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This isn't MINI photography, but this seemed like a better forum for this than OT. This is a special request that I have of someone with some photo editing skills. I myself am pretty useless in this area.
When I was home for Thanksgiving, my mother pulled out my grandfather's old army uniform, which he hadn't seen in many years, and had him try to put it on (he couldn't button it). I snapped a photo, but I didn't realize how dark it was until I uploaded it to my computer. It was a special moment that I am unlikely to get a chance to photograph again.
I don't know how much can actually be done with this, it's pretty dark, but I'd be willing to pay someone for their time to make it look as good as possible.
lightening it up isn't the hard part. It will lose a lot of pixels. send me a PM with the link and when I get home I'll see what I can do to make it look shnazzy
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I'm easy to bribe
lightening it up isn't the hard part. It will lose a lot of pixels. send me a PM with the link and when I get home I'll see what I can do to make it look shnazzy
Awesome, thanks! I definitely don't need it anywhere as big as it is. If I could get a decent-looking 5"x7" print out of it, I'd be really psyched.
__________________ "I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy." - Tom Waits
Whoa, holy crap!!! That's fantastic. Wow, I really need to get some photo editing software. I still haven't bothered to download the freebie stuff that people here have recommended.
__________________ "I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy." - Tom Waits
Whoa, holy crap!!! That's fantastic. Wow, I really need to get some photo editing software. I still haven't bothered to download the freebie stuff that people here have recommended.
I knew someone would beat me to it
I'm still going to play with it when I get home. I like projects.
yeah But I really didnt do anything. Notice her blouse is way to bright because the level were uniformally changed. To do it really right the thing needs to be dodged/burned ... whatever
It's linked in my first post. I think StoopidGirl is helping me out, but if it's fun for you, go nuts.
Her photos are beautiful, by the way - everybody should click her links and check them out. Well, maybe except for people with 8-year-olds looking over their shoulder.
__________________ "I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy." - Tom Waits
Here's my attempt at it. I worked from the full size version and did a bit of de-noising as well. There's a fair amount of detail in the dark areas despite the underexposure so the trick is to try to bring that up without ending up with a spikey or combed histogram and lots of noise.
Last shot. resized to "about" 5 x 7.25. 300 dpi for printing, some more noise gone, added a bit of fill-flash for grandpa.
2.2 Mb ... Chris if you want to save it to your disk, plz do cause 2.2 Mb is huge hunk of NAM space
Do any of you retouch/photoshop photo's taking out blemishes, shadows, etc..?
For me, generally, no, since most of my stuff is photojournalistic and making changes beyond the digital equivalents of simple darkroom procedures is a no-no. But for shots for friends and such and some commerical images, yeah. Even there, though, I tend to not like doing heavy digital manipulation.
Usually with dark pictures, if you just click the "I'm feeling Lucky" button, you'll get a pretty satisfying result. I've installed this on everyone who ever asks me to help with their photos computers.
Juan, thanks a lot! I downloaded the big one, in case you'd like to take it down. The cropping looks good!
I just downloaded Picasa, and it's scanning my computer for photos (I have a LOT).
Edit: Just tried out Picasa - what a cool program! I should have checked it out a long time ago. It's a good thing I have a date tonight, or else I'd probably sit here for the next six hours and play with all my photos.
__________________ "I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy." - Tom Waits
Just checking back into this thread to say that Picasa is my new favorite program! I barely get any sleep now; I just go back through my thousands of old photos and mess around with them. :impatient
Here are a few from my friend Andrea's concert in New York on Monday night. The lighting was awful and the photos came out looking very bad in a high school gym kind of way, so I had to go kind of crazy to get them to look decent. I actually really like the first one.
Oh, in case you're wondering, yes, that is a runway, and yes, the Pussycat Lounge is a strip club, but not on this particular evening, at least not upstairs where she was playing. Hey, she gets the gigs where she can.
These were also taken using her Canon, since I didn't know if I'd be able to get my camera in the door.
__________________ "I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy." - Tom Waits
Oh and by the way, I ordered a bunch of different prints of various versions of that photo with my grandfather, so thanks again for everyone's efforts!
__________________ "I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy." - Tom Waits
). I snapped a photo, but I didn't realize how dark it was until I uploaded it to my computer. It was a special moment that I am unlikely to get a chance to photograph again. 
