Who's Nuts?

[Tinka]

Hi all,
I am new to this digital photography and this forum, your comments/suggestions are welcome, this was taken on a Fuji 9500s zoom.

[Ian]

Re: Who's Nuts?

Hi Tinka, I'd really like to see the original straight out of the camera as I think there is potential there. The colour balance is very cyan and this saps the natural warmth in the reddish brown of the chestnuts. I've done what I can to restore that and make the cloth (?) underneath a bit more neutral, but some of the spikes have gone funny. I can also see that you have blurred the cloth - which is nice - but left a sharp telltale divide.

Here's my colour adjusted version:

What do you think?

Ian

[Tinka]

Re: Who's Nuts?

Hi Ian ,
Many thanks, it looks better, I will have a look at the original, I am new to digital but it appears a lot of things can be done.

[coupekid]

Re: Who's Nuts?

Hi Ian ,
Many thanks, it looks better, I will have a look at the original, I am new to digital but it appears a lot of things can be done.

Absolutely it can!
I assume you selected the area, then inversed the selection, and used gausian blur. Prior to blurring, I would advised experimenting with the 'feather' tool. Thus losing the tell tale divide that ian mentioned.

[Pops]

Re: Who's Nuts?

Another method is...after making your selection copy it to disc. Then add gaussian blur to the whole of the image. Reload your selection and place it. Finish off using the softener or the smudge tool around the edge of the selection to soften the edge.
There are lots of other ways, it's just a case of trial and error until you find one that suits you best.

[SFL]

Re: Who's Nuts?

I am very new to digital anything!

I liked the thumbnail, where I thought everything was much larger than is, and there were small animals (squirrels) inside a pod!

On going to the large view, I realised that it was much smaller, but I feel the composition and idea are very good.

I don't know about digital fakery yet! but keep posting these images please.

[Tinka]

Re: Who's Nuts? Rework

Hi all,
Thankyou for all your comments and sugestions,
Here is a rework of the same image, there was a definate cast on the original, hopefully eliminated now and reworked the blurr .

[Danny Chau]

Re: Who's Nuts? Rework

Hi Tinka,

Look like you'll need to calibrate your monitor with a calibrator, as your image is still have a strong cyan cast.

Monitors needs to be calibrated regularly, especially the CRT (cathode ray tube - the old big and heavy TV type), it will require once every couple of weeks, while TFT every couple of months or longer.

To save money, also try to use Adobe Gamma, take a look at this http://dpnow.com/forum2/showthread.php?t=342

Happy shooting.
DC

[Tinka]

Re: Who's Nuts? Rework

Hi Tinka,

Look like you'll need to calibrate your monitor with a calibrator, as your image is still have a strong cyan cast.

Monitors needs to be calibrated regularly, especially the CRT (cathode ray tube - the old big and heavy TV type), it will require once every couple of weeks, while TFT every couple of months or longer.

To save money, also try to use Adobe Gamma, take a look at this http://dpnow.com/forum2/showthread.php?t=342

Happy shooting.

DC

Thanks DC,
Will have to have a go,