Shopping at Misi market

cocasana · March 27, 2007

Looking for something interesting at the market. Comments? Critiques? Thanks, Carlo
Canon 1DMK2, Canon 85mm, f/1.2.
Misi market, Wamena, Papua Barat, Indonesia

SitterS · March 27, 2007

Carlo I love this photo.

One suggestion is to use curves to bring out his face more or use shadow/highlight to bring out the shadows and work with the highlights. It is a great tool but think it is only available in CS2 or 3. This man has such a great face!

Shane

cocasana · March 27, 2007

Hi Shane, thanks for stopping and commenting!
Actually I've already used the shadow/highlight function (in Lab, L channel), and -to tell the truth- at a certain point I thought I recovered too much!

SitterS · March 27, 2007

You know I bet this photo would look awesome in BW as well. Took a look at your site and you have some great photos on there.

Shane

SitterS · March 27, 2007

Here you go Carlo. Thanks!

cocasana · March 27, 2007

Shane, I think its a bit too contrasty to my eyes.
Here's a quick conversion...

SitterS · March 27, 2007

SitterS wrote:

Here you go Carlo. Thanks!

Now that I look back at it it does have too much contrast. I think I played with this one too much.

Shane

destes · March 28, 2007

I like the B&W. The first pic has those two bright color spots on the left which is a bit distracting. You could selectively desaturate those spots and tone them down a bit. I really like the color that's in his shirt.