whaddya think?

JayT · 08-25-2009, 09:09 AM

What would you do or how would you make this shot better? Give me at least one thing you'd do to help this photo.

jezterr · 08-25-2009, 10:43 AM

decrease the contrast a little.

bring some of the red/orange back from the background.

JayT · 08-25-2009, 10:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jezterr

decrease the contrast a little.

bring some of the red/orange back from the background.

The original shot

Metonymy · 08-25-2009, 10:56 AM

Agree on the contrast comment. And I'd play with stopping it down a 1/2 to 1 stop to see how it turns out.

*edit*

And now that I see the original, I'd play with de-saturating a bit. By removing a little of the blue color from the turn-table setup, it'll give it more of a mechanical look. It'll change the feel of the pic.

Raven Ryder · 08-25-2009, 02:51 PM

I would denoise it a bit...looks like you took the sharpness pretty high and caused the harsher shadowing and noise

asteelo · 08-25-2009, 04:23 PM

I like the softness of the original shot in most of the pic except the turntable area. I would create a duplicate layer of the original shot, unsharp mask only the turntable area. Then i would do a layer mask on the DJ and reduce the magenta channel a bit to isolate the blue. I like the blue in the foreground and the sharpness of the turntable/mixer setup in your processed pic, but i wouldnt want all the extra noise from the shadows to stand out by sharpening them. To get some of the detail out of the DJ's shirt and arms i would probably try a curves layer and mask those items off to get a bit more contrast in the right places.

But my PP skills are horrible. I'd probably waste hours trying things with this shot. It's a keeper, thats for sure.

patricksnapp · 01-07-2011, 03:46 PM

awesome shot i really dig it!, the only thing that gets me is the "haloing" around his wrist and the bottom of his shirt. if you turn it down a tad it would be killer in my book JMOP.

Tony S · 01-07-2011, 03:56 PM

I like your original conversion pretty well. Perhaps burn in the bright curtain in the back a little bit.

08-25-2009, 09:09 AM	#1
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08-25-2009, 10:56 AM	#4
Metonymy Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Under a roof Posts: 382 My Camera: Canon S5 and 50D	Agree on the contrast comment. And I'd play with stopping it down a 1/2 to 1 stop to see how it turns out. edit And now that I see the original, I'd play with de-saturating a bit. By removing a little of the blue color from the turn-table setup, it'll give it more of a mechanical look. It'll change the feel of the pic.

08-25-2009, 02:51 PM	#5
Raven Ryder Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bothell, WA Posts: 233 My Camera: Nikon D60 & D300S	I would denoise it a bit...looks like you took the sharpness pretty high and caused the harsher shadowing and noise

08-25-2009, 04:23 PM	#6
asteelo Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Silverdale Posts: 116	I like the softness of the original shot in most of the pic except the turntable area. I would create a duplicate layer of the original shot, unsharp mask only the turntable area. Then i would do a layer mask on the DJ and reduce the magenta channel a bit to isolate the blue. I like the blue in the foreground and the sharpness of the turntable/mixer setup in your processed pic, but i wouldnt want all the extra noise from the shadows to stand out by sharpening them. To get some of the detail out of the DJ's shirt and arms i would probably try a curves layer and mask those items off to get a bit more contrast in the right places. But my PP skills are horrible. I'd probably waste hours trying things with this shot. It's a keeper, thats for sure.

01-07-2011, 03:46 PM	#7
patricksnapp Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Tac Posts: 15 My Camera: Nikon	awesome shot i really dig it!, the only thing that gets me is the "haloing" around his wrist and the bottom of his shirt. if you turn it down a tad it would be killer in my book JMOP.

01-07-2011, 03:56 PM	#8
Tony S Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 140	I like your original conversion pretty well. Perhaps burn in the bright curtain in the back a little bit.