On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 2:28 PM, Tina Manley <images@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> PESO:
>
> Almost finished scanning the B&W of the families. Here is Raquel making
> tortillas in the doorway:
>
> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/148936939
I really love this one. It's tough! I wanted the detail in the darker
areas, but I wanted little less grain/noise, and I had some qualms about
the composition itself. You don't slavishly stick to compositional
"rules," but I don't see what might be gained in not observing them here.
So -- forgive me -- but I experimented with a 1:1 crop:
http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=2873
I'm not wedded to it, but I thought it might be good to see if you want to
rule it out.
Before cropping, I used the H/S tool to balance values a bit and used
Noiseware at light settings. I thought that worked well enough. I moved
the black point to where the pixels began to mount up, which cleans up the
black a little but seems to lose detail. (It doesn't really lose detail,
because there are no pixels there, but it darkens it. Still I think that's
what must be.
I didn't like some blotchiness around her arm above the elbow. Using
layers I blended in some gaussian blur to the background as well as to the
highlights outdoors. I don't think it's quite "there" yet, but that's what
I did.
In another set of layers I applied a bit of sharpening to eyes and hands.
Definitely a keeper I'd say, whatever you decide to do with it, but an
effort getting there.
Joel W.
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