Following on from my post a few weeks ago featuring people who survived the Tsunami in Banda Aceh, Indonesia here are a few shots from Kashmir, Pakistan featuring people who survived the 2005 earthquake. All shots were taken in a village 8,000 ft high up in the Kashmir mountains.
Thanks Steady, there were character portraits in every direction you looked! On our last day filming the village elders came to thank us for telling their story, naturally I took a shot;
I like the last pic too (girl) because of its simplicity.
But think it could use a levels (or contrast) adjustment.
Also...consider it for BW look too.
Is it horribly flat? I can't tell on my laptop - everything looks flat at the best of times I wont be doing any major PP until I get home and can use my calibrated monitor but I think quite a few of these will end up in B&W.
The color space change did not make a big difference. Skin tone (lips/cheeks) look a bit warmer, but hard to tell without seeing side by side. This done by visual memory as scrolling down images.
When you adjusted levels, did you "eyeball it" or use AutoLevels?
I tried it (quickly) with AutoLevels (on original posted image) and it made it look much better (for a quick look).
As for correction on your laptop, if the photo has white highlight areas just run "Auto Contrast" or "Auto Color" to get your bearings on where the contrast should be, or alternately open in levels, hold down the alt/opt key and move the highlight slider until you start to see clipping in the highlights, then back off a bit.
Hi Liam,
Not ignoring your work, just missed your byline!
A great series, especially the portraits of the elder men. You caught their pride and dignity perfectly.
It is my dream to travel to that part of the world, ever since my grandfather read me Kipling's Kim when I was about 6.
well done and thankyou for bringing these to us
Tim
Tim Ashton wrote:
It is my dream to travel to that part of the world, ever since my grandfather read me Kipling's Kim when I was about 6.
Thanks for stopping by Tim. I hope you get to Kashmir one day, it's a truly magical place; take a strong stomach and warm clothes - it's a bit medieval at times - and be prepared to shake lots of hands
As for storage... I was using my laptop and had a Lacie Rugged drive as back-up. All worked fine at 10,000 ft until my laptop took a hit and the internal drive failed (I've only just got it replaced, though minus my usual photo editing software!).
twnotter wrote:
Some close ups of the old guys in #4 & #5 would be great. Their features, especially their eyes, would tell their stories.
I've got a close of the guy in #4 and can always crop a little on #5. What was interesting about their eyes was many of them seemed to be light-sensitive, especially the kids. If you shined a reflector on them it would often bring tears to their eyes - looked good on camera...
