing it with a more neutral even gradient from PS.
I do realize that capturing our children cannot always be accomplished with the backgrounds we would prefer. But it is something to strive for... Nice shot Troy!! It is nice to see suggestions we make implemented so attractively.
Hi Troy,
Wish I could say that I've helped with the portraits, but I can't so I'm in for the free ride here. You say how could you pay...well, you already did. Look at the portraits you are producing and sharing with us. That's was it's all about and the donation was a nice touch.
Keep on sharing,
Chris
A picture is but words to the eyes.
Comments are always welcome.
Ziggy I hate to say this... - but your sharpening does funky things to her smooth porcelain skin - sharpening artifacts actually.
If you think the image needs sharpening( and I do not) I would suggest doing it in an adjustment layer so you can erase the effect on the skin and only retain the sharpening around her eyes.
Ziggy I hate to say this... - but your sharpening does funky things to her smooth porcelain skin - sharpening artifacts actually.
If you think the image needs sharpening( and I do not) I would suggest doing it in an adjustment layer so you can erase the effect on the skin and only retain the sharpening around her eyes.
I think Troy's shot was fine as it was.
I love how the sharpening made her eyes pop, but the soft and natural look of her face was lost.
I am still playing with the technique, and I'm also trying to verify that it's doing what I think it is doing. I am also researching to try to make sure I'm not just duplicating other people's techniques.
If this is something new, I'll detail the procedure here.
After looking at the sharpened image on my home monitor, I think it's over sharpened. I believe I like your original image best, and a great and sensitive image it is. I especially like her hair in the original, it's kinda distracting in the sharpened version. The eyes and lips are perhaps improved, by the method, but otherwise, "you 'da man."
I agree, the sharpened versions are pretty unnecessary. The original image needs very little treatment and no real improvements. My home monitor shows this much better than my work monitor. Partly, I had to use some high JPG compression to save the image, and that appears to have exacerbated the sharpening halos considerably, so the resulting posted image is really oversharpened.
Pathfinder, you are especially right and I would only keep "some" sharpeneing on the eyes and lips, everything else is great in the original.
I agree, the sharpened versions are pretty unnecessary. The original image needs very little treatment and no real improvements. My home monitor shows this much better than my work monitor. Partly, I had to use some high JPG compression to save the image, and that appears to have exacerbated the sharpening halos considerably, so the resulting posted image is really oversharpened.
Pathfinder, you are especially right and I would only keep "some" sharpeneing on the eyes and lips, everything else is great in the original.
Thanks for your candor and honest opinion.
ziggy53
Thanks for you comments Ziggy. I mean that most sincerely. I meant no disrespect, and even reconsidered saying nothing, but just felt that it was oversharpened. You may be correct that the high jpg compression may be a contributing factor. I know I have seen shots of mine on smugmug that looked way oversharpened - but when I look at the original files on my monitor or in a print I have printed they look fine.
I appreciate the fact that you took my comments in a positive and constructive way. If you see similar aspects to images of mine I want you to feel free to give me your honest unblemished opinion also. Thanks again.
Beautiful girl and a very nice portrait of her. I am the queen of changing the background colors and I think it works nicely, especially with portraits. My only other suggestion would be to lighten some of the freckles with the patch tool.
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She is very pretty though and you had better be planning for her starting to bring guys home if she isn't already.
Your portraits are great and keep in mind that sometimes alittle soft is good, learning the results from each setting is great for knowing exactly what you want later. However the look on her face in this photo looks alot like "Yeah ok you got a new freaking lense, big deal, get over it".
You do seem to have some spare cameras lying around
www.zxstudios.com
http://creativedragonstudios.smugmug.com
http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?p=150617
troy
The donation is a great idea.
Thats one of the great things about this place, we are all here so that we can help each other and learn more ourselves. There is so little bickering (even though it does happen) on this forum compared to others it is great. It's no wonder we can pull of great events like the smug shootouts.
www.zxstudios.com
http://creativedragonstudios.smugmug.com
Both eyes are nice and crisp and hold my attention. Now if you could subdue the blue/white background it would be even better.
I do realize that capturing our children cannot always be accomplished with the backgrounds we would prefer. But it is something to strive for... Nice shot Troy!! It is nice to see suggestions we make implemented so attractively.
Moderator of the Technique Forum and Finishing School on Dgrin
Wish I could say that I've helped with the portraits, but I can't so I'm in for the free ride here. You say how could you pay...well, you already did. Look at the portraits you are producing and sharing with us. That's was it's all about and the donation was a nice touch.
Keep on sharing,
Chris
A picture is but words to the eyes.
Comments are always welcome.
www.pbase.com/Higgmeister
This is similar to what I used in the other thread, just a bit less since the image started much sharper.
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troy
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A BIG THANX!!!!
troy
Ziggy I hate to say this... - but your sharpening does funky things to her smooth porcelain skin - sharpening artifacts actually.
If you think the image needs sharpening( and I do not) I would suggest doing it in an adjustment layer so you can erase the effect on the skin and only retain the sharpening around her eyes.
I think Troy's shot was fine as it was.
Moderator of the Technique Forum and Finishing School on Dgrin
I am still playing with the technique, and I'm also trying to verify that it's doing what I think it is doing. I am also researching to try to make sure I'm not just duplicating other people's techniques.
If this is something new, I'll detail the procedure here.
After looking at the sharpened image on my home monitor, I think it's over sharpened. I believe I like your original image best, and a great and sensitive image it is. I especially like her hair in the original, it's kinda distracting in the sharpened version. The eyes and lips are perhaps improved, by the method, but otherwise, "you 'da man."
ziggy53
Moderator of the Cameras and Accessories forums
I agree, the sharpened versions are pretty unnecessary. The original image needs very little treatment and no real improvements. My home monitor shows this much better than my work monitor. Partly, I had to use some high JPG compression to save the image, and that appears to have exacerbated the sharpening halos considerably, so the resulting posted image is really oversharpened.
Pathfinder, you are especially right and I would only keep "some" sharpeneing on the eyes and lips, everything else is great in the original.
Thanks for your candor and honest opinion.
ziggy53
Moderator of the Cameras and Accessories forums
XO,
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Some times I get lucky and when that happens I show the results here: http://www.xo-studios.com
Thanks for you comments Ziggy. I mean that most sincerely. I meant no disrespect, and even reconsidered saying nothing, but just felt that it was oversharpened. You may be correct that the high jpg compression may be a contributing factor. I know I have seen shots of mine on smugmug that looked way oversharpened - but when I look at the original files on my monitor or in a print I have printed they look fine.
I appreciate the fact that you took my comments in a positive and constructive way. If you see similar aspects to images of mine I want you to feel free to give me your honest unblemished opinion also. Thanks again.
Moderator of the Technique Forum and Finishing School on Dgrin