Mary and Tesla

[barondave]

Mary and Tesla, mother and daughter
home of tesla_aldrich, April 26, 2008CE

To 7ivy7, who's lurking: Hello!

Picture taken without a flash. Still learning the ins and outs of my new toy, and there are things that will take some getting used to, but overall I'm really pleased.

Comments

[soarhead.livejournal.com]

Very nice tones for what I assume is incandescent available light. Fuji makes good stuff.

Glad you like the new toy.

[barondave.livejournal.com]

Thanks. The picture is tweaked a bit in PhotoShop. I took two shots, one without flash and the other with. I happen to like the non-flash picture better, though the flash picture was superior on the technical level. I'm glad I have the option of no flash.

[freeimprov.livejournal.com]

Without flash is the way to go! I hardly ever use a flash. Don't worry about noise and other high-ISO technical issues that too many nerd about; natural-looking lighting is more important than low noise by a long shot.

[asimovberlioz.livejournal.com]

Tesla sure has curly hair.

[invader-tak-1.livejournal.com]

I like it. It has a warm look. People always look better without flash, especially of you are over 40.

I know I never post a picture of me that was taken with a flash.

[barondave.livejournal.com]

I went without a flash for many years, using film pushed to 1600. It worked okay. Now the Fuji will go that high (or higher) and has other compensating factors, I may do more of this. However, on a technical level I preferred the flash shot. I'll experiment more. Mainly, I need to relearn timing.

[barondave.livejournal.com]

The picture above is tweaked more than I'd like to do for a batch of shots. Still, it's nice to know that they come out. For people of a certain age (eg ours), I rarely use Sharpen...

[soarhead.livejournal.com]

A PS technique that I've found that can work nicely for softening skin is a simulated diffusion effect.

You make a copy in a new layer, make the blending mode be darken and set opacity to something in the 20-50% range. Then do a gaussian blur on that layer to taste. You can play with the opacity and amount of blur vary the effect to taste.

[barondave.livejournal.com]

Hmmm... more stuff to do in PS. Well, thanks for the tip. Sounds like a panel to me...

[thaedeus.livejournal.com]

Very nice. She works on my floor at BullseyeClub.