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Postby leeharper_admin » Fri Jul 13, 2012 8:50 am

Steve,

Blurring the background was a masterstroke! I'm kicking myself for not having thought of doing so myself; having seen your version, it seems like such an obvious thing to do. Your correction looks great!

I have a question for you. You said:


Too saturated meant too dark and too focused.


When you have a moment, could you clarify what you meant by this. I'm having a difficult time understanding what you mean. Just me being dense I'm sure  ;)

Cheers,
Lee.

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Postby sjordan93436 » Fri Jul 13, 2012 2:06 pm

Don't read too much.  When someone complains, the complaint is misstated.  In this case, the complaint was "too saturated"  really meant distracting.  Their eyes looked to the sharp bright background rather than the couple.  Lightening the background, made it look happier and lost the focus on the background.

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Postby leeharper_admin » Fri Jul 13, 2012 2:09 pm

Thanks for the reply Steve - that makes a lot of sense  ;)
Lee.

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Postby sjordan93436 » Fri Jul 13, 2012 4:38 pm

BTW- who needs a 85mm 1.2 lens that costs $2,000+ and is finicky in focus, when you have blur in Photoshop?

Why worry about Tilt and shift lens when you can fix that with a lens correction filter?  Or multiple exposures with different focus and merge with Photoshop?

My answer is --- it is best not to push pixels.  Capture right and fix in PS.

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Postby ggroess » Fri Jul 13, 2012 7:10 pm

I love discussions like this...
Great stuff Steve...

And yet another way to accomplish the same task....

Greg


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