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A bloke named Griff...

Postby owen on Mon Jun 26, 2006 12:59 pm

Our friends were up a few weeks ago and Macka's baby photos reminded me that I took some shots of their baby. Here he is:

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Postby macka on Mon Jun 26, 2006 1:10 pm

Nice shot, Owen. They make such perfect subjects.
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Postby blacknstormy on Mon Jun 26, 2006 2:34 pm

Nice one Owen - babies really look 'into' you don't they?
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Postby owen on Mon Jun 26, 2006 3:54 pm

Oh yeah. This kid wouldn't stop staring at me! He liked the camera I think, definitely will be an attention seeker when he grows up :)
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Postby PiroStitch on Mon Jun 26, 2006 4:21 pm

Lovely pic but I think there might be a bit too much PP done to this. The eyes don't look very natural.
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Postby owen on Mon Jun 26, 2006 5:03 pm

The eyes are pretty much untouched. I duplicated a layer, blurred it, then erased so the sharpness of the eye(s) showed through. The only thing I did to it was adjust the levels very slightly. It could be the reflection of the venetian that is off-putting maybe?
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Postby PiroStitch on Mon Jun 26, 2006 5:18 pm

I thought you might have done the duplicated layer and erased the eyes method :) Usually that creates a fair bit contrast between the eyes and the face and the result is a rather creepy pic.

Try duplicating the layer, blur it and reduce the opacity to 50% (play with this setting until you like the result) or keep the opacity as 100% and play with the layer blending change (ie. multiply, overlay, soft light, etc).
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Postby owen on Mon Jun 26, 2006 5:23 pm

Actually the layer on top was at about 20% if I remember correctly, the DOF was pretty shallow so I didn't want to blur it too much. I might try changing the layer blending modes though, I didn't think of that - thanks :)
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