tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3645927653901145990.post4176719552306142551..comments2023-11-02T14:47:19.438+00:00Comments on Stan Dickinson's OCA 'People & Place' Blog: Assignment Five – UpdatestanOCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05515635092194160913noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3645927653901145990.post-7431371050295038692012-02-29T15:08:21.275+00:002012-02-29T15:08:21.275+00:00Yes I think that's better; when I tried it out...Yes I think that's better; when I tried it out I was a little more radical, but not by much.CliveWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3645927653901145990.post-41450888521633440732012-02-29T14:45:19.701+00:002012-02-29T14:45:19.701+00:00Many thanks, Clive, your support & advice is m...Many thanks, Clive, your support & advice is much appreciated. I had already done quite a bit of 'tweaking' with both images, as it happens, but I've taken on board what you suggest and added new versions as an edit to the post. The only thing I havn't done is make any further adjustments to the background in the second image. I had deliberately taken that down because, in the original version, there was so little to distinguish the figure from the background.<br />Thanks, againstanOCAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05515635092194160913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3645927653901145990.post-90996329839267667702012-02-28T13:24:30.662+00:002012-02-28T13:24:30.662+00:00Looking good Stan. The one you've chosen from ...Looking good Stan. The one you've chosen from the car shoot is more effective than the original choice I think.<br /><br />Ultimately I think they could both do with a bit of tweaking in PS.<br /><br />In the car shot the light source, as opposed to the light, is reflecting off of him, weakening the shadows and giving a rather blown flarey effect.<br /><br />It's analogous to photographing a dark grey perspex table top, looking down on it from a 45 degree angle; if you side light it you see dark grey. But if you back light it at the opposite angle then you see a reflection of light, not dark grey perspex.<br /><br />That's what's happening here, you can particularly see it in the fronts of the toys as they're more reflective.<br /><br />Since it's weakening your shadows the answer is to beef them up again to ameliorate the effect.<br /><br />Select the figure then decrease the gamma by visual inspection. Since the effect is more obvious in the fronts of the toys you may then wish to select those independently and reduce their gamma some more.<br /><br />In the final image because of the similar colours and the low light contrast the head is rather recessive compared to the cardigan and the toys.<br /><br />Select the head and neck and bring the contrast level up to marry more with the contrast in the cardigan and toys. As a further refinement you could tweak the background to give it a bit more life.<br /><br />Both images could also benefit from a touch of sharpening.CliveWnoreply@blogger.com