One of my images benefited a great deal from color correcting. I frequently have the beloved orange grate show up in my images, so this week I made a point of trying to get the pups on the other side of their kennels if their was enough light. But their were a couple that I couldn't persuade to join me. Here's one of them. Please welcome Boogy!
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| Boogy (#48066) |
As far as forced depth of field, I found that many of my images benefitted from even a small amount of Gaussian blur. My best example is Sarah. |
| Sarah (#53861) |
As Professor Johnstone has said many times, our subjects are moving targets. It is really hard to get a sharp image. The Photoshop tools help a great deal in helping these critters look their best.
Until next week...happy shooting!
Sarah's photo is wonderful. I think toning down the background really helped out. I enjoy her capturing gaze. Good work!
ReplyDeleteI love how bold the black marking on Boogy are. He looks like he is giving us a soft smile. You have done a great job getting these guys to pose every week. Also, I think that your use of a little bit of blur in each photo is very successful.
ReplyDeleteBoth images are wonderful. However, I find that Boogie is sharpened too harshly, perhaps lessening the sharpening level will help soften the fur, eyes, and face of the critter next. On the other hand, what excellent photo-shopping techniques- bright eyes, soft ears, and kissable noses!
ReplyDeleteSara's portrait is really strong, and an excellent examples of forced depth of field used without overuse. These images appear sharpened well. However, I want you to be careful to not over-correct the levels. Your black are rich, which is good. But sometimes the blacks are too dense and we loose detail (the eye lids and nose of Boogy are examples of over-corrected levels in the shadow areas).
ReplyDeleteI love how AnnMarie expressed "kissable noses"! A great expression.
@ Jess...Thanks! She was a wonderful pup to work with.
ReplyDelete@ Holly Sue...Thanks for your comments! Boogy's high contrast coloring was very attractive to me as well.
ReplyDelete@ AnnMarie...Thanks for your comments. I am finding it challenging in deciding how much is too much on the sharpening. Sigh...practice, practice, practice!
ReplyDelete@ Professor Johnstone...Thank you for your feedback. It is very helpful. I do have a hard time judging these sometimes, especially after spending hours looking at them. I am hoping they will be of better quality this week. Not having the other class will enable me to break up my time rather than having a photo editing marathon!
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