KenPapai Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 I was lucky last Saturday at an outdoor wedding I shot -- they had the cake in a gazebo like structure with a nice background. I was wondering if there is anything I could do to improve this shot, near square cropped from one of my SLRs. It's a middle shot in a sequence of six. (perhaps a deeper DOF and crop out the peerer in the background? or more foreground?) Thanks, Ken<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenPapai Posted September 26, 2006 Author Share Posted September 26, 2006 With two more family members preset (would shooting this in manual with a bit of fill flash help even? I like the exposure a lot.)<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
todd peach seattle, washi Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 I like the first, not the second so much. The body language and expressions on the second one are distracting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savagesax Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 In my opinion if you add fill flash you will blow out the cake. So you would need to perhaps change your angle. Nice shot by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenPapai Posted September 26, 2006 Author Share Posted September 26, 2006 > I like the first, not the second so much. The body language and expressions on the second one are distracting. I agree on that (I am disappointed). I think the first one is more natural, and not stiff. > In my opinion if you add fill flash you will blow out the cake. So you would need to perhaps change your angle. Nice shot by the way. I had 5 people cameras on both sides of me and would have to knock someone down for a better angle. You're right. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas_hardy1 Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 Clone out the background "peeper" in the 1st one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katieontario Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 Hey there! This would probably look better at a full resolution, but there you go. Courtesy of Kevin Kubota actions - life savers in some instances if you ask me! :)<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katieontario Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 And also multi-vitamin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenPapai Posted September 27, 2006 Author Share Posted September 27, 2006 ;-) That does look more vibrant and pretty, thanks. Kubota actions freely available? I'll search for 'em. Does nice things to the hair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfr Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 They're not exactly free, but quite worth the money. They are very nice.<br><br> You can come quite close in RAW-converter combined with a few blended layers in PS (or with curves) probably.<br>I made a duplicate layer, set it to screen and adjusted opacity.Then merged and duplicated again set to overlay and adjusted the opacity again (don't leave the opacities to high, it's easily overdone). The first screen-layer is better done in RAW-converter (higher brightness).<br><br> Nice shot btw. with the best man(?) peeking through. would make a nice b&w too, but that wasn't your question. <br><br>John<br><br><center><img src="http://members.lycos.nl/j1eke/papai.jpg"></center> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giggles Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 I would try to clone out the man in the background... He is distracting and I think it would be an easy fix. I like the Kubota changes, very nice color. In the future, I try focusing closer on the cake, with a shallow DOF so the bride/groom are out of focus in the background...just an idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxdonny Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 What Emily said. Clone out the man in the background using photoshop. It would add a lot more visual value of the pic :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael campbell Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 I tried making the cake the main feature in the foreground with the couple slighly blurred out.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenPapai Posted September 27, 2006 Author Share Posted September 27, 2006 Thanks a ton to all! I tried a combo of the above and cloned out the "peeper."<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotografz Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 Okay, not to rain on the parade, but why shoot a dead side view of an obviously crooked cake? (I swear, some of these cake makers get away with murder). You may want to study the angles in shots like this, especially since you can't see the decorations very well from that vantage point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas_hardy1 Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 Excellent clone job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolleiflex users Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 Nice picture! Really like it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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