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:
Andrew said:I'd be curious which you might prefer
I liked the first. I took note of the sharpness and that's one of the things I liked. It would be interesting to see with different backgrounds.
-John
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