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Matt Khoury Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #1 · To Action or Not to Action... ...that is the question: The photo on the left is SOOC with minor adjustments. NO adjustments to his eyes, believe it or not! The second is Nicole Van's Indoor Color pop, slightly, well, more than slighty backed down so he doesn't appear like an oompaloompa's (think Willy Wonka). Watcha think? I like actions, when their subtle. The action I applied on the right is NOT subtle. I sharpened his eyes, brought out the red in his lips, skin creamed his face, and that's about it. Apr 30, 2008 at 01:51 PM

Deb Brundage Offline Buy and Sell: On p.1 #2 · To Action or Not to Action... Wow, I can hardly tell a difference. I think you did a really great job applying that action. I don't use actions yet, but I think a lot of people go overboard with them. You did quite well. Apr 30, 2008 at 02:07 PM

_WHAT_ Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #3 · To Action or Not to Action... I think the right one is slightly better in the tones. But they do look a bit cold to be. Not much but just a bit. Apr 30, 2008 at 02:31 PM

paulhodson Offline Image Upload: On p.1 #4 · To Action or Not to Action... I think you could improve it further - I agree with _WHAT_ about the cool tones. Apr 30, 2008 at 03:15 PM

Braeden Rogers Online Image Upload: Off p.1 #5 · To Action or Not to Action... I prefer the right side. Lovely shot. Apr 30, 2008 at 04:09 PM

Matt Khoury Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #6 · To Action or Not to Action... how would i reduce the cool tones? i use lightroom and photoshop cs3 for the editing. could you suggest a method? Apr 30, 2008 at 05:46 PM

paulhodson Offline Image Upload: On p.1 #7 · To Action or Not to Action... Really really simple way Open up a levels adjustment layer Click the gray eye dropper on the whites of his eyes (which if you look - are actually quite blue in this image). The picture will go too warm for you. Lower the opacity of the layer to suit - and voila! You can of course also use a brush on the mask to restrict the effects anywhere you choose. If you don't follow any of this - PM me Apr 30, 2008 at 05:51 PM

RGS65 Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #8 · To Action or Not to Action... I agree with Paul as well paulhodson wrote: I think you could improve it further - I agree with _WHAT_ about the cool tones. Apr 30, 2008 at 06:00 PM

Matt Khoury Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #9 · To Action or Not to Action... Thanks all! I'm going to do this tonight! Apr 30, 2008 at 07:46 PM

Deb Brundage Offline Buy and Sell: On p.1 #10 · To Action or Not to Action... In LR you can simply mess with the WB. I go through all the presets to see which one looks most natural, then I adjust manually from there. Apr 30, 2008 at 08:09 PM

dmacmillan Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #11 · To Action or Not to Action... You might want to consider getting monitor calibration. That will help keep you from chasing your tail. I'm looking at the photos on a calibrated monitor and they look a little cool. I do prefer the one with the action. Good job,you didn't overdo it. Doug Apr 30, 2008 at 11:02 PM

Matt Khoury Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #12 · To Action or Not to Action... dmacmillan wrote: You might want to consider getting monitor calibration. That will help keep you from chasing your tail. I'm looking at the photos on a calibrated monitor and they look a little cool. I do prefer the one with the action. Good job,you didn't overdo it. Doug I have monitor calibration... I know what you mean... When you're looking at photos for hours and hours your eyes play tricks on you. Is there a method to determine that THIS is too cool, or THAT is too warm? Edited on May 01, 2008 at 11:01 PM May 01, 2008 at 10:59 PM

Matt Khoury Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #13 · To Action or Not to Action... updated May 01, 2008 at 11:12 PM

Matt Khoury Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #14 · To Action or Not to Action... thx for the tips!!!! May 01, 2008 at 11:13 PM

paulhodson Offline Image Upload: On p.1 #15 · To Action or Not to Action... mrpeepers wrote: Is there a method to determine that THIS is too cool, or THAT is too warm? Not really - because tastes vary. - But mine is such that I like the latest one much more May 02, 2008 at 04:59 AM

liamh Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #16 · To Action or Not to Action... That's better. Now, you need to clean up the background as it's way too distracting. May 02, 2008 at 07:01 AM

Matt Khoury Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #17 · To Action or Not to Action... yeah, totally agree on the background. But i'm not printing it so i'm going to leave it. if i do print it, it will definitely be cleaned up. May 02, 2008 at 06:46 PM

Sam Hassas Online Image Upload: Off p.1 #18 · To Action or Not to Action... I have a gazzillion images like this that are pure family moments. Not a pro session, just had the camera on the mantle and decided to shoot. Great moment May 03, 2008 at 07:27 AM

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