I actually liked the look of the original. And this one too. I'm all for boosting contrast because I believe it makes the image a bit more crisp and the details really pop. Images that are too atonal -- which can appear washed out or overall grayish -- lose all feeling of life, of presence, IMHO. Life is stark, photos should be too.
Again, I really like this shot:the folds in the sheet fabric, the intricate knit throw and the adorable dog as well are just great Look at the edge of the left ear (right side
to viewer) and you can see depth in the hairs that curl up. Very nice, Greg.
-- Mark
On Friday, October 24, 2014 8:10 PM, "Greg Hjellen greghj(-at-)yahoo.com [anaglyphs]" <anaglyphs(-at-)yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Thanks, Mark. Well, I did typical processing including adjusting the levels, contrast, etc. But after I made the anaglyph (which seem to always turn out too dark for me) I did brighten primarily the mid tones, too. Maybe as a result of all that I went a little too far? I did make a version of one of them with "HDR" processing - and attached it for comparison.
Greg
From: "mark sroufe markgambier(-at-)yahoo.com [anaglyphs]"
<anaglyphs(-at-)yahoogroups.com>
To: "anaglyphs(-at-)yahoogroups.com" <anaglyphs(-at-)yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2014 12:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Anaglyphs] Molly, Using a Flash
Nice shots, Greg. Did you use HDR processing in PS?
-- Mark
On Thursday,
October 23, 2014 9:18 PM, "Greg Hjellen greghj(-at-)yahoo.com [anaglyphs]"
<anaglyphs(-at-)yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Today I decided to start better educating
myself in flash, which I haven't used much.
Our cocker spaniel, Molly, was handy and became my subject for today's experiment. Here is how she spends a rainy day. In these shots she is on 1.) "her" chair, and 2.) her spot on the couch. You can see she is very spoiled! We at least cover the furniture in an
attempt to protect it.
I used tape to block off all but a very small portion of my W1's flash output, allowing only enough output to trigger an external flash - which was located off to the side and pointed up to bounce much of it's light off the ceiling. In both setups, it was a bit tricky to position the slave flash such that it would simultaneously 1.) sense enough of the W1's "blocked" flash to trigger it, 2.) throw its light in the desired direction, AND 3.) not produce bad flare in the W1's lenses (the W1 seemed very susceptible).
W1, external slaved flash, SPM, PSE
Greg