Thanks, Paul, but which photo do you mean? The 1st one (eye crop) or the second one (grain 1 portrait). Cheers, Christine
----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 5:13 AM Subject: Re: Advice for Applying Grain >I don't know about applying grain, but I like this shot a lot. And I > would go back to RAW and pull down the highlights. You're getting > some burn out in the brighter parts of the face. You can do that > without deepening the shadows a lot if you work the conversion. > Paul > On Feb 26, 2008, at 12:38 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: > >> Hi Everyone: >> >> I've been fooling around with applying grain, but I really don't >> know what >> I'm doing. I don't have any guiding principles to fall back on. I >> just >> sort of click, add noise, & adjust amounts, but I don't feel >> thoughtful >> about my attempts. >> >> This is an Eye Crop. I kind of like it, but I feel like I got to >> this point >> accidently. >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6991527&size=lg >> >> >> This is an informal portrait (BTW, When I open this photo up in >> Photoshop >> Elements 5, it looks a lot more grainer.). >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6991553 >> >> I suspect working with PSE5 also presents some limitations as >> opposed to >> working in the full Photoshop program. >> >> Anyway, I'd be grateful for just a tip or two. >> >> Cheers, >> Christine >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >> and follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
