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SteveH
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 282 W: 74 N: 356]](http://i1.trekearth.com/misc/g-g-g.gif) (2414) | In Pakistan the Kalash people are unusual in that they do not practice Islam, but have their own faith including elements of ancestor worship and other deities.
In the cold months their fertile valleys are snowbound, leaving only the brief summer in which to plant, weed and harvest their crops. The women seem to take care of the weeding and these two were taking a rest from this backbreaking work.
It is interesting to note that the woman has blue eyes. the Kalash claim to be descended from the troops of Alexander the great who passed through the region. Their blue eyes are offered in support of this claim.
The original slide was very dark due to the bright sunlit area behind the shade they were in. To overcome this I took three scans at different analog gain levels (which I think just means shining a different level light through the slide) and then did a crude HDR job, selecting parts of the image from each of the layers created from the scans and then doing the usual adjustments to the result.
quite a game. so, did it work? |
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SteveH
(2414)
photoshop CS2
Edited by:noborders
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(Just locally : with the clone (and blur) tool, tried to make her right eye as natural as I could, also whitened her teeth a bit - hope that it will be helpful...
Lovely people, lovely photo anyway !) |
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SteveH
(2414)
PS CS2
Edited by:JPlumb
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Hi Steve, in this workshop I was mainly looking to neutralize the colour cast. While in there I touched up a couple of other areas as well. I started by duplicating the original layer and applying auto colour as a correction. I then increased the contrast slightly with an s-curve in curves. There was still a strong cyan cast so I added a hue/saturation layer and for cyan, changed the Hue to -30, Saturation to -10, and Lightness to +30. You'll see the biggest change here on the weeds at the bottom. I then added an overlay layer, and dodged and burned slightly with a 5% opacity white and black brush. I hope this meets with your approval. I have removed the copy from my terminal.
Regards, John |
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