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Re: [OM] IMG: Making Tortillas

Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Making Tortillas
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2013 21:01:58 -0500
I like this one Joel.  It reduces the size and glare of the doorway (and 
for me, buzy bee bokeh) and puts the emphasis back on the woman making 
tortillas.  Compositionally it just works better.

Chuck Norcutt


On 2/24/2013 7:58 PM, DZDub wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 2:28 PM, Tina Manley <images@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> PESO:
>>
>> Almost finished scanning the B&W of the families.  Here is Raquel making
>> tortillas in the doorway:
>>
>> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/148936939
>
>
> I really love this one.  It's tough!  I wanted the detail in the darker
> areas, but I wanted little less grain/noise, and I had some qualms about
> the composition itself.  You don't slavishly stick to compositional
> "rules," but I don't see what might be gained in not observing them here.
>   So -- forgive me -- but I experimented with a 1:1 crop:
>
> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=2873
>
> I'm not wedded to it, but I thought it might be good to see if you want to
> rule it out.
>
> Before cropping, I used the H/S tool to balance values a bit and used
> Noiseware at light settings.  I thought that worked well enough.  I moved
> the black point to where the pixels began to mount up, which cleans up the
> black a little but seems to lose detail.  (It doesn't really lose detail,
> because there are no pixels there, but it darkens it.  Still I think that's
> what must be.
>
> I didn't like some blotchiness around her arm above the elbow.  Using
> layers I blended in some gaussian blur to the background as well as to the
> highlights outdoors.  I don't think it's quite "there" yet, but that's what
> I did.
>
> In another set of layers I applied a bit of sharpening to eyes and hands.
>
> Definitely a keeper I'd say, whatever you decide to do with it, but an
> effort getting there.
>
> Joel W.
>
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