Gary Teller wrote:
>See the two photos of the boy with a fish at
>http://home.mindspring.com/~gmteller/personalphotos/id2.html
>
>I have been trying without success to remove all or most of the shadow on
>the boy's face using what tools are available in Photoshop
>Elements. Either the shadow is too much for the available tools or I'm not
>very adept at using them. I'd vote for the latter.
>
Well, there really isn't much data available in those shadows. I think
pic B is hopeless, with the detailless area right in the middle of his
face. A, on the other hand, can be improved quite a bit, at least to my
eye.
I really did very little to the shadow area. I selected it and adjusted
levels to get the most detail I could showing, which at least suggests
the facial detail. I included the dark hair too, co it has more light in
it. The other things I did were to add LCE, Level and Curve adjustments
to make the rest of the image much more contrasty/snappy. In that
context, the contrasty face looks much more natural, particularly with
the increased color/contrast detail in the rest of the face. There are
still some artifacts in the shadow area, although folks used to standard
prints probably wouldn't notice it. With a higher rez image to work
with, those wouldn't be a problem.
>I've tried fill flash,
>levels and the dodge tool (or was it burn?). Any suggestions would be
>appreciated. If anyone wants to make a copy and take a stab at improving
>it be my guest.
>
>
Here's my stab at it <http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/Others/Bfish.htm>.
>I should have paid more attention to the lighting.
>
Lordy, how many times have I said that after shooting people in the
direct sun......
>However I was in a
>hurry because the boy was actually struggling to hold the fish up. His
>smile only came when I prompted him just before pressing the shutter. His
>dad asked for a copy so I'd like to send something a little better. I'm
>partial to the one on the left marked "A".
>
>Both were taken with an OM-2N with Zuiko 50/3.5 in Tulsa, OK on the
>Arkansas River. It was the day before Thanksgiving, the temperature was in
>the mid 70's and I couldn't abide staying indoors.
>
How did you get the scan? It's entirely possible that there is more
shadow detail on the film than in the scan. Commercial scans I've gotten
generally clip a lot of highlight and shadow detail.
Moose
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