Erin* by Canon DSLR Challenge


10/10/2004	Jeff Hall

I have the outstanding good fortune to be Uncle Jeff to 20 nieces and nephews. Erin is one of my lovely nieces.

Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
1/1250 f/2.8 ISO 400 full exif

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Guest		03-Nov-2008 00:07
I love this picture. If I might ask, what camera body are using on this?

Guest		18-Oct-2004 16:48
Definitely better Jeff, it's lost its milky look, and is certainly better than my quick and dirty job, but I'm glad I helped push yuo in the right direction! Phil

Canon DSLR Challenge		17-Oct-2004 08:51
Thanks Olaf! I did as you suggested and I think it's better. I'm still not very good at white balance and adjusting skin tones. As to what I did - I cleaned up the dark spots under her eyes, cloned out the stray hairs across her face, cleaned up some blemishes and applied some targeted gausian blur. It was lots of work but I think it was worthwhile. -- Jeff

Canon DSLR Challenge		17-Oct-2004 08:34
Jeff, I'm not sure what you've done, but it looks good! The white balance still seems a bit too cool though - maybe your monitor is off? Using levels, setting the midpoint of the red channel to 1.10 and the midpoint of the blue channel to 0.90 really helps in warming up the white balance and making it a more pleasing portrait. --Olaf

Canon DSLR Challenge		17-Oct-2004 08:02
Thanks for your help. I've reworked the image completely. What do you think? -- Jeff

Canon DSLR Challenge		16-Oct-2004 16:39
Warm up the color a bit to make her look more healthy and you've got a beautiful portrait. I love photos where people look genuinely happy. -Noel

Guest		15-Oct-2004 23:23
Thanks Phil. That's nice work. I'll go back to the drawing board and update the image this weekend.

Canon DSLR Challenge		14-Oct-2004 11:55
Thats better - Jono

Canon DSLR Challenge		13-Oct-2004 22:39
I took the liberty of running this through my normal PS settings, albeit quickly... here's my attempt at it: Phil

Guest		13-Oct-2004 14:34
Still looks like it could be a little brighter, more "punchy" - perhaps a little coarse USM to lose the milky look? Phil

Guest		13-Oct-2004 04:36
Thanks for the advice. I've reduced the file size and bumped up the brightness a little.

Canon DSLR Challenge		12-Oct-2004 12:06
A very nice subject and smile...(*)perhaps bump the brightness up a bit? -Ed Hahn

Canon DSLR Challenge		12-Oct-2004 11:34
What a lovely smile Jeff! Beautifully composed. Hmm. "Dear Jeff, please remember the 150K (153,600 byte) limit. Thanks/Anna"