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v12 · Apr 19, 2007, 4:36 PM

yup, I use my wife as my tester as I learn the features of my camera and my hobby

White balance is my latest skill im learning and this is a pic I got that I think is kind of nice. Any suggestions/comments are appreciated.

image was much bigger so I made it a bit smaller for the forums. Gave it some small adjustments in PS and took away some of her skin imperfections but otherwise there she is!

forgot to mention that is was done with my D50, 50mm 1.4 lens, iso 200.

HughesInNC · Apr 20, 2007, 8:23 AM

Very nice pic! I'm in the same situation, the wife and kids are my main subjects, and when they see me setting up the home studio strobes, backdrop and umbrellas, they run for cover! LOL!

White balance is a challenge. One of the things that I found that helped was shooting in RAW, and use Adboe camera raw to adjust things. PS can do a lot of the things, but you can change the color temperature, and many other things in RAW, and I think your images will look even better. Good luck, and keep up the good work!

jolly 007 · Apr 24, 2007, 10:08 PM

b/w i thing looks better

v12 · Apr 25, 2007, 10:37 PM

thanks for the comments guys! the b/w looks nice!

Lyrics51 · Apr 28, 2007, 1:30 AM

I don't know about the b&w. Her skin is so nice the color seems to me to work better. Either way its a great shot and you're a lucky man!

Glenn

v12 · May 1, 2007, 4:20 PM

Lyrics51 wrote:

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I don't know about the b&w. Her skin is so nice the color seems to me to work better. Either way its a great shot and you're a lucky man!

Glen

thanks for the comment, yes I am very lucky

matthew2000tx · May 11, 2007, 11:31 PM

nice.

v12 · Jun 19, 2007, 4:14 AM

matthew2000tx wrote:

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nice.

thank you sir, it is indeed very nice! :-)

any suggestions on on how to get her face a bit sharper?

Hawgwild · Jun 20, 2007, 12:53 AM

Nice pic.. I just gave it a little unsharp mask in photoshop elements 4

Mark1616 · Jun 20, 2007, 11:48 AM

Really good shot but for me the only thing I would want sharpened is the eyes and then only a very small amount, the full sharpen does not help the shot in this case.

Apr 19, 2007, 4:36 PM	#1
v12 Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 90	yup, I use my wife as my tester as I learn the features of my camera and my hobby White balance is my latest skill im learning and this is a pic I got that I think is kind of nice. Any suggestions/comments are appreciated. image was much bigger so I made it a bit smaller for the forums. Gave it some small adjustments in PS and took away some of her skin imperfections but otherwise there she is! forgot to mention that is was done with my D50, 50mm 1.4 lens, iso 200. Attached Images

Apr 24, 2007, 10:08 PM	#3
jolly 007 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 145	b/w i thing looks better Attached Images

Jun 20, 2007, 12:53 AM	#9
Hawgwild Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Pensacola, Florida Posts: 3,589	Nice pic.. I just gave it a little unsharp mask in photoshop elements 4 Attached Images

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Apr 20, 2007, 8:23 AM	#2
HughesInNC Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 183	Very nice pic! I'm in the same situation, the wife and kids are my main subjects, and when they see me setting up the home studio strobes, backdrop and umbrellas, they run for cover! LOL! White balance is a challenge. One of the things that I found that helped was shooting in RAW, and use Adboe camera raw to adjust things. PS can do a lot of the things, but you can change the color temperature, and many other things in RAW, and I think your images will look even better. Good luck, and keep up the good work!

Apr 25, 2007, 10:37 PM	#4
v12 Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 90	thanks for the comments guys! the b/w looks nice!

Apr 28, 2007, 1:30 AM	#5
Lyrics51 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Northwest Ohio Posts: 1,965	I don't know about the b&w. Her skin is so nice the color seems to me to work better. Either way its a great shot and you're a lucky man! Glenn

May 11, 2007, 11:31 PM	#7
matthew2000tx Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,451	nice.

Jun 20, 2007, 11:48 AM	#10
Mark1616 Super Moderator Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 7,456	Really good shot but for me the only thing I would want sharpened is the eyes and then only a very small amount, the full sharpen does not help the shot in this case.