After all that she'd better be deliriously happy! And I'm sure she was.
:-)
Chuck Norcutt
Candace Lemarr wrote:
> Well, Moose...I left it up for about 30 minutes, and it hasn't grown on
> me, so I guess you could color me unconventional. :-)
> If I were to bring up the shadows, I think I would prefer something
> about halfway between the two images.
> However, the more pictures I take and see...the less I care for "evenly"
> or "perfectly" lit images. Not that I dislike them, but that I don't
> find them as appealing.
> There is an ambiance that I feel is often lost when we lose the shadows.
> I realize this is extremely subjective...but I am learning that I prefer
> (for myself) images that are a bit more moody, and perhaps even a bit
> under-exposed. Having said that, I know very well that there is a time,
> place, and purpose for all types of lighting...and I have been known to
> work very hard at lifting shadows myself for other people, or to get the
> flashes all set up as well as I can. But on my own images...I prefer
> them much as you see the original of this image.
>
> And crazy...I hope you know I was talking about whatever "crazy" macabre
> thing you might do to the non-living doll. :-)
>
> Anyhow, for those interested, here is a picture of how the cake came out:
> http://candid-captures.smugmug.com/Other/Online-Sharing/10811670_998Pq#757275968_3jp4b
>
> Candace
>
>
>
> Moose wrote:
>> Crazy? Moi?
>>
>> I hadn't thought of messing with it, as it's for cake icing. Now that
>> you mention it, though, it is possible to find the more conventional lit
>> portrait lurking in it.
>> <http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/Others/Candace/BdayIcing.htm>
>>
>> Although it looks like I did some warming, I didn't. Softening the
>> shadows seems to have done that on its own.
>>
>> I'm not sure I'd say it's a better image this way, perhaps a bit more
>> flattering, as well as more conventional. And something somewhere in
>> between would be possible.It wears better for me just left up for a
>> while, rather than flipping back and forth.
>>
>>
>>> I'd toy with it myself, but the odds are my daughter would come in and see
>>> it and be turned against the doll forever. Tee hee!
>>>
>>>
>> I chose to leave the plastic doll alone, and only work on the live one. :-)
>>
>> Moose
>>
>
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