Can this consider as portrait?


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franciskc

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Sorry for the scratches from the slide. I am still a idiot with photoshop. Maybe someone can help. This photo is more the 25yrs old.. older then me. Scanned using 1200dpi using D1230U canoscan.

ScanImage06.jpg
 

Picture well taken by my dad.. :dent:
 

Originally posted by ckiang
How about this?

ScanImage06a.jpg


Did some Levels and Curves adjustment. Pick gray point around the stone areas until the colour looks natural.

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CK

Stones are grey.. never thought of that... I was concentrating on making the children's outline more outstanding. Thnz.
Errr.. now they no more children liaoz... ;p
 

The adjustment made kinda give the pic a sepia look. :cool:
 

Originally posted by LifeWorld
Which one is you?

Me not born yet... still in my mummy's tummy.. kekekke:devil:
 

Originally posted by roygoh
Me try also (with a little cleaning up...):

franciskc.JPG

nicely done.. how did u clean up the scratches??? Gimme some tips leh...

mega: the settings i dunnoe.. my dad shot wan.. he using a manual nikon slr.. old old camera. now the camera lost liaoz... too bad.. if not i will play wif it...
 

Originally posted by franciskc

mega: the settings i dunnoe.. my dad shot wan.. he using a manual nikon slr.. old old camera. now the camera lost liaoz... too bad.. if not i will play wif it...
Joking lah :D

wah , roygoh has done a good job on ur shot ...
 

The touch up I have done includes the following steps (sorry I could not remember the details):

- Adjusted the levels and colour balance manually. Reduced a lot of blue, and added some red.
- Added some contrast and saturation.
- A slight touch of USM and Despeckle filter.

As for removing the dust and scratches, that is my trade secret...:D

Just joking. I am glad to share, but it is too difficult to describe. Basically, I use a combination of:

- cut-and-paste: cover up dust and scratches using nearby pixels.
- smudging: to help to smoothen out the boundaries of the pasted sections.

The rest is just the skill and experience gained from touching up hundreds of scanned negatives from a scanner without DigitalICE feature.;)
 

Perhaps its just me, but I perfer the one the dots and dirts. Makes the photo look more nostalgic, more of the "human touch". :)
 

I say.. Fantastic Touch up! good work!
 

Good job. However, the eyes of the children look way too unnatural.

Originally posted by roygoh
Me try also (with a little cleaning up...):

franciskc.JPG
 

Originally posted by Megadark
Good job. However, the eyes of the children look way too unnatural.


Thanks. I see what you mean about the eyes. Will try again later.

- Roy
 

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