I was hoping someone could steer me right on this one. Right above the flower there was a white road, mostly blown out. I attempted to darken the area so there was a nice contrast to the flower being shared. The image was darkened in the area in question, but there was a very synthetic feel to it. Any suggestions or C&C?
This image was shot in jpeg and with the in-camera B&W feature enabled.
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13th June 2013, 11:01 PM #1
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14th June 2013, 12:33 AM #2
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Tom,
Nice image, have you tried brightening the flower ?
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21st June 2013, 10:06 PM #3
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I did, it helped very much thank you. I attempted it before, but was afraid of "going too far".
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21st June 2013, 10:41 PM #4
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I was wondering what if you selected the kids and put them on a new layer, then you could darken the layer below them, as they would not be affected by that change.
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22nd June 2013, 03:55 PM #5
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Would I need photoshop to layer it Allan? I only currently have access to Lightroom. Any other utilities out there?
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22nd June 2013, 05:30 PM #6
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Yes Tom: Photoshop CS or Elements would be needed as you have to layer the image. Did not know that you were using only lightroom.
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22nd June 2013, 05:58 PM #7
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Re: "love"
Considering that the flowers in the bottom left corner are a bit distracting, try darkening them.
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23rd June 2013, 12:48 AM #8
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This is a very interesting photo. I keep going back and looking at it. It reminds me quite a lot of some of the paintings of Bouguereau. The only thing I would change is to crop off the top 1/8 inch.
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23rd June 2013, 06:17 PM #9
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Bummer, not in the cards for new software...Maybe next year, lol.
Here is a retake on it with the crop, darker foreground flowers and the main flower lighter.
I also included the original as a point of reference of where it came from type of idea...The other idea was to make it a long landscape with the same height crop...
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23rd June 2013, 06:51 PM #10
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Tom,
I think you have the right crop! I can't think of any other method to make sense of the area by the road than to use layers in any version of Photoshop. Although a close crop of the girl's face looking down (the girl on the left) would be nice too. Children's faces are always a focal point for me and her hair is framing her face so nicely.
Thanks for sharing!
Gretchen
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25th June 2013, 01:08 AM #11
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Thanks
I really like the outcome with everyones suggestions. If I was shooting in raw versus jpeg would the road be easier to fix?
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