Comments on: I Can Hear the Bells…. http://www.qcowboyphoto.com/2008/08/i-can-hear-the-bells/ Photography and Blog. Sun, 20 May 2012 00:30:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Nalin http://www.qcowboyphoto.com/2008/08/i-can-hear-the-bells/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Nalin Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:09:44 +0000 http://www.qcowboyphoto.com/?p=171#comment-38 Thanks John, for the feedback. You're right, the detail on the dress was something I was chasing all day... but there never was time to really experiment to get the exposure right. A slight underexposure with some bounce flash from above on the face probably would have done the trick as you say, though one would have to be careful to not fill-flash out the dress again in the process. Something to try next time for sure! MegaPixie, I don't mind at all! The custom picture style I used was sharpness 7, contrast +1, saturation +2, color tone neutral. Yes nearly all of the photos were post-processed. Cropping, sharpening, highlight/midtone/shadow adjust, and the rare noise removal were the main mods. Thank you both for subscribing and commenting! I appreciate the feedback and questions. Thanks John, for the feedback. You’re right, the detail on the dress was something I was chasing all day… but there never was time to really experiment to get the exposure right. A slight underexposure with some bounce flash from above on the face probably would have done the trick as you say, though one would have to be careful to not fill-flash out the dress again in the process. Something to try next time for sure!

MegaPixie, I don’t mind at all! The custom picture style I used was sharpness 7, contrast +1, saturation +2, color tone neutral. Yes nearly all of the photos were post-processed. Cropping, sharpening, highlight/midtone/shadow adjust, and the rare noise removal were the main mods.

Thank you both for subscribing and commenting! I appreciate the feedback and questions.

]]> By: MegaPixie http://www.qcowboyphoto.com/2008/08/i-can-hear-the-bells/comment-page-1/#comment-37 MegaPixie Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:29:11 +0000 http://www.qcowboyphoto.com/?p=171#comment-37 The flower shot is beautiful! Question: if you don't mind revealing your methods, what settings did you have for your User Defined picture mode on the XTi? And were these post-processed in anyway? Thanks! The flower shot is beautiful! Question: if you don’t mind revealing your methods, what settings did you have for your User Defined picture mode on the XTi? And were these post-processed in anyway? Thanks!

]]> By: JohnGrey http://www.qcowboyphoto.com/2008/08/i-can-hear-the-bells/comment-page-1/#comment-36 JohnGrey Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:38:11 +0000 http://www.qcowboyphoto.com/?p=171#comment-36 Mad props man, for surviving that. I remember my first wedding shoot, I was scared to death. Fortunately I had a more experienced photog there to guide me along... sounds like you did too, hopefully you learned something. Nice shots, what a great eye! I would have dropped the exposure a tad on the Tri-X to get her dress details, and brought out her face with some fill flash... tsk tsk! ;) A minor detail though, well done. -John, Earl Grey. Mad props man, for surviving that. I remember my first wedding shoot, I was scared to death. Fortunately I had a more experienced photog there to guide me along… sounds like you did too, hopefully you learned something. Nice shots, what a great eye!

I would have dropped the exposure a tad on the Tri-X to get her dress details, and brought out her face with some fill flash… tsk tsk! ;) A minor detail though, well done.

-John, Earl Grey.

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