A while ago I visited an elderly aunt.
Before I was allowed to settle, I had to pass scrutiny from the cat.
Before I was allowed to settle, I had to pass scrutiny from the cat.
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Asher Kelman
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Post the Elderly Aunt in portraits as it is exceptional!
This picture too is great in that it does look like one is being checked over!
Asher
You might consider darkening the light triangular area to the right side of the image, as it distracts. Same applies to the bright curtain the the b.g. the whole of which might benefit being blurred somewhat.
This picture too is great in that it does look like one is being checked over!
Asher
You might consider darkening the light triangular area to the right side of the image, as it distracts. Same applies to the bright curtain the the b.g. the whole of which might benefit being blurred somewhat.
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Don Lashier
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Very nice shot. I would just crop an inch or so off the right, but still darken or clone out the bright triangle in the bg.
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Don Lashier
New member
Hi Stuart,StuartRae said:
Without actually trying it, my instinct given the characteristics would be to make a rough selection around the bright spot and add an adjustment layer (either levels or curves). This should automatically create a rough mask. I would then tone down the area. Since there's a fairly high contrast between the "spot" and the fur this should handle the transition quite well without requring detailed masking. If I get a few minutes I'll take a quick stab at it.
A more sophisticated approach might be to dup the image layer, create a mask by magic wanding the white spot, then shifting the image (not the mask) up or down to fill the white spot. The issue with the approach is maintaining the backlight halo around the hair, although this is one time the usually troublesome masking halo might work to your advantage.
- DL