On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 4:24 PM, Tina Manley <images@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> PESO:
>
> More extreme light from Central America. I took a whole series of photos
> of Lucinda using a backstrap loom to weave material. The problem is that
> she's sitting in the bright sun and the porch is in deep shade. This one
> is just scanned with Vuescan, imported into LR5 and Auto Toned:
>
> http://www.pbase.com/image/150741009
>
> I tried making three exposures and using Photomatix. I tried PS
> Shadows/Highlights. They both look too fake. Is the original too extreme
> or acceptable for the situation?
>
>
First - I noticed you said LR5. Did you already upgrade? Any problems?
Second, it looks OK considering the light you had to work with. Too bad
it wasn't a RAW image so you could try to tame those blown hightlights
where the yarn breaks out of the shadow, but overall I like it.
--
Paul Braun
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