Baby Face

[davev]

Haven't been shooting much lately. I took a class (photography) over this past
weekend at the UofM farm campus. Across the street were some cow barns
with some calves in them. This little one was the most photogenic.

I did a digital weekend through the Rocky Mountain School of Photography.
As for what I learned. I learned that I should send the money for
Photoshop CS. It's light years ahead of the 5.5 version that I've been using.

Saturday evening, they had a "Canon, Explorers of Light" lecture.
The guest speaker was Jim Brandenburg. If you get the chance to go hear
him, do it.

Anyway. Here's the pic. Taken in the morning before class.

http://www.pbase.com/image/42262648.jpg

[Khaos]

:clap You made a common animal look interesting. Very nice! I like it a lot.:thumb

[Harryb]

Love that shot, Dave. :thumb

[wxwax]

Yes! Nice shot.

[bfjr]

Ah T-Bone :lol3
another food shot :lol4
Na he's to cute, cool shot :thumb

[Steve Cavigliano]

Excellent Dave :thumb :thumb

An uncommonly good pic of a common animal :clap :clap

Don't let Andy see this one. He'll start drooling all over his keyboard :eat

Thanks for sharing,
Steve

[davev]

Excellent Dave :thumb :thumb

An uncommonly good pic of a common animal :clap :clap

Don't let Andy see this one. He'll start drooling all over his keyboard :eat

Thanks for sharing,
Steve
Thanks guys. Andy wouldn't want this one, it's to small. :D

[PeterGar]

How was that done?

[davev]

How was that done?Hi Peter.

It was done pretty easily.

Picture 1) Straight from the camera. I exposed the calf's face, so the camera
would expose the face and leave the rest of the picture dark.

Picture 2) I cropped and applied some adjustments, mostly levels to bring the
face "out" a bit more.

Picture 3) I applied a little bit of "brightness/contrast" and some "unsharpen
mask". I then painted out the post above and below it's head.
Saved it, and put it on the web. I normally sharpen some before and
after I resize the pic. It seems that when I resize, it loses some sharpness.

that's it.

dave.

http://www.pbase.com/davev/image/42342074.jpg

[PeterGar]

Hi Peter.

It was done pretty easily.

Picture 1) Straight from the camera. I exposed the calf's face, so the camera
would expose the face and leave the rest of the picture dark.

Picture 2) I cropped and applied some adjustments, mostly levels to bring the
face "out" a bit more.

Picture 3) I applied a little bit of "brightness/contrast" and some "unsharpen
mask". I then painted out the post above and below it's head.
Saved it, and put it on the web. I normally sharpen some before and
after I resize the pic. It seems that when I resize, it loses some sharpness.

that's it.

dave.

Thanks for the insight Dave. I'm dying to find some time to start Photoshopping my pics. I just learned a technique I can use. :D

[Phil U.]

mmmm... yummy! Haven't seen one look that good since my was raising them on his farm (we knew we were going to eat them later)... :rofl

[davev]

mmmm... yummy! Haven't seen one look that good since my was raising them on his farm (we knew we were going to eat them later)... :rofl

Thanks Phil (I think) :uhoh

dave.

[Lucky Hack]

Great pic, I love the detail. The poor guy looks like a trophy :huh :rofl

hoping this message finds you well -Ian

ps. nice post processing :thumb