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After a recent series of shots of our daughter, my wife and I fell in love with this one. We were thinking about getting a nice large print to hang in our bedroom, and we want it to be the best version of the image that it possibly can be. Firstly, how would you improve it in post for a print on a wall? Secondly, how would you improve at the time of shooting (for my future reference)?
Thanks in advance!
1/250 at f/4 and ISO 100. 35mm. XSi.
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The composition is great
my comment on the BW
it almost looks sepia
I would like to see a little more contrast.
A black and white should have something that is white and something that is black
Work with your histograms and push the two ends of the bw spectrum
Awesome photo!
I think the antique style of processing works very well, especially with that classic hat. I also like the light coming through the fence, as well as the slight vignetting!
I think it looks great just the way it is, but I also agree with adding a little more contrast as suggested by iND, perhaps just 1-2 clicks, you then may need to up the exposure a "tiny" bit.
Rich
Thanks guys. So, adjusting exposure I
You should upload the image to a site like flickr and allow for image downloading and then let some of the skilled folks here do some adjusting. You could pick one that you really liked and then print that one. Just have to upload a large res image so that it will print out nice. Just a thought if you are not big into Photoshop.
I was up late editing and sort of in the groove so I saw this and took a stab. Let me know if you want to use them I'll email you the hi res versions.
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Thanks Bryan and Keith, I think I actually like your total B&W betterthan the sepia added versions.But can you tell me what you did to get either of these? I'm trying to learn some newskills here. I can't bum off my forum friends forever. [:D]
Here is something in between.
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Here is the full size version on Flickr:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5152/...0c0615da_b.jpg
Rich
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Originally Posted by rlriii13
Well it wasn't as simple as going in to a contrast setting. I copied the layer then using the B&W conversion I picked a filter that had more contrast and tweaked it a little. Then I copied the OG layer again and converted it to B&W again but using the Max Black filter. I used the first converted layer as the main layer, then the Max Black layer I used as an overlay and masked it out and then in a Burn type fashion, with a very low flow brush gently painted (on the layer mask) in shadows and details in the hat.
I also did another layer that I adjusted curves, focusing on lightening the midtones. I then masked it out and then painted in spots to smooth out the skin and dark areas under the eyes.
PS
For the sepia one, I just sampled a color from you original and then I filled a new layer with the color, then in layer palette I set the blending to Color.
Keith, that
You are welcome. Glad I could help.
Also, for color images, you can do amazing things with little ones (or big folks) skin tones by copy the layer and converting to B&W using a red filter or an enhanced green one then set the layer blending to soft light and adjusting the layers opacity. Sometimes hard light can be good too just experiment. This can also be a good way of doing a less random high pass filter effect.
Once you have the blending set don't be afraid to go into curves and play with the midtones.
Bit of a bump, what effect does that redfilter B&W layer trick do Keith?