tiny feet

[angeleyes216]

taken with my olympus 3.2 point and shoot camera.

[ELAY]

This shot is very well done Lori. THe texture of the skin on both hands and feet is particularly striking.

I am not crazy about your backdrop though. I might fool around a bit with vignetting to try to drive it further into the background.

EL

[angeleyes216]

Originally Posted by ELAY

This shot is very well done Lori. THe texture of the skin on both hands and feet is particularly striking.

I am not crazy about your backdrop though. I might fool around a bit with vignetting to try to drive it further into the background.

EL

Ok thanks EL will try to do that..he was laying on a baby blanket which was a blue cloud design..again sorry silly me posted in the wrong place...got to stop getting so excited

[Teewinot]

Wow Lori, this one is awesome! As ELAY said, great texture! I love the composition...even the nails are perfect! Cute toes! I agree with ELAY that the background could be better...I'm imagining it all black...maybe I'll take a stab at it later if I have time...

Just one question, why do you consider this shot a landscape?

edit: "again sorry silly me posted in the wrong place...got to stop getting so excited".....I see, excitement can do that!

[angeleyes216]

Originally Posted by Teewinot

Wow Lori, this one is awesome! As ELAY said, great texture! I love the composition...even the nails are perfect! Cute toes! I agree with ELAY that the background could be better...I'm imagining it all black...maybe I'll take a stab at it later if I have time...

Just one question, why do you consider this shot a landscape?

edit: "again sorry silly me posted in the wrong place...got to stop getting so excited".....I see, excitement can do that!

Guess im just enjoying this site too much

[ELAY]

Three more quick thoughts:

1. If somebody were being picky, they might cite a couple of small technical flaws. You have a bit of glare on fingertips and right thumb. It doesn't bug me much (only noticed when I went to play with the pic a bit in GIMP). If you were at all worried about it, or if you haven't tried one before and want to attempt a new technique, you could try a contrast mask to see if that improved things at all (lots of tutorials around).

2. I think it could be said that your reds are a bit dominant in the shot. I fiddled a bit, and one option would be to selectively desaturate the reds by about 10-15 and see how you like it. You could also try reducing saturation by a like amount globally, which I think would work nicely here, either on its own or in combination with red desaturation.

3. Thinking along the lines of desaturation, I think that because of the textures in the skin, this would make a great black and white shot. Be sure to try a few techniques -- I don't think desaturation or converting grayscale will do it justice. I quickly fiddled in channel mixer, and 60 green 40 red looked okay -- but maybe not optimal. Play with contrast on your conversion too. If you go BW though, you will have to address the white spot in the background at upper right -- it will really jump out.

EL

[Teewinot]

Ok, well I couldn't resist...I love playing in post-processing.

Here's a black background...did it really fast, using the clone tool.



ELAY, you took the words right out of my mouth: "I think that because of the textures in the skin, this would make a great black and white shot." As you were typing your post, I was doing a quick conversion. Desaturated, did some curves adjustments to increase contrast, did an unsharp mask (radius 75), added a pinch of red, adjusted histogram midtones (-10 or so). Here's what I came up with (I did this fast):



Lori, again, fantastic! Thanks for letting me play...

[ELAY]

The BW is a knockout.

EL

[angeleyes216]

You guys did a great job..love them both and i sure see what you mean with the editing. I took this photo of my friend and her new baby and i know this will be hanging on her wall I know i keep repeating so please forgive me, but i am learning so much from this site and everyone has been fantastic.