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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: Damon Lynch on May 26, 2012, 05:11:55 pm

Title: One-eyed man at dusk
Post by: Damon Lynch on May 26, 2012, 05:11:55 pm

(http://www.pbase.com/dflynch/image/128737676.jpg)

This was taken in low light in 2010 in the village of Ishkashim in the Wakhan Valley, which is alongside the Tajik-Afghan border. In postprocessing I've tried to keep it somewhat natural and representative of the actual conditions. What do you think of the postprocessing? I found it difficult to get the correct white balance, but hopefully it's okay now.

Canon 5D Mark II, 50mm f/1.4, 1/60s f/2.8 iso1600.

Title: Re: One-eyed man at dusk
Post by: RSL on May 26, 2012, 05:18:58 pm

Not bad, Damon. My only criticism would be that the face looks a bit, what the Leicaphiles call "plasticky." I suspect you cranked the Clarity slider a bit too far to the right in ACR. It's easily fixable.

Title: Re: One-eyed man at dusk
Post by: Damon Lynch on May 26, 2012, 05:48:22 pm

Thanks for your feedback Russ. I don't use ACR, but I guess you're referring to the local contrast on the skin being too much right?

Title: Re: One-eyed man at dusk
Post by: RSL on May 26, 2012, 09:18:06 pm

Yeah, it seems a bit much. If I had the picture in ACR I'd drag the Clarity slider to a slightly negative value. But it's a small point. I really like the picture.