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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: Jeremy Roussak on September 22, 2012, 02:14:29 pm

Title: backlit lunch
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on September 22, 2012, 02:14:29 pm
Just for amusement. Thoughts?

Jeremy
Title: Re: backlit lunch
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on September 22, 2012, 02:24:18 pm
Reminds me of Rimbaud (French poet) and his poem about a carcass. Visual (in your case) poetry of disgusting. Photographically, however, you might want to crop or clone the distraction in the right-hand corner.
Title: Re: backlit lunch
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on September 22, 2012, 02:31:22 pm
Reminds me of Rimbaud (French poet) and his poem about a carcass. Visual (in your case) poetry of disgusting. Photographically, however, you might want to crop or clone the distraction in the right-hand corner.

Baudelaire. But I agree about the distraction.

Jeremy
Title: Re: backlit lunch
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on September 22, 2012, 04:01:19 pm
Baudelaire....

Damn! My high-school days were soooo long ago. But I guess I was in the ballpark :-[
Title: Re: backlit lunch
Post by: Rob C on September 22, 2012, 06:23:22 pm
Damn! My high-school days were soooo long ago. But I guess I was in the ballpark :-[



And, like moi, playing at something else!

Rob C
Title: Re: backlit lunch
Post by: RobbieV on September 25, 2012, 09:43:12 am
This really works. I feel like I've been caught sneaking up on the cat for a meal myself. The expression and framing put me right in the paws.

Clone out the bottom right though. Don't crop!
Title: Re: backlit lunch
Post by: RSL on September 25, 2012, 10:57:14 am
I agree with Robbie, Jeremy. It's a great catch. And, for once, I'd do some serious cloning in that lower right.
Title: Re: backlit lunch
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on September 25, 2012, 03:36:00 pm
Thanks! Something like this? I'm very frustrated that the photo was taken with a (then current) 20D, so it has little resolution for a large print.

Jeremy
Title: Re: backlit lunch
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on September 25, 2012, 04:14:23 pm
The cloning reveals a repetitive pattern... try cloning from several sources, not necessarily next to each other.

As for enlargement, you will be surprised how well 20D interpolates. After all, it is the same sensor as in the first 5D, and I've seen those blown up to seven feet wide.
Title: Re: backlit lunch
Post by: RobbieV on September 25, 2012, 04:44:42 pm
Another technique to try when cloning is to make feathered selections of other parts of the scene you want to simulate and copy over to the area you wish to cover. Be sure to make the selection a new layer, and adjust the opacity in combination with a careful selection and application with the clone tool (with select from current layer and below/or just current layer; whichever works), and appropriate dodging/burning to ensure an accurate rendition.

 I apologize if this is something you already know for cloning/blending, or if I did a poor job of explaining it well.
Title: Re: backlit lunch
Post by: wolfnowl on September 26, 2012, 01:31:19 am
I agree with Robbie, Jeremy. It's a great catch. And, for once, I'd do some serious cloning in that lower right.

Okay, who are you and what have you done with our friend Russ?

Agree about the cloning, though.

Mike.
Title: Re: backlit lunch
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on September 26, 2012, 03:48:30 am
The cloning reveals a repetitive pattern... try cloning from several sources, not necessarily next to each other.

As for enlargement, you will be surprised how well 20D interpolates. After all, it is the same sensor as in the first 5D, and I've seen those blown up to seven feet wide.

I confess I'd not noticed the repetition. It's not actually cloned: I used content-aware fill on a heavily feathered selection around the distracting guts. I'll give it some attention.

Thanks for the reassurance about enlargement. I'll give it a go.

Robbie: my PS skills are rudimentary and I'm always happy to read advice. Thanks.

Jeremy
Title: Re: backlit lunch
Post by: Rob C on September 26, 2012, 05:16:49 am
I wonder what the young girl would think of caviar; do you think she'd eat it?

Rob C