Here's something I cropped out of a larger image & adjusted some in PP.
I've got my own opinions, but I'll leave 'em out & just be open to whatever y'all have to say :)
Meet Grace:
I like more this crop to get a better use of the red in its ear. More color in eye and ear to increase color contrast and balance. More sharpening specially to show more hair in cat border to increase contrast against black background.
Nice, I like that a lot. I also like that the nose is more complete
Hi folks, I'm still processing the info from this thread. All the feedback has been helpful.
Graewerld, rest assured that Grace is not missing an eye! My wife made a similar comment about that version so I think you are absolutely correct. And we don't want folks thinking Gracie is disfigured. She's BEAUTIFUL.
So, Michael... mind me asking what you did to saturate the red in the ear?
I would like to be able to get a nice fringe of hair on the side of her face, but I think it's beyond me with this image. It's just too faded & blurry in the original, it would almost have to be drawn back in I think.
I did try using the cutout-lab to separate her, it was 'ok' but I lost too much of that same fringe hair. At first I thought it was clean looking but it's just too unnatural. More practice maybe. Better original next time would be even better lol.
I lost the last hour or so of experimentation due to poor saving habits & a PPX5 crash so no new versions in this post.
My camera is a little Canon SD800IS. It's got, shall we say, limitations. Still, it's pretty good for a pocket-sized snapshot camera & if it was much bigger there would be no photos at all because I'd never have it with me.
Is there an unedited version available? The one I gt had quitye a bit of work done and this limted what coul sbe done
David Milisock said: Is there an unedited version available? The one I gt had quitye a bit of work done and this limted what coul sbe done
Sure, I can do that. The cpt I linked above should have had an unaltered background layer, but it was sized down and did have work done in it. Anyway, here's a new link to a completely unaltered jpg direct from the camera.
http://freedom-works.com/temp/IMG_0801.JPG
Cool thanks. Can I assume sRGB color space?
Yes, pretty sure anything coming out of this camera is sRGB.
I'm trying to get a handle on color management but with no actual monitor calibration gear I don't think I'm in very good shape in that regard.
My monitor has a specific sRGB mode, so I choose that. The only printers I've used are home inkjets & print on demand places like cafepress that want rgb so in X5 I've been setting my documents to rgb. Really, I don't know what I'm doing lol but I do know that I've never printed to an actual print-shop cmyk type printer before, so I've been figuring I may as well work in rgb & convert later if I need to.
I did this as sRGB
Nice. I like the depth of color in the eye & ear & the fur looks good too, less blown out in the highlights than mine. Can't tell if it seems to be slightly tinted green, but I'm sure if that's the case it's my monitor not being properly calibrated where yours is correct.
One more reason for me to bit the bullet one of these days and get a proper calibration tool.
Damn cool looking cat! I have Mr. Kitty he's 17 and blind but still a great cat.
get the calibration device, read my books at www.graphictechnology.com and ruin you life!
I'm at the point where I have to adjust color of my granddaughters images so that they display well as the background onmy wife's cheap ass laptop. Then for real output.