Friday, November 30, 2007

The Doctor

I've been having some health issues lately. So I went to see my doctor about a week ago and she gave me some pills. And she told me if they don't help I should come and see her again. And those pills didn't help at all. So they did some tests on me. And last time I was there we were chatting and she told me to bring my camera with me the next time I come to see her about the test results. So I took a few shots in her office today. This is one of them.

She's such a nice lady. She even brought her own comb with her and did her hair real fast. And I took a few shots where she was writting and then I told her to look at me and what you see above is a result of that.

About the shot:

EXIF:
- Camera: Canon EOS 400D
- Exposure: 0.017 sec (1/60)
- Aperture: f/5
- Focal length: 41mm
- ISO: 400
- Flash: Flash Fired (I used Canon Speedlite 550EX)
- Post-processing software: Adobe Photoshop CS2
- Date taken: 30.11.2007


But the real reason why I've put this picture on my photoblog is to show you the difference between the original and post-processed picture. Again I did quite a lot of post-processing on this one. It took me about an hour and a half to complete it. But I think that the final result is way better than the original one. I won't tell you about my manipulation process just yet. I just wanted you to see what can be done in post-processing software such as Photoshop to enhance pictures. So here is a picture that shows the original on the left and the post-processed one on the right.

Do you prefer the original one or the post-processed one? I know that some of you might find the "Dragan" effect a little bit to harsh on the image. But what this effect does is bring out the texture of the skin and its color.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

she looks older on the second picture....

Kristijan Žontar said...

indeed.. but that doesn't mean she looks more ugly or anything...it's just a method of bringing out more expression and emotions in the image ;)

Anonymous said...

i didn t say she looks ugly....

Kristijan Žontar said...

I know :) and I didn't say you said that ;)

Anonymous said...

ok;)
nice pics though...proud babe

Satya said...

like the first one better. agree with Taja, she looks much older in the second one.. she looks lovely though :)

Kristijan Žontar said...

She is a lovely lady ;)

That's usually the case where you the before and after shot :) People tend to accept the natural shots better than processed ones because it looks more real and natural ;) Well again it depends on the shot itself ;)

Thanks for your comments ;)