I 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
Moose wrote:
>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.
Actually, when looking at the prints under a magnifying glass there appears
to be more detail in pic B. Perhaps higher resolution image would have
made this more apparent.
>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.
>Here's my stab at it <http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/Others/Bfish.htm>.
>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.
Thanks for trying, Moose. The scans were made from a 4 x 6 inch print
placed flat bed scanner. Both were scanned at 600 dpi (or was it 1200?;
can't remember) and then resized to something manageable for web
posting. When it comes to scanners I'm essentially illiterate.
Gary
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