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Postby yeocsa on Mon Mar 28, 2005 10:11 pm

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Postby mchampio on Fri Apr 01, 2005 3:48 pm

I like the eye contact with the chicken.

IMHO it might need some PP to get more contrast between the chicken and the background, or just some darkening to bring back detail in the wing feathers
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Postby yeocsa on Fri Apr 01, 2005 4:46 pm

mchampio wrote:I like the eye contact with the chicken.

IMHO it might need some PP to get more contrast between the chicken and the background, or just some darkening to bring back detail in the wing feathers


Hi

Can't agree with you more. It's burn out highlights. Didn't notice it cos our eyes adapt so very effectively.

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Postby PiroStitch on Fri Apr 01, 2005 4:48 pm

Great pic :) Was the ambient light orange or was the chicken brown/orange the whites look orange on my screen :S
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Postby Manta on Fri Apr 01, 2005 4:50 pm

I'll have fries with that... :lol:

I like the shot but agree with the highlights problem. It's something that I always manage to do in my photos as well. I think I'll have to spot-meter more areas before deciding on the exposure.
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Postby sirhc55 on Fri Apr 01, 2005 4:53 pm

There is certainly a cast in this pic and would suggest using selective colour in PS (image - adjustments - selective colour). Select white and adjust Cyan, Magenta and yellow to 0. See how it looks.
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Postby yeocsa on Fri Apr 01, 2005 9:35 pm

sirhc55 wrote:There is certainly a cast in this pic and would suggest using selective colour in PS (image - adjustments - selective colour). Select white and adjust Cyan, Magenta and yellow to 0. See how it looks.


It was this colour cast that I saw that made me took the picture. The mood that I was trying to convey was the warm, hot spa (soil bath) that it was enjoying.

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Postby SoCal Steve on Fri Apr 01, 2005 10:43 pm

You can take one big step in the right direction by simply using PS Auto Color. Image>Adjustments>Auto Color. It doesn't make the color perfect in this case, but it certainly does push this image in the right direction with an absolute minimum of fuss. The KISS principle, you know.
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