renée damstra Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 I underexposed so the background would be more detailed but now she is a bit dark I think. How to make her lighter? PS. I don't have a proper fill flash, so couldn't use that.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven_clark Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 I'm not sure there is a way to lighten her and keep the background detailed. There's just too much difference in the light level between them. If you were using film I'd say use something like Superia Reala for the extra range and scan it so you can tweak the curves yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patricklavoie Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 here with a quick shadow/hightlight in CS2. Next time if you dont have a proper light equipment, expose for the subject, and another shot for the background, put them together after in CS2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patricklavoie Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 oups here is the file!<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 If you don't add light to the cat, you won't get depth. Focus is off as it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCL Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Consider a light colored piece of cardboard or one covered with aluminum foil to act as a reflector. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtk Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Peroxide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beauh44 Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 I'd suggest getting a white cat so that one of them will always be "right": http://www.photo.net/photo/5194902 Didn't Kodak used to sell an 18 percent gray cat? ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evan_goulet Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Well, take the image with the cat, expose for the cat so that detail is there. Take off your left shoe, throw it at the cat. When the cat vacates the scene, take an image of the background, exposing for the background. You will need to have the camera on a tripod, or placed on a firm structure so that the camera does not move between exposures. You will also want to lock the focus, so that the background stays nicely blurred. Now you can cut the cat from the image and place it into the background-only image. <P>Otherwise the reflector Stephen mentions is the best idea if you don't have a fill flash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitmstr Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 >>Peroxide.<< LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beauh44 Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 <I>When the cat vacates the scene</i><P> I've <a href="http://www.photo.net/photo/4084416">got a cat</a> that would just catch and eat the shoe, thus requiring more "firepower".<P> Did I mention <a href="http://www.photo.net/photo/3611568">how smart he is?</a><P> Yup. That's "my boy". I'm so proud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mendel_leisk Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Dang, John beat me to it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericf1 Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 I've not been around PN long, but this is the funniest thread I've seen. Peroxide and throwing shoes at cats...that's just funny. Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renée damstra Posted March 22, 2007 Author Share Posted March 22, 2007 Beau: The white cat is beaaaaauuuuttiful. I'll try the two photo's in one method next time. At least there is improvement. I still think this looks better than the cat near black and the background without any detail/near white. :|I have a reflector though. (white/black/silver/gold)No tripod. :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_dunn2 Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 <p>Without the option to add more light, the only way to get the cat exposed correctly is, well, to expose the cat correctly. Cameras usually have trouble with backlit subjects so you'll have to dial in some exposure compensation. If you shoot RAW, you may have more ability to pull up the shadows after the fact, but since the shadows are where the majority of the noise lives, there's a cost to that.</p> <p>If you have to get this all in one shot, that may blow out the background, but I suspect the cat is the most important part of the picture. Certainly, <a href="http://www.stevedunn.ca/photos/toby/" target="_blank">my cat</a> believes that the cat is the most important part of any picture, and as his teeth are sharper than mine, who am I to argue?</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger_kallet Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Since this thread is so light-hearted, here's my "fix." All I did in PS was Select the eyes and up the Brightness/Contrast a bit.<br> A caption? "Felix, the Owl-Cat" :-) <br>--Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joseph_i Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 Here's a decent correction...<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joseph_i Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 hmmm... don't see an edit button... Keep in mind, this is a back lit black cat. It should look as such IMHO. Making the body a noisy charcoal grey doesn't really do much for me. To the o.p.-- you own a digital camera with no flash? Or is this a film scan? Or an M8? ;) A little fill flash goes a long way, and I'd rather see that than noise that looks like my cell phone camera any day of the week. Yes, mines a little snappy, and the eyes could use a green kick, but it was a quickie...<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joseph_i Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 Shadow highlight can be your best friend, or...<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joseph_i Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 my selfish jerk (bless his heart):<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joseph_i Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 oops, didn't sharpen, lol. So... where's the edit button? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renée damstra Posted March 23, 2007 Author Share Posted March 23, 2007 I like 'Snowball III' of Joseph I the best. How did you do that? (and I agree she needs the green in her eyes) I have a Canon EOS 10D but not an external flash. Well..the picture is not that good anyway... just wanted to know how to correct it in Photoshop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtk Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 A good friend had a cat called "A** Eyes" for reasons obvious at first glance... a Photoshop challenge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phule Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 Hahaha, "Snowball III" Classic reference. Made me laugh out loud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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