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Boatboy24

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OK, I definitely married up. Anyway, was out hiking with the family yesterday and managed to get this while I was setting up the tripod for a family shot. I know it isn't anywhere near perfect, but I like the pic. Unfortunately, due to the hat, and the position of the sun, her face is a tad dark. I'm only working with iPhoto, so don't have any advanced PP capabilities. Is there anyway to lighten up just the area around her face? Thanks!!

Jim

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Roy1961

Roy1961

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beautiful lady and a great color choice. lol

Blacktop you are forcing me to finally buy one of these programs, i can only do so much with NX2
 
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Blacktop

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Roy1961 said:
beautiful lady and a great color choice. lol

Blacktop you are forcing me to finally buy one of these programs, i can only do so much with NX2
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Lightroom has a free trial. It took me about 10 seconds to do this. Selective editing is real easy.
 
wev

wev

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So here lies the great conundrum I always have, a good bad picture and what to do to fix it. I have a stack of degrees in fine arts and the core point of all those hours in class was learning how to see. Technique is easy; knowing what you actually see and what you want seen is hard. While I like the image and I understand the attempts, it just doesn't work for me. It's like good SciFi: no matter how outlandish the premise, it must have some internal logic or it falls apart. Here, I know at a glance that her face can not look like that, it is simply impossible and that kills the image. Lighten things up generally, fine, but that is where it must stop or fail. I understand that you are working, well-natured as always, with what is given, but also believe that there is also an important lesson in knowing how far to go and no further.

But what do I know? Took too many macro shots today and some very good Point Reyes porter tonight, so there you go.

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Blacktop

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wev said:
So here lies the great conundrum I always have, a good bad picture and what to do to fix it. I have a stack of degrees in fine arts and the core point of all those hours in class was learning how to see. Technique is easy; knowing what you actually see and what you want seen is hard. While I like the image and I understand the attempts, it just doesn't work for me. It's like good SciFi: no matter how outlandish the premise, it must have some internal logic or it falls apart. Here, I know at a glance that her face can not look like that, it is simply impossible and that kills the image. Lighten things up generally, fine, but that is where it must stop or fail. I understand that you are working, well-natured as always, with what is given, but also believe that there is also an important lesson in knowing how far to go and no further.

Took too many macro shots today and some very good Point Reyes porter tonight, so there you go.
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The OP just wanted the face lightened up a bit. You're way over thinking this buddy.:)
 
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Eyelight

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A closer crop on the lady would be a completely different story, but the whole story is best told by the original.

It is a good shot.
 
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FastGlass

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Sometimes a good image isn't about how well exposed it is or if the shadows show detail or if a pole is sticking out of someones head. Sometimes it's about capturing a moment you can look back on and embrace the importance as to why you took the image.
 
wev

wev

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FastGlass said:
Sometimes a good image isn't about how well exposed it is or if the shadows show detail or if a pole is sticking out of someones head. Sometimes it's about capturing a moment you can look back on and embrace the importance as to why you took the image.
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But eliminating Uncle Cecil peeing in the bushes from the background isn't a bad thing, either.

Sorry -- couldn't help myself. I suppose I could have added one of those smiley things, but I'd rather die.
 
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