editing in Photoshop

[Hughredcanary]

H I did 2 variations of editing in Photoshop on this shot, on E 2 do you think I went too far, B is a copy original JPG



Hugh

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[hw771230]

Hugh,

Welcome to forum 1st. I'm a bit late I guess.

I don't think you went too far at all on the 2nd edit. I might even suggest adding a little catch light in the eye of the parent. You can barely make out the eye, and at a glance it looks to me like a solid black head (a bit distracting). Nice shot by the way,

Caleb

[Hughredcanary]

Hi Caleb and thank you I did try but the head and eye was so dark I could not isolate the eye enough to add the catch light my effort was pore you are Welkom to have a go, so you prefer no 2 to no 3
Best wishes
Hugh

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[hw771230]

No I like no. 3 best. I referred to it a the 2nd edit. I thought that is what you were referring to it as in the original post. Now that I look at the file names I see that it is E 4. Sorry about the confusion.

Caleb

[gldiana]

I agree with Caleb.

Hugh, digital cameras have a great tool that film cameras never had: the histogram. Learn how to use it because it works miracles and it will tell you if some areas are too dark or too bright.

[Hughredcanary]

This Swan I can never get right and would relate to metering and using the histogram, but I will get a grate shot of it one day.

[Hughredcanary]

In this shot I deliberately under exposed then edited in Photoshop



Hugh

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