This is one of my grandson. There is natural light coming in from camera right but the whole picture is a bit underexposed. This is lab color using a highlight point on the white part of his shirt under the bat. I also increased the saturation a bit and added a lizard tail to bring out some detail on the dark side of his face.
Week1 - 5th image
Nice image...
Here is my swing at it.
I used the thresholding feature of CM to set the Shadow and Highlight, I added a slight s curve to the L channel to sharpen it a bit and give it some needed contrast without losing too much shadow detail. I set a neutral on the white logo on the shirt to remove the yellowish cast. I then used a feature we will be covering in week 4. I set a Skin Tone Pin on his forehead to make the skin tones look better.
Greg
Here is my swing at it.
I used the thresholding feature of CM to set the Shadow and Highlight, I added a slight s curve to the L channel to sharpen it a bit and give it some needed contrast without losing too much shadow detail. I set a neutral on the white logo on the shirt to remove the yellowish cast. I then used a feature we will be covering in week 4. I set a Skin Tone Pin on his forehead to make the skin tones look better.
Greg
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Here's another attempt. I decided to handle the shadow detail and contrast/color separately. So, I did two passes on it. The first was kind of like the first one. I set a highlight on the white circle under the bat in Lab mode and saved it. The shadows were better but the image was a little flat.
In the next pass, I increased the contrast a little with an S curve and increased the saturation, which ended up giving the image a slight yellow cast. I adjusted for this in the b channel.
Steve
In the next pass, I increased the contrast a little with an S curve and increased the saturation, which ended up giving the image a slight yellow cast. I adjusted for this in the b channel.
Steve
Steve..
While there is a reddish tone to the skin I don't know if it carrys over to the entire image. There is a red / magenta component to most skin tones.
Here is an interesting article about skin tones and LAB color spaces.
http://www.swpp.co.uk/professional_imagemaker/accurate_reproduction_skin_tones.htm
Greg
While there is a reddish tone to the skin I don't know if it carrys over to the entire image. There is a red / magenta component to most skin tones.
Here is an interesting article about skin tones and LAB color spaces.
http://www.swpp.co.uk/professional_imagemaker/accurate_reproduction_skin_tones.htm
Greg
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