More brain picking...since you guys rock today....

Pallycow · Jan 19, 2013

I fixed the shirt in the last one back in the raw file. So I'll be playing with that one first. I'll update when I make changes to it.

Derrel · Jan 20, 2013

Shot #4 is the best of the lot--by far, since in that frame they both appear "connected" and "together". In the other three shots, they are just standing near one another, in close proximity.

Pallycow · Jan 20, 2013

I decided to go with shot 4 as most of you are correct when I looked at them later. I finished some of the stuff for round 1, so I'll be hitting round two tomorrow.

fixed the arm, shadows on his forehead, eyes, bags, teeth, skin, background

Noticed I missed some ripples in back when I was screwing with levels so I'll get those out of there tomorrow during round two. I also notice her eye is really bright and kinda off in a diff direction, while her other eye is straight. lol, probly gonna steal an eye from another shot.

I may have to lighten her face up a bit, I dunno...have to look at it with new eyes tomorrow.

**just noticed top seam of his shirt is a bit too dull too, so I'll add that to my "fix" list. lol. I ain't doing anymore play projects for a while....this stopped being fun hours ago. lolol

anyway, here's round one done...

nycphotography · Jan 20, 2013

Wow that's a lot of work in PS. Definitely made a big difference.

thetrue · Jan 20, 2013

Wow, how long did all that work take you?

Pallycow · Jan 20, 2013

mmm, seeing I just noticed it's 3 am, about 3 hours. lol. I took a break and watched Game of Thrones season two a bit, then came back to it.

nycphotography · Jan 20, 2013

Only thing that still bothers me is how dark his face is on her side. If you could bring that up even a half stop I think it would be worth it.

Pallycow · Jan 20, 2013

nycphotography said:
Only thing that still bothers me is how dark his face is on her side. If you could bring that up even a half stop I think it would be worth it.

Yeah, still bugging me too, but I wanna tackle that part with fresh eyes. I shoulda done it while I was in raw mode...but I can still hit it decently with the million gigabyte tiff file. lol

nycphotography · Jan 20, 2013

Ha lucky you. I was working on a D1 JPG from 2005 tonight. It's like a 125KB file. Remember 2MP "professional" cameras? lol

thetrue · Jan 20, 2013

3 hours?!?! Unless I stood to make a pretty penny from it, I don't think I could work on one photo for that long!

Pallycow · Jan 20, 2013

thetrue said:
3 hours?!?! Unless I stood to make a pretty penny from it, I don't think I could work on one photo for that long!

It's a project for me. And a learning lesson. Started with practicing and learning different lighting setups and experiments, then posing...now more PP work. If it comes out like my first idea ... then great. if not...I still got lots of practice in anyway. lol

and yeah, I have no life. lol

bianni · Jan 20, 2013

here's an edit

Pallycow · Jan 21, 2013

So I decided not to mess with hearts and cupids and stuff, just stuck to text. I don't think I like this font at the top...too thin. Anyone know a good font for this? I want something elegant and curvy.