I will c&c your work for you. Beginners welcomed

[cougargal]

Thanks Dwayne! Hopefully I can learn from this. Take care,

 

[HoboSyke]

Here is one from me.. Has had some PP already.

good

-beautiful model
-good skin tones
-good comp that works well here
-nice old ruins backdrop
-exposure is right on
-very good contrast
-great DOF effect

nit

-the pose is good but the stare does not seem natural, I think
the model looking at the lens would have been a better choice (subjective)

-there are some distractions

1-the stray hair
2-the bright light spot in the top right corner
3-the graffiti on the pillar in the bottom left corner

tweak

-healed out the 3 distractions

-lighten (dodge) the face to add a fill flash effect
-lighten (dodge) the shirt to add a fill flash effect
-lighten (dodge) the jeans to add a fill flash effect

-darken (burn) the stone area in the far right

-lighten (dodge) the ring
-added a tad of selective contrast to the ring

-using the LCH tool in Nikon Capture NX2 I set a (chroma point) on the
pink color on the shirt, this tool will allow to you increase the color
saturation to just the pink color without affecting the other colors in
the photo

-put the photo through NR software not for noise but for a soft-focus
effect

-used the sliders in (levels) to set the final exposure

-no selective USM (sharpening) needed

Hope this helps and thanks for posting.

Take care,
Dwayne Oakes

Thanks for taking the time to look over and edit my image Dwayne. I was interested to see what you did with the blown out part. I couldn't get it to look quite natural. I think I like the wavey hair but I don't mind your edit.
Once again, thanks.. :thumbup:

 

[kangta13]

Great thread dwayne!!.. i'm gonna have to post a pic up... i'm a self-trained photographer.. browsing for diffusers today.. but reading through this thread actually made me sign-up/register here.. you're giving great tips, and i'm sure it's gonna help alot of us beginners out here!!! look forward to seeing more edits

 

[Dwayne Oakes]

Great thread dwayne!!.. i'm gonna have to post a pic up... i'm a self-trained photographer.. browsing for diffusers today.. but reading through this thread actually made me sign-up/register here.. you're giving great tips, and i'm sure it's gonna help alot of us beginners out here!!! look forward to seeing more edits

Well thank you very much for the kind words ! I appreciate it ! Looking
forward to seeing some of your work.

Take care,
Dwayne Oakes

 

[Dwayne Oakes]

If the C and C is still available, I'd like some feedback on this one. I've tried straightening it but it never seems to look right when I do.

Thanks.

Lots of c&c's still available.

good

-good comp that works well here
-cool place
-great light and shadows
-WB (white balance) look about right for the type of lights

nit

-the light on the walls could use a contrast and light boost as
the light there is a tad flat

-photo is a tad soft
-photo has slight noise

tweak

-used the lens distortion tool in Nikon Capture NX2 to take out some of
the curve in the photo

-lighten (dodge) the light on the walls
-lighten (dodge) the reflected light coming off the ground in the MG
-lighten (dodge) some of the red lights
-lighten (dodge) the 3 trees hidden in the shadows

-put the photo through NR software to remove the slight noise

-added a tad of global contrast
-added a tad of global USM (sharpening)

-did not lighten (dodge) the person in the far right as they are to far
out of the frame

Hope this helps and thanks for posting.

Take care,
Dwayne Oakes

 

[redonyx]

Wow. I liked the shot before I posted it here but you've made it at least 10 times better. :thumbup:

I shoot Canon so I don't have Capture NX2. Is there another program I could use to do this sort of thing that won't completely bankrupt me the way Photoshop/Lightroom would?

 

[Dwayne Oakes]

Wow. I liked the shot before I posted it here but you've made it at least 10 times better. :thumbup:

I shoot Canon so I don't have Capture NX2. Is there another program I could use to do this sort of thing that won't completely bankrupt me the way Photoshop/Lightroom would?

Thank you very much for the comments !

(Corel PhotoImpact X3)
I am glad you asked about software, here is a full editing software
program of a gem that not many photographers know about. It even
has HDR and RAW capabilities. The sale price now is very easy on the
wallet. This is last years version or so thats why it is on sale.

Also I can vouch for the product and company as being excellent as
I have used PhotoImpact 12 (an even older version) as my first real
full editing program.

Note: You will also see a new program on there called (Corel PaintShop
Express 2010) this is NOT a full edit program only the older (Corel
PhotoImpact X3) is.

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features
http://www.ulead.com/pi/PIX3_FB.pdf

Take care,
Dwayne Oakes