Nice job, Joel.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "DZDub" <jdubikins@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 8:34 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Supper
> On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 6:57 PM, DZDub <jdubikins@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I think your conclusion is all that matters to me really. Once a story
>> takes over -- I love looking at the man and his children as there is so
>> much going on there -- I no longer think about grading the assignment.
>> Photoshop can improve an image technically but adds nothing of substance
>> if the story is not there. Not saying every photograph should have a
>> story, but when it does it just does.
>>
>
> Responding to myself with my own rendition:
>
> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=2650
>
> Pretty much all I would like to be different is accomplished with the
> highlight/shadow tool. Overall treatment as follows:
>
> Shadow
> A 10%
> W 62%
> R 30
> Highlight
> A 38%
> W 63%
> R 30
> Mid contrast +20
>
> That done, I wanted to bring up the man's face further. Created two
> layers
> and used H/S to bring up shadows on the faces. Flipped the layers and
> used
> the eraser at 10% to lighten areas, and here and there, up to 30% opacity.
>
> Happy to keep the grain and most of the flare through the slats. I don't
> agree with my own statement that PS "adds nothing of substance". I simply
> mean that PS cannot improve an image so as to create a story if the story
> is not already there. I think PS is wonderful and I can't imagine living
> without it.
>
> Joel W.
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