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David Hofmann
{K:23763} 3/27/2005
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It went through a lot of tweaking in PS to get the contrast fixed. I shot this in raw format,, converted it to 16 bit to have more latitude in dynamic. here is the original.
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Ori Vidra
{K:3224} 3/27/2005
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Hi David,
Fantastic shot, I realy like what you did with PS, and th'x for showing the original
Ori.
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Kelly
{K:20268} 3/27/2005
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wow... now that is my idea of fun.... excellent capture, one she will love when she is older.....kekkeke...
cheers my friend
kel
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Yatharth Kumar
{K:2914} 3/27/2005
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How sweet baby. I think she is painting a picture.
Very colourful image.
Yatharth.
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Ehdae (Abullha AL Hazza)
{K:4725} 3/27/2005
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I like it very much!!! :)
Great work in PS
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Yutaka Itinose
{K:21359} 3/27/2005
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Wawowww! You did,very nice photo of a street painter cute! Beautiful colours and good camera positioning. Splendid.
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Amanda Keeys
{K:9349} 3/27/2005
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Absolutely gorgeous.
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Silvia Hudak
{K:1171} 3/27/2005
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fantastico
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Dina Marie
{K:-1006} 3/27/2005
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REMARKABLE
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Romy Fabian Garmaz
{K:17105} 3/27/2005
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David.
A fantastic shot. Congrats
Romy
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{K:12494} 3/27/2005
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This is a spectacular capture of life and time a real treasure, and you are right she will be artist, keep giving her the colors, great detail, clarity, sharp perfect light, excellent job. hugs
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Jan .
{K:8693} 3/27/2005
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David, you did a phenomenal job in PS with this!! By any chance, did you use the Shadows/Highlight adjustment tools? This really wound up amazing, thanks for including the original. Definately deserving of enlargement/framing! A WORK OF ART!!
Congrats!
Jan
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Marco Grandi
{K:16680} 3/27/2005
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Absolutely a fantastic capture,David!!
My congrats!
Marco.
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David Hofmann
{K:23763} 3/27/2005
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Thanks Jan. I haven't tried to highligh/shadow thing in PS yet. I used the curve editor and layer masks to treat the bright and dark half individually. Then some painting to make it even more seamless. Maya got a separate contrast adjustment to get an interesting light on her. She was pretty dull in the original.
But all the technical stuff aside. I like this photo very much since it shows Maya really in her element. She loves those kind of games.
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David Hofmann
{K:23763} 3/27/2005
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Thanks Marco!
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David Hofmann
{K:23763} 3/27/2005
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thanks Ori. when I took the photo I knew it would be a lot of PS work, but I knew it would be worth it.
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David Hofmann
{K:23763} 3/27/2005
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thanks Edahe!
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David Hofmann
{K:23763} 3/27/2005
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Thanks Yutaka, your portfoilio is very impressive, I will take a closer look. thanks again, it means a lot to me coming from you
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Jan .
{K:8693} 3/27/2005
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David...you took the same approach I would have. I've explored the shadow/highlight thing briefly, but am going to need to read up on it before I feel comfortable using it.
I truly believe that this shot is something she's going to want framed and hanging in her home as an adult. Just a perfect capture of "who" this child is...in living color!!
Congrats again.
Jan
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Gust@vo Sch3v3rin
{K:153867} 3/27/2005
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Exelente perspectiva y colores.
Felicitaciones!
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David Hofmann
{K:23763} 3/27/2005
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thanks so much Barbara!
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Tiffany Hix
{K:5012} 3/28/2005
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I love this David!! She is going to be a great artist, like her dad, just a different medium. Wonderful composition, colors and PS work!
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Czeslav Gavinkovski
{K:7415} 3/28/2005
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Very nice and interesting photo.Perfect colors and work.Bravo!
Czechu
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Alison Webb
{K:2803} 3/28/2005
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Great shot ,so messy & colourful, but a lot of fun on her behalf I'm sure,great moment David.
Al.
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Klifton K.
{K:3386} 3/28/2005
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This photo is outstanding!
Personally, I like the method of censoring this photo the best. ;)
Great work, as always, David!
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andree lerat
{K:17140} 3/28/2005
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Very nice shot David. You did a great job in PS with the color balance. Very vibrant. I also shoot in raw format and get the same result as you have below. As with slides of negatives, color balancing is always needed. Thanks for your nice comment and for not calling my image "cheesy" which I hope is not my style. Regards, Andree
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David Hofmann
{K:23763} 3/28/2005
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Hi Klifton, thanks very much. You don't really see anything in the original, but I just wanted to give no one a reason to object so I cloned the little lid to cover it. I was hoping it would go unnoticed :)
Personally I have no problem with that and think that subject is way oversensitive in some societies but that is a whole differt subject.
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Peter Bowers
{K:181} 3/28/2005
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wow...excellent PS work. memorable and whimsical image
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Lynne Stacey
{K:529} 3/28/2005
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I can't believe how non-photoshop this looks, if that makes sense. Love how she's sitting in all her artwork and your high prespective.
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Trish McCoy
{K:15897} 3/28/2005
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I bet she had a ball just doing her thing. looks like fun.
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julie hugill
{K:6335} 3/29/2005
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Great capture and colours very well done !! Thanks for commenting on my boat, think i agree with you about the bubbly frame just messing around and trying things out !!
Regards
Julie
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Judi Liosatos
{K:34047} 3/30/2005
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Hehehe...Ken Done wannabe!! Wonderful shot. Thankyou so much David for your comment.
Judi
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Curtis Feather
{K:5130} 3/31/2005
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Thanks for the comments and nice portfolio. It's nice to see you shooting the children in a creative and artistic manner. Great color hues and dramatic emotional sense here. nice job.
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Margaret Sturgess
{K:49403} 3/31/2005
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How fantastic, you have worked on it so well, the original is a nice photo, but the result is a stunning composition. She must have had such fun. In the lower R/H it looks like a beautiful rose.
Margaret
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Fadel J
{K:13747} 4/1/2005
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Fabulous is all I can say about this one David!
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Sara Cosby
{K:2704} 4/1/2005
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well if she does become an artist we'll KNOW where she got it from. You are so wonderful with your art in the medium of photography! I love this image and I love it even MORE when I see the original and can appreciate how far it came. This belongs on your wall as a 16x20 at least! I love all the paint cups strewn about and the one in her lap is just adorable! Did she paint her body all herself or did she have some help? ;) Just an adorable image. You will treasure this for a long time and I can see it being passed on to HER children.
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David Hofmann
{K:23763} 4/1/2005
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Hi Sara,
thanks so much. Yes this one is or will becomes eventually a big photo for her later. My wife is an artist, too (drawing & painting) so I guess she has a little bit of both of us.
She painted herself I didn't help her. Her brother did help a little, though. :) She totally dives into it once she gets started. The little lid in her lap is PS work to make sure no one would object. I took many more photos that Sunday but since both were running around naked I guess it is not a good idea to upload them here :)
thanks again for taking the time to look and comment.
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Terry S.
{K:3083} 4/4/2005
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absolutely love this! the composition, colors, expression are wonderful. Thanks for posting the original - it's really helpful as I'm new to PS.
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David Hofmann
{K:23763} 4/4/2005
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I really wanted to get this shot so I spent some time in PS to get it right. But funny enough the final result is way more realistic in a way that I remember the scene. The eye adapts to thos contrasts and we tend to almost not see the light/shadow edge at all. I try to get the photos to look how I see them in my head.
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Vinay Raj
{K:5534} 4/8/2005
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Oh! David
Great Moment shot. A big task left. Washing.
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David Hofmann
{K:23763} 4/8/2005
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thanks Vinay, yes it took a while to wash off all the color. But it was worth it :)
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brandy bailey
{K:3509} 4/8/2005
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it is great she is naked -- easier to hose off.
great capture.
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Luis Diogo
{K:6019} 4/8/2005
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Creative work David. Great colours!
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David Hofmann
{K:23763} 4/8/2005
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:-) the hose would not have been long enough and she would have escaped, in the bath tub she had to escape route :)
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franchini marco
{K:1240} 4/10/2005
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I like very much the picture in the picture you done. It's a bautiful photo. Bravo.Marco.
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James Hager
{K:6285} 4/18/2005
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Another funny image. Great work to remove the mixed lighting of the original. It looks like the highlights to her right are blown, but it's still a very effective image. You might consider re-processing the image in your RAW converter to capture those highlights, and then compositing those two images.
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David Hofmann
{K:23763} 4/19/2005
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thanks James, it was a shot that I knew would require some work the moment I shot it. I actually did start with thr raw version. I processed it even further and got rid of the difference in brightness completely, but didn't like it that much. It felt too flat. The colors are actually poor in the highlights on the left (even with a second lower exposed version from the raw file) When I brought them down the loss became visible so I kept the brightness there. I think I should have taken a second shot with a lower exposure and use that for the left side only.
On landscapes from a tripod I often do exposure bracketing to capture the full dynamic range. Handheld shots require a lot more re-aligning so I end up never doing it.
thanks for taking a look at my portfolio and taking the time to comment on so many photos. I really appreciate the honest input. As much as I'm happy to heard postive comments I'm als very interested in hearing different point of views and ideas.
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