It's a fantastic picture, Wayne, and I like Moose's
"interpretation". Even just a bit of adjustment in Levels would make
it look less "noisy" in the background, although I probably would not
have thought have getting rid of the distraction of the "bright
thing". The cropping is a powerful change as well.
Chris
~~ >-)-
C M I Barker
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On 15 Apr 2006, at 22:05, Moose wrote:
> Wayne S wrote:
>> If I go back to 1978 though, here is a shot of my then new
>> daughter: http://www.zuik.net/Barbara/Sarah_034.jpg
>> Very grainy Ektachrome.
> Aside all the interesting things you were talking about, I've been
> meaning to say how much I like this shot.
>
> The kind of grain you have here is pretty easy to deal with, as
> it's in
> an OOF area anyway. I just saved a separate copy and did a pretty
> heavy
> grain reduction in NeatImage, brought it in as a top layer and erased
> the area of the two heads to let them show through. Grain isn't a
> problem in the bright and detailed main subjects anyway and this takes
> care of it in the darker parts of the background, where it was most
> noticeable <http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/Others/Sarah34.htm>.
>
> Of course, I couldn't resist cropping to tighten the focus and lose
> the
> distracting bright areas on the sides and doing a bit of LCE and
> curves... Oh, and I dimmed that bright thing behind/above Sarah's
> head.
> :-)
>
> Moose
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