he's no angel

glowbelly · July 14, 2006

would a tighter crop be better here? ALL comments and critiques welcomed and encouraged. thanks

OneWayMule · July 14, 2006

dont know about a tighter crop but bit more detail here and there would be nice.
not particularly liking the way its framed.. (bunch) more negative space in front of the boy would be nice.

very nice nonetheless

mind sharing how you got this look?

rosselliot · July 14, 2006

yes, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE tell us how you got this look!!!! exif data and photoshop techniques used?!

Personally, I think this is an amazing and AMAZINGLY interesting photo! GREAT job!!!

Thanks for sharing, and I hope to be able to thank you for the technique!

- Ross

glowbelly · July 14, 2006

i don't mind sharing techniques! it was a slightly underexposed raw file. i bumped up the exposure in raw shooter essentials +3 and desaturated the file. i pumped up the fill light a bit to keep the texture in the hair. converted to tiff and pulled into photoshop. there i cropped, added a auto curves adjustment layer. painted his eyes back in cause they were too dark after that. umm, then a brightness/contrast adjustment layer to lighten the background a bit more. a little dodge on the left to lighten the background even more on that side. usm on a duplicate layer mask and voila.

rosselliot · July 14, 2006

wow...whenever I have a photo even close to that - - - how 'bout I just send it your way and you can do all that...? lol. sounds complicated

glowbelly · July 14, 2006

haha! how about when you get one you want to experiment with, you send me a pm, and i'll try to walk you through it? it's not as hard as it sounds, really. it's just becoming familiar with the software.

edit: you'll be happy to know that this was shot with the 50mm 1.8 lens that it looks like you've ordered.

rosselliot · July 14, 2006

glowbelly wrote:

haha! how about when you get one you want to experiment with, you send me a pm, and i'll try to walk you through it? it's not as hard as it sounds, really. it's just becoming familiar with the software.

edit: you'll be happy to know that this was shot with the 50mm 1.8 lens that it looks like you've ordered.

that would be GREAT! however, might be a while before I can find a cute kid to take pictures of...but until then, I won't forget your generous offer!

and I can't wait to get my lenses and try them out! I'm so excited about everything!

W.W. Webster · July 14, 2006

glowbelly wrote:

would a tighter crop be better here?

It's a terrific image, but I think a tighter crop would improve it even further. Like this, maybe?

rosselliot · July 14, 2006

W.W. Webster wrote:

It's a terrific image, but I think a tighter crop would improve it even further. Like this, maybe?

then all of his wonderfully curly hair is....gone?!

btw, glowbelly, what was the background?

- Ross

glowbelly · July 14, 2006

ww, i really like that crop, but concur with ross about missing his curls. then again, i'm his mommy so i'm biased about those curls. i fight for their survival everyday, as his father insists that they need to be cut off.

ross, it was just a gray wood porch. i didn't shoot the picture with the intent of doing this to it. i just saw it's potential in post-processing and ran with it. i think if i was going to shoot for this, i would have used a white background and some really high-key lighting. then i probably wouldn't have had to do as much post-processing in photoshop, but i may have lost the detail in his hair and shirt.

Head in the Clouds · July 15, 2006

gorgeous, absolutely. I love it.

I have no idea what all that stuff is that you did to it, so there is no hope for me of replicating it (doh!)

Really love it. It might even inspire me to do that photoshop course to learn how!!!!

glowbelly · July 15, 2006

thank you!

photoshop is a wonderful tool and i would advise anyone to take a course just to explore the possibilities.

he's no angel

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