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Karin Babin
Joined: 16 Jul 2012
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Location: Calgary, AB
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 11:22 am
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I am, it's very perplexing.
Any comments on the composition and settings for the above while I figure this out?
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semmickphoto
Joined: 12 Feb 2012
Posts: 6632
Location: Stuck between a shutter and a hard place
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 11:24 am
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If you mean the photo of the model? She is placed in the centre and there is sun flare. Probably will get dinged for composition and uneven lighting.
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Karin Babin
Joined: 16 Jul 2012
Posts: 20
Location: Calgary, AB
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 11:27 am
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That's my lovely daughter :) She was trying to look sad like she lost her slipper, haha.
Totally not seeing the sunflare? And where would you have placed her?
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Karin Babin
Joined: 16 Jul 2012
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Location: Calgary, AB
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 11:30 am
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No wait. That's not my daughter! That's my very good friend. That was just for seeing if it posted any better after trying something different on PS.
I meant the balcony and the slipper.
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ruxpriencdiam
Joined: 07 May 2009
Posts: 26831
Location: Third Stone from the Sun
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 11:41 am
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| Karin Babin wrote: | Well, that was an easy answer! Thank you Jeff.
Now the problem with the photos is when I shrink them. Not sure why when I downsize them, they become very pixelated and just look terrible all around. I've read on several forums that others are having the same issue, but so far haven't been able to find a solution. |
Do not downsize the crops!
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copidosoma
Joined: 17 Nov 2009
Posts: 3921
Location: Canada
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 11:42 am
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| Karin Babin wrote: | No wait. That's not my daughter! That's my very good friend. That was just for seeing if it posted any better after trying something different on PS.
I meant the balcony and the slipper. |
Your daughter is hidden in shadow and out of focus in that image. Those, combined with the fact that she is so far in the background makes the connection between her and the slipper hard to make. She is essentially lost in the background.
Ideally, you would reshoot it with better lighting on her (even facing the other way would have helped) and less separation between her and the slipper. They are after all the subject. As is, the subject takes up about 1% of the image area (i.e. gets lost in the surroundings). Someone will likely mention that you shouldn't have her and the slipper in the middle of the frame. If you redo it with them closer together (and more tightly framed) you could easily have her and the slipper offset (even on the "rule of thirds" intersections"). Might be a tough shot to pull off but certainly far from impossible.
p.s. Hi from 3 hours north of you.
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Karin Babin
Joined: 16 Jul 2012
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Location: Calgary, AB
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 11:49 am
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I'm not. That photo of April for example, I just re-saved the RAW photo to JPG as a test last night. I didn't crop it or do anything to it to have the untouched quality of the photo before I downsized it. It's better than the others, but still terribly pixelated (in the cropped version that space to the right is gone and she is out of the middle). I just used the largest image possible. Then I resized to 500 pixels on the long side, and it is slighty better but not much.
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Karin Babin
Joined: 16 Jul 2012
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Location: Calgary, AB
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 11:53 am
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As in Edmonton 3 hours north? I was going to say something about your terrible hockey team, but decided it wouldn't be friendly :p
That's good feed back on the photo, thanks!
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copidosoma
Joined: 17 Nov 2009
Posts: 3921
Location: Canada
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 11:55 am
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| Karin Babin wrote: | As in Edmonton 3 hours north? I was going to say something about your terrible hockey team, but decided it wouldn't be friendly :p
That's good feed back on the photo, thanks! |
LOL, want to count Stanley cups?
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copidosoma
Joined: 17 Nov 2009
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Location: Canada
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 12:35 pm
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| ruxpriencdiam wrote: | | Karin Babin wrote: | Well, that was an easy answer! Thank you Jeff.
Now the problem with the photos is when I shrink them. Not sure why when I downsize them, they become very pixelated and just look terrible all around. I've read on several forums that others are having the same issue, but so far haven't been able to find a solution. |
Do not downsize the crops! |
http://submit.shutterstock.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2331186&highlight=script#2331186
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ruxpriencdiam
Joined: 07 May 2009
Posts: 26831
Location: Third Stone from the Sun
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Karin Babin
Joined: 16 Jul 2012
Posts: 20
Location: Calgary, AB
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 12:41 pm
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| copidosoma wrote: | | Karin Babin wrote: | As in Edmonton 3 hours north? I was going to say something about your terrible hockey team, but decided it wouldn't be friendly :p
That's good feed back on the photo, thanks! |
LOL, want to count Stanley cups? |
No :(
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kenny123
Joined: 13 Aug 2005
Posts: 6102
Location: Masterton,Wairarapa, New Zealand
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 8:33 pm
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Cropped to fill the frame-eyes at upper 1/3
To show detail in the hair, and enhance color:
Image>Adjustments> Shadow/highlights-
Shadows:
amount 35%
tonal width 21%
radius 19 pixels
Highlights:
amount 36%
tonal width 28%
radius 30 pixels
Color correction +20
Regards, Ken
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