I went to the fair with my camera club, but it was cold and not busy at all so not all the rides where going. Then I found Albert, running the Coconut Shy. For the price on having a go, he let me take some shots of him. Not sure he totally understood what I was doing there, but the pitch did used to belong to his dear old Mum - Mrs E Harris.
This is my favourite of the lot.
Lightroom:
- Custom Set white balance
- darken blacks
- increase contrast
- increase brightness
- Convert to grayscale
- slightly turned in the 'S' curve to boost contrast further at the black end and the white end
- Cropped to 10x8 for print later and to improve comp
- Grayscale mixer to boost tonality
PPCS2
-Dodge & Burn on forehead/hat/neck to improve on highlight
- Idnic's pimp the eyes technique. Does show too much here, but makes a hugh difference
- Clone fag ash out from the jumper
- Added DoF by using the Lens Blur filter to just the far background
- USM
- Colourise to improve overall tonality of the monochrome.
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This is YOURS??? ahaaa very nice I just noticed it.. but you know me mate.. slow as they come.. don't forget we have to go out shooting soon. Cambridge is nice we can meet there and wander around the town etc. PM me
You gotta get your adjectives in the right order, first shy and then old :) Take it from an English teacher :)))) Cool shot!
Kiwiness, thanks for the comment 'Cool shot!' means quite a bit coming from you. However ALbert runs the Coconut Shy at the fair. I switched those adjectives on purpose!
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