His ear is a bit too bright. Consider selecting his ear and carefully darkening it, perhaps by an exposure layer in PS, reducing the offset and possibly bumping the gamma.
AuntiPode wrote:
His ear is a bit too bright. Consider selecting his ear and carefully darkening it, perhaps by an exposure layer in PS, reducing the offset and possibly bumping the gamma.
Agreed.
I really like the photo. I like the tilt of his head and the intensity of his gaze.
While you're tweaking, I suggest you consider lowering the saturation of the blue stripe. You still want it to say blue, but you don't want it to shout BLUE.
I did work a bit on it, if it's a problem let me know and I'll remove the image.
So I basically followed the advice you already got:
- Adjusted white balance (warmer and more magenta, based on his gray shirt);
- Darkened the right half of the image by 0,86 stops (LR graduated filter)
- Selectively darkened his ear a little more (by 1 stop give or take)
- Increased exposure on his eye by 0,38 stop (the eye on the right side of the image, to compensate for the graduated filter making it darker)
- I tried, but couldn't successfully work on the blue stripes using LR...
I did work a bit on it, if it's a problem let me know and I'll remove the image.
So I basically followed the advice you already got:
- Adjusted white balance (warmer and more magenta, based on his gray shirt);
- Darkened the right half of the image by 0,86 stops (LR graduated filter)
- Selectively darkened his ear a little more (by 1 stop give or take)
- Increased exposure on his eye by 0,38 stop (the eye on the right side of the image, to compensate for the graduated filter making it darker)
- I tried, but couldn't successfully work on the blue stripes using LR... ...Show more →
Not bad, but those adjustments are best left to photoshop with layers adjustments. The white balance was fine on my calibrated monitor and I shot it with a grey card, skin looks a little blotchy now that its warmer. Good job on the ear.
Color in his hair, sclera & pupil and background all have a cyan/blue cast (reading the numbers) ... might be something to be aware of even if Gustavo's rendering isn't to your liking.
RustyBug wrote:
Color in his hair, sclera & pupil and background all have a cyan/blue cast (reading the numbers) ... might be something to be aware of even if Gustavo's rendering isn't to your liking.
I liked his rendering very much and will likely incorporate them on the redo.
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