NWPBanner
Welcome! NWPphotoforum.com
Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
Ruth and Edgar #37791
12/21/11 01:32 AM
12/21/11 01:32 AM
Joined: Feb 2005
Manhattan, New York, New York
James Morrissey Offline OP
I
James Morrissey  Offline OP
I
Carpal Tunnel

Joined: Feb 2005
Manhattan, New York, New York
These are some shots from a recent shoot. If some of the images look a tad blotchy, it is because of the upsizing I used (I keep the photocart images at 440pixels and these were incerased to about 660).

James








Re: Ruth and Edgar [Re: James Morrissey] #37793
12/21/11 05:34 AM
12/21/11 05:34 AM
Joined: Aug 2011
Barienrode, Germany
D
DonParrot Offline
Tracker
DonParrot  Offline
Tracker
D

Joined: Aug 2011
Barienrode, Germany
Hi James, love the last two! Very special!


It's a long way to tip a rary
Re: Ruth and Edgar [Re: DonParrot] #37794
12/21/11 05:39 AM
12/21/11 05:39 AM
Joined: May 2008
Virginia, USA
Jim Poor Offline
Addict
Jim Poor  Offline
Addict

Joined: May 2008
Virginia, USA
Hi James. Pull one into PS, add a levels layer and pull the black way to the right. That will show you if there's anything by white left on the BG.

Re: Ruth and Edgar [Re: Jim Poor] #37795
12/21/11 10:10 AM
12/21/11 10:10 AM
Joined: Feb 2005
Manhattan, New York, New York
James Morrissey Offline OP
I
James Morrissey  Offline OP
I
Carpal Tunnel

Joined: Feb 2005
Manhattan, New York, New York
Thanks, Jim. I will try that. I have been using a lens filter blur to smooth out the drops and like the effect. The problem is when you go around the outline of the dog to get the fur in properly. I find that is where you start having a tad difficulty.

James

Re: Ruth and Edgar [Re: James Morrissey] #37797
12/21/11 04:48 PM
12/21/11 04:48 PM
Joined: Feb 2005
Manhattan, New York, New York
James Morrissey Offline OP
I
James Morrissey  Offline OP
I
Carpal Tunnel

Joined: Feb 2005
Manhattan, New York, New York
...btw...the parts of the drop that have been left (for example around the paw on the first shot and in between the dogs on some of the others) was done intentionally. I thought the image looked odd without the texture - particularly on the first shot.

Should I nix it?

James

Re: Ruth and Edgar [Re: James Morrissey] #37805
12/22/11 06:53 PM
12/22/11 06:53 PM
Joined: Oct 2011
North Carolina's Crystal Coast
B
Bob D. Offline
Tracker
Bob D.  Offline
Tracker
B

Joined: Oct 2011
North Carolina's Crystal Coast
Lovely.

Re: Ruth and Edgar [Re: James Morrissey] #37807
12/22/11 08:40 PM
12/22/11 08:40 PM
Joined: May 2008
Virginia, USA
Jim Poor Offline
Addict
Jim Poor  Offline
Addict

Joined: May 2008
Virginia, USA
I don't know about nixing it, but it looks "cut out" in places.

Here's what I do to clean up a BG a bit when there are shadows or wrinkles. Select the BG using either Select -> Color range or the magic wand. Switch to quick mask and clean up as needed. Then feather the selection by 5 px. Load the selection as mask, reselect the image and reselect the selection - copy to new layer. Gaussian blur at something pretty high like 45. Then move the mask up to the blurred layer.

Sounds long and complex but it's really only a minute or so including making the selection.

Originally Posted By: James Morrissey
...btw...the parts of the drop that have been left (for example around the paw on the first shot and in between the dogs on some of the others) was done intentionally. I thought the image looked odd without the texture - particularly on the first shot.

Should I nix it?

James

Re: Ruth and Edgar [Re: Jim Poor] #37818
12/24/11 10:08 AM
12/24/11 10:08 AM
Joined: Feb 2005
Manhattan, New York, New York
James Morrissey Offline OP
I
James Morrissey  Offline OP
I
Carpal Tunnel

Joined: Feb 2005
Manhattan, New York, New York
Thanks, Jim. Will try this. I have been using a very strong 'lens blur' filter, and I must admit that I really like the look. Having said that, in places where the subject is pushing up the backdrop I realize it looks just a bit off.

I am off planet right now (visiting the burbs) but will try this when I get back to civilization.

James

Re: Ruth and Edgar [Re: James Morrissey] #37819
12/24/11 11:32 AM
12/24/11 11:32 AM
Joined: May 2008
Virginia, USA
Jim Poor Offline
Addict
Jim Poor  Offline
Addict

Joined: May 2008
Virginia, USA
Have fun.


I would imagine that you could do the same steps and substitute lens blur for gaussian.


Who's Online Now
0 registered members (), 339 guests, and 2 spiders.
Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Newest Members
CTiefisher, DrSuse BlueDevil, airphotog, dwilson7878, carters paul
3317 Registered Users
Forum Statistics
Forums6
Topics627
Posts989
Members3,317
Most Online629
Dec 4th, 2019

Copyright 2005 - 2020 Nature, Wildlife, and Pet Photography Forum. "NWPPhotoforum" and "nwpphotoforum.com" are the property of Nature, Wildlife, and Pet Photography Forum. All Rights Reserved. Wild Coyote Studio, New York Pet Photographer

Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.1
(Release build 20190129)
PHP: 5.6.40-1+hw4 Page Time: 0.024s Queries: 14 (0.004s) Memory: 0.9386 MB (Peak: 1.9681 MB) Data Comp: Zlib Server Time: 2024-03-28 22:14:06 UTC