Photo by Steve Deering (my hiking buddy)


Canon G12 ISO 80 F4 1/1000 sec

By posting this in Snapshots, I don't want to diminish the quality of this portrait which is exactly the type of picture that I have been wishing somebody would take of me for years...

Well done for sticking your mugshot on, even if it makes you a troglodyte.

Thanks NT

Very nice, it's a great portrait and an impressive scene. You look like you're having a grand time.

But… wow. In case you've ever wondered if it was worth the extra money to get an M9 instead of just using a G12, well, the answer is a big "yes!" I could tell that it wasn't a photo of yours just from a quick look at the top quarter of the image.

Thanks Matt - I was thinking exactly the same thing. Can't let a picture this dramatic of myself slide by though...

It might make for an interesting B&W conversion…

That's a fantastic portrait Rob, you must be very happy with it.
Good on you for posting it too! I believe a photographer who isn't prepared to jump in front of the camera themselves from time to time has no business telling other people they should.

It is such a shame that the photo was let down by the G12's lens and that horrific purple fringing. I found it really distracting (I'm turning into a lens snob!) like when you stumble across a spelling mistake in a book. As it happened when I viewed the image, I already had photoshop open...
So I hope you or the photographer don't mind, but I had a quick play in an attempt to do it justice:



If you want me to remove it then just say the word. I don't want to offend the guy who shot it by screwing around with his work if he's sensitive about it. Alternately if you like it I can send you the PSD file so you can copy the layers onto the high-res image.

Very nice job, Kombi. I would be happy to get your psd file and convert the original hi res version. Might as well make this whole photo a team effort, right?

Toad Wrote:Very nice job, Kombi. I would be happy to get your psd file and convert the original hi res version. Might as well make this whole photo a team effort, right?

Here you go... (6.5mb)

Note that there are 2 tone curve layers there with masks. You'll either have to resize the masks or re-draw them. They should be pretty self-explanatory. One is for the sky, the other is for your skin-tones.

Danku well!


I suppose the layer that does my skin tones will be labeled "boozy red".

hahaaha..

Oh, I forgot to mention that (using Photoshop CS5) I ran a "Lens Correction" filter over the main image, and under the "Manual Correction" settings I shifted the "Purple Fringing" slider pretty much all the way to the left,

Unlike most of you, I am not too worried about a bit of chromatic aberration, particularly for landscape type photos. It is usually simple to fix in software, as shown in this case. perhaps for some critical commercial applications (some product photography) I do not see chromatic aberration as an issue which would make me pay big money to avoid.

Nice to meet you once again dear Robert This is exactly the most beautiful and impressive portrait I have ever seen. Thank you, with my love, nia

Gee whiz! I'll tell my friend. He will be thrilled with your comment, I'm sure.