I agree that you have captured some wonderful expressions in this image. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 10:45 AM, George Sinos <gsi...@gmail.com> wrote: > This is number 16 in the series "Print-a-Day for 30 Days." > > <http://georges.posterous.com/anniversary-print-a-day-16> > > This is my cousin and her husband on their 24th wedding anniversary. > They're watching a video of their family history that was put > together, as a surprise, by their daughters. > > This is, technically, a pretty bad photo. We were sitting in a > slightly darkened room, there is a big bright spot on the window > shades, the camera sensitivity setting went way too high and the > original photo is full of noise. It's even slightly out of focus. I > was close to tossing it. > > I'd rather the photo was technically better, but the expressions are > just too good. This image captures the feeling of that moment and > will always be one of my favorites. > > Lightroom helped save the photo. The highlights were subdued and the > shadows were increased. Noise reduction was applied with a pretty > heavy hand. That smooths the skin a little more than I'd like. (I'm > sure my cousin won't complain.) A vignette helps to darken the window > light. Her hair and glasses were made a bit sharper with the > adjustment brush. > > And what do you know, when you look at the final 8x10 print from a > normal viewing distance, it turns out to be a pretty good photo. Not > great, but it'll do. > > gs > > George Sinos > -------------------- > gsi...@gmail.com > www.georgesphotos.net > plus.georgesinos.com > > -- > 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.
