Teddy Bear Check Up

Bryce Wilson · March 19, 2012

Does the fact that I didn't have the second light on the background hot enough to make it pure white bother anyone else?

Moving Pictures · March 19, 2012

Not me. Not much of one for blowing the everlovin' hell out of backdrops anyhow.

Gary752 · March 19, 2012

I reallly like this one! Only thing I can suggest would have been to have her wearing the stethescope and checking the teddy bear, based on the tread title. I'm sure the parents are going to love this one as it is!

GaryB

divamum · March 19, 2012

Lighting = fine. But once again, the image seems soft to me - is it compression, or is it soft?

Very adorable - I'm sure the parents will love it!

Bryce Wilson · March 19, 2012

Moving Pictures wrote: »

Not me. Not much of one for blowing the everlovin' hell out of backdrops anyhow.

Thanks for that...

I tend to let the little things like that bother me...

BroPhoto wrote: »

I reallly like this one! Only thing I can suggest would have been to have her wearing the stethescope and checking the teddy bear, based on the tread title. I'm sure the parents are going to love this one as it is!

GaryB

Thanks Gary....

You can't imagine how hard (and long) I tried to make that happen. Just didn't work. And with the short attention span of that age, settled for what I could get...do have one that has her holding the bears arm like she's checking pulse that is pretty nice.

divamum wrote: »

Lighting = fine. But once again, the image seems soft to me - is it compression, or is it soft?

Very adorable - I'm sure the parents will love it!

Sigh....

(Me whining) ...I miss the film days....do an image....send it to the lab with instructions....they send it back...viola! (Me going off an a rant and throwing hands in air) Image looks fine full size....Image looks fine reduced size.....Image looks soft when uploaded....

I'm trying to be a photographer here, not a computer expert!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:D:D:D

dunno

D:D:D:D

Maybe I'll start adding some sharpening after I re size for upload.

divamum · March 19, 2012

I think it's cause you're attaching them, Bryce - perhaps better to link from your flickr or elsewhere?

Sorry I'm always the one to say something about it but I reckon you'd rather know than not!!!

Bryce Wilson · March 19, 2012

Does this look any sharper???

Doctor Daddy by Bryce Wilson, on Flickr

rsquared · March 19, 2012

Bryce Wilson wrote: »

Does this look any sharper???

Following the link to Flickr, this one looks the same in both places. The previous attached photo looks much sharper on Flickr than it does here.

Hackbone · March 21, 2012

Still looks soft. Maybe your focusing system is picking up too much of the white and that is throwing it off as it doesn't seen enough difference to focus. It also looks as if your getting bleed over from your background being too over exposed.

jeffreaux2 · March 21, 2012

I think it's the attatchment method AND the fact that the image sharpening is not fine tuned for web viewing.

They both look fine @ flickr.

The "magic" of using Smugmug for online storage and image hosting is that when you upload the original sized file, several alternative "websized" images also become available automatically. These "copies" are tailor made and sharpened for optimum online viewing. Then. links are made available to you to use in places like dgrin or facebook. I like to grab the smallest sizes and then text them to clients (watermarked with my .com of course) for instance.

...and Smugmug now offers us 3 different choices of photo labs. White House Custom Color, Bay Photo, and EZ Prints.

Theres really nothing to NOT like about Smugmug....and Flickr....in my opinion really has nearly nothing to offer.

..and nooo, I don't work for smugmug, I am just a happy customer!

...a few of the available "web sized" images.

Bryce Wilson · March 21, 2012

Thanks Jeff...

Although at this time i don't do online sales, it certainly seems worth a look at a cost to benefit ratio.

Thanks for pointing me in that direction.

BrettDeutsch · March 21, 2012

To answer the original question, I think true white would look marginally better. Easy enough to do in PS though when you're that close. I bet one click with the magic wand, feather it a bit, add a levels layer with an automatically created mask, and you're there in about 10 seconds with little or no work needed to fine tune your mask.

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