PainShop Pro Graphics - What to do when you can't get a good photo

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What to do when you can't get a good photo

Sally Beacham

2006-05-21, 11:10 pm

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Joëlle

2006-05-22, 6:56 am

"Sally Beacham" <catintheh@t.com> wrote in message news:44712242_2@cnews...
>
> of the baby, no matter how hard you try... either he decides to bawl right
> at the second you snap, or he's got his eyes closed and will not will not
> will NOT open them... or the light is wrong... or someone else gets in the
> way...
>
> So you hand the camera to someone else, and then make lemonade. This
> shot was incredibly blurry, horribly exposed, poorly framed... so I
> cropped most of it away. Even with a Histogram adjustment, High Pass
> Sharpen and DCNR, it was still pretty bad. Okay - Plan B.
>
> Duplicated it several times, ran a watercolor effect on it (Virtual
> Painter, always always always adds a nasty red tone to all skintones.)
> Did a MCC on the skintones, then added some canvas texture and played with
> a couple blend modes.
>
> The good news - Theo and I had matching hairdo's today, and he had his
> eyes on Gigi a lot, played Baby Love all day long... when he wasn't
> napping in Sleepy Hollow, that spot in the crook of Granpa Hana's arm that
> has special baby soporifics.
>
>
> --
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>

Aaawww, that's so sweet.
The canvas texture is the is the-knight-in-shining-armour of photographs
that didn't come out too well!
Well rescued!
:-)
Joëlle

Vern Stump

2006-05-22, 6:56 am

Sally Beacham wrote:
> of the baby, no matter how hard you try... either he decides to bawl
> right at the second you snap, or he's got his eyes closed and will
> not will not will NOT open them... or the light is wrong... or
> someone else gets in the way...
>
> So you hand the camera to someone else, and then make lemonade. This shot
> was incredibly blurry, horribly exposed, poorly framed...
> so I cropped most of it away. Even with a Histogram adjustment, High Pass
> Sharpen and DCNR, it was still pretty bad. Okay - Plan B.
>
> Duplicated it several times, ran a watercolor effect on it (Virtual
> Painter, always always always adds a nasty red tone to all
> skintones.) Did a MCC on the skintones, then added some canvas
> texture and played with a couple blend modes.
>
> The good news - Theo and I had matching hairdo's today, and he had
> his eyes on Gigi a lot, played Baby Love all day long... when he
> wasn't napping in Sleepy Hollow, that spot in the crook of Granpa
> Hana's arm that has special baby soporifics.

Sally:
Absolutely stunning!!!
Vern

Lis

2006-05-22, 6:54 pm

Sally Beacham wrote:
: of the baby, no matter how hard you try... either he decides to bawl
: right at the second you snap, or he's got his eyes closed and will
: not will not will NOT open them... or the light is wrong... or
: someone else gets in the way...
:
: So you hand the camera to someone else, and then make lemonade.
: This shot was incredibly blurry, horribly exposed, poorly framed...
: so I cropped most of it away. Even with a Histogram adjustment,
: High Pass Sharpen and DCNR, it was still pretty bad. Okay - Plan B.
:
: Duplicated it several times, ran a watercolor effect on it (Virtual
: Painter, always always always adds a nasty red tone to all
: skintones.) Did a MCC on the skintones, then added some canvas
: texture and played with a couple blend modes.
:
: The good news - Theo and I had matching hairdo's today, and he had
: his eyes on Gigi a lot, played Baby Love all day long... when he
: wasn't napping in Sleepy Hollow, that spot in the crook of Granpa
: Hana's arm that has special baby soporifics.

Great Save Sally! Like that coy look he's giving.

Linda

bjeanneb

2006-05-22, 6:54 pm

> of the baby, no matter how hard you try... either he decides to bawl right
> at the second you snap, or he's got his eyes closed and will not will not
> will NOT open them... or the light is wrong... or someone else gets in the
> way...
>
> So you hand the camera to someone else, and then make lemonade. This
> shot was incredibly blurry, horribly exposed, poorly framed... so I
> cropped most of it away. Even with a Histogram adjustment, High Pass
> Sharpen and DCNR, it was still pretty bad. Okay - Plan B.
>
> Duplicated it several times, ran a watercolor effect on it (Virtual
> Painter, always always always adds a nasty red tone to all skintones.)
> Did a MCC on the skintones, then added some canvas texture and played with
> a couple blend modes.
>
> The good news - Theo and I had matching hairdo's today, and he had his
> eyes on Gigi a lot, played Baby Love all day long... when he wasn't
> napping in Sleepy Hollow, that spot in the crook of Granpa Hana's arm that
> has special baby soporifics.

Congratulations on your lemonade and your beautiful grandbaby. Our grandson
tried to take video of his baby walking his first steps. As soon as he got
the camera turned on, Austin sat down. Several times, same routine. So
Jeff went into the other room to put the camera away and Austin toddled
after him all the way. What're ya gonna do?

Jeanne

Gene Healy

2006-05-22, 11:00 pm

On Sun, 21 May 2006 22:31:59 -0400, "Sally Beacham" <catintheh@t.com>
wrote:

Plan B turned out very well. Nice job, Sally.

Regards,

-- Gene
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