Would any of you be so kind as to give me some feedback on this picture of my daughter? I really like it but I'm new at this and so far have been really bad at going with the flow as far as good photos go.
By the way, she'll be 11 on Thursday.
Thanks, Lisa
C'mon, is it really that bad? The silence is deafening...
Most of them must be sleeping in the western hemisphere...
For whatever it is worth - Myself just pretending to be a photographer. The picture technically OK but the composition and posture are too bland.
May be a part of her arm or both her arms bit more of her torso so that the "cut off" feeling could be avoided. Possibly she was reading when you clicked her - part of that book...
Her hair appear to be lovely but are getting lost in the background. If I were to change just one thing then I would want it on a lighter background which outlines her hair and displays it texture.
Thank you so much for replying! I'll take any critique I can get. I agree with your comment that her hair blends in, it was a spur of the moment shot. However, I've noticed on other pictures that light backgrounds tend to really wash out her skin tone. But that could just be my photo-taking skill (or lack thereof) :)
Lisa...I like the angle, but a touch more contrast would make her jump out of the picture. And either moving her left arm totally out of the shot, or more into it would help. The small patch just above her head is distracting. The sharpness and skin tones are wonderful. It is a different approach than most, and for that you get a thumbs up for doing something a little different! Keep on truckin'!
I had a quick look at it in Photoshop... you have to do SOME post-processing, even if it's auto-levels or auto-contrast.
I adjusted your levels so that the entire tonal range is used, and got rid of the extreme shadows so that the background is more black without any detail. I adjusted the curves, and played with the colour balance to try to remove the colour cast in the photo. Finished off with a bit of sharpening.
And here's the result with Gaussian Blur applied (radius about 30) and then the opacity reduced to about 40%
There's still loads that could be done with it though, and I agree that her left arm needs to be cloned out.
Hope this is useful!
Wow Bobster! Those look great! I just got Photoshop Elements this weekend and I'm still just barely scratching the surface of how to use it. These are great examples of what you can do with it! Or Photoshop 7, which I was to cheap to buy...
Duda's a great pic...
bit too much blur for me though,
did you sharpen before the blur? You can go a little over the top so that you're still left with some sharpness afterwards.
Nope, it's possible to fade blur without using another layer.
In Photoshop, after you've applied the blur, go to edit -> fade Gaussian blur. I can't see why this shouldn't be allowed.
Nope, it's possible to fade blur without using another layer.
In Photoshop, after you've applied the blur, go to edit -> fade Gaussian blur. I can't see why this shouldn't be allowed.
To fade the effect is the equivalent of applying a semitransparent layer, and does not apply the effect in "Normal mode" as the rules describe. I would request a specific ruling from the admins as to whether an otherwise DPC-legal filter can be applied with the "fade" setting before submitting.
I would even play with the lighting effects tool in PS - and light the hair separately - I played with it a bit on this photo and you can really make the hair separate from the backdrop. (sort of like this, but with more time and patience:
