CaravanDuke
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Beauty Portraits: M @ Pattaya Beach
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boombox
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Good series, aside from a few minor PP nitpicks:
Pic 2 - Visible halo of white around the hat towards the shadowy part of the skies, and very visible against the arms - not so with the other pics - which are nicely done. Similar problems faced here myself with the masking, oh well, you're not alone.
Pics 6 - 9 have very similar facial expressions - my observations is that her left eye (right side of pic) is visibly smaller when she does these expressions.
Huge backlit watermark and text well... detracts quite a bit, but it says that your works are great and probably have been pirated by many, though it's a bit unsightly to me... Oh well - the harsh reality of posting stuff to the public domain.
Tilted horizon's is a great break out from the usual stuff.
Love the coloured lights thingy, would like to see more of those from the people around here and it's okay to break out of the mould like this.
This set excels as a casual photoshoot.
Pic 2 - Visible halo of white around the hat towards the shadowy part of the skies, and very visible against the arms - not so with the other pics - which are nicely done. Similar problems faced here myself with the masking, oh well, you're not alone.
Pics 6 - 9 have very similar facial expressions - my observations is that her left eye (right side of pic) is visibly smaller when she does these expressions.
Huge backlit watermark and text well... detracts quite a bit, but it says that your works are great and probably have been pirated by many, though it's a bit unsightly to me... Oh well - the harsh reality of posting stuff to the public domain.
Tilted horizon's is a great break out from the usual stuff.
Love the coloured lights thingy, would like to see more of those from the people around here and it's okay to break out of the mould like this.
This set excels as a casual photoshoot.
Zeckson Chow
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No... I didn't cover my camera... Now it is in Nikon Thailand for servicing... :cry: Thanks for your comments.
Zeckson Chow
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Good series, aside from a few minor PP nitpicks:
Pic 2 - Visible halo of white around the hat towards the shadowy part of the skies, and very visible against the arms - not so with the other pics - which are nicely done. Similar problems faced here myself with the masking, oh well, you're not alone.
Pics 6 - 9 have very similar facial expressions - my observations is that her left eye (right side of pic) is visibly smaller when she does these expressions.
Huge backlit watermark and text well... detracts quite a bit, but it says that your works are great and probably have been pirated by many, though it's a bit unsightly to me... Oh well - the harsh reality of posting stuff to the public domain.
Tilted horizon's is a great break out from the usual stuff.
Love the coloured lights thingy, would like to see more of those from the people around here and it's okay to break out of the mould like this.
This set excels as a casual photoshoot.
Your observations are correct. As you probably know, it is very difficult going into that small detail using only the mouse. Making matters worse, I shot these images using the smallest dimensions my camera can give (but using high resolution of course). If I were to shoot these images on full size dimensions (meaning full resolution size) and am able to use a tablet, my post processing quality may improve.
Yup, you are also correct, my images had been leached many times here in Thailand. I don't like it. So I put my copyright big in my images. Sorry about that but no choice...
I've checked out your website. Great work!
woah... what an expensive shoot. anyway, it's worth it i think. good photos.
Zeckson Chow
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Good photos... Subjective to different people. At least I myself love them! Expensive shoot... Yes! Worth it? Not when I have to pay for the repair costs... :cry: :cry: :cry:
boombox
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Your observations are correct. As you probably know, it is very difficult going into that small detail using only the mouse. Making matters worse, I shot these images using the smallest dimensions my camera can give (but using high resolution of course). If I were to shoot these images on full size dimensions (meaning full resolution size) and am able to use a tablet, my post processing quality may improve.
Yup, you are also correct, my images had been leached many times here in Thailand. I don't like it. So I put my copyright big in my images. Sorry about that but no choice...
I've checked out your website. Great work!
Whoa a mouse? Big "Ouch!" bro. Well, a tablet improves quality, but also the speed you work for works that involve brushing can be sped up with a tablet because the changing of opacity can be pressure controlled.
Sometimes I work into 400% magnification for the finer areas, my experience tells me that actually, those parts I've talked about are some of the harder areas to deal with... very dark thin lined shadowy area on the edge of the arm... but shining halo beyond, have to zoom in a lot and use soft brush + tender loving care, but by that time, it would take donkey years especially with a mouse... :sweatsm:
I see that you do quite a fair bit of post work to quite a number of pictures (compared to me, I only do post work to at most one dozen - usually 3 - 4 per shoot), it might be a good idea to get a small one as it can make your life easier. Entry models with 512 pressure levels (better than a mouse with 2: clicked, not clicked) should suffice - the most visible change you'd get is your workflow, quality and time savings. Your works should benefit from this added finesse in your workflow - irregardless of size, even the small ones can see difference... :lovegrin:
Whoa, you're popular - to have your stuff leeched. But "ouch" again. Can't do much about it I guess except to stamp it.
Thanks... The website just up this may... I started photography quite recently... still a noob... :sweatsm:
Zeckson Chow
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Hello again! Seriously speaking, I am really thinking of getting some stuffs to enhance my works, although they are just hobbies to me, some really good Photoshop plugins that can really save me huge amounts of time and speed, a good S-IPS LCD panel and a tablet. The amount of time I spent on current post processing really takes a heck of a time from me!
I just realized (probably you knew it a long time ago, and so does everybody else) that if the images were shot in full resolution (e.g. 10 MP) as compared to minimal resolution (e.g. 2.5 MP), during post processing, we are able to pixel peep into the problem areas and brush clean them (I often use 100% hard brush when zooming into pixel size but that takes an awfully load of time correcting a small area, especially with a mouse). When I have to process so many images, I tend to get lazy. That halo you saw there? I could have done that but the thought of cleaning it pixel by pixel really puts my laziness up to the max. So I just did a sloppy job and hope that nobody would notice it or not be bad enough to be brought up... Until you came into the thread... Ha ha ha ha ha!!!
Right now, I have some new ideas I would like to try out in post processing and I will change the way I shoot in order to accomplish that. I often visualize how my final image will be to the very detail as to how I am going to post process them and what kind of workflow I will take up and I will shoot the image with the proper setup according to what I plan in mind for the image.
Not too sure how much you agree with me, I think that post processing is as equally important as photographic skills. I give them 50/50 distribution!
Now that we both have a common like in post processing, I am willing to exchange talks with you on some of the techniques in Photoshop and learn from each other. There has always been a look I really want to achieve in post processing that at current I am still struggling with. And I get so jealous when I see others achieving it while I cannot. Perhaps we can talk over this privately and exchange some ideas and opinions.
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Nice shoot. haha anyway today just get a super great deal @ mustafa warehouse sale. Bought 4 camara there and all lumix. It just take a while before I made up my mind with the four cam. Haha think the promoter will love me alot. :sweatsm: Anyway if you guys do feel free can visit the show too. The show will last till this Sunday. :bsmilie: A super great deal will be the Fx38. I bought 3 sets of it at a rather good price at only S$369 with a $40 Taka voucher haha. O but all pink but thank god all is given as a gift to my mum, wife and sister. They love it alot, as it so easy to use that i no need to spend too much time to teach them on the function. Beside the easy function the cam also boast with a 25mm wide angle, and a tracking system that allow my wife to caught a good shoot of james, my 4 year old son. 
So what did i get for myself? A Tz7 that I feel will get a good image with also support of AVCHD that allow me with less thing to carry when I go oversea. K time to sleep la, ha hope you guys will get a good deal there too, night. :bsmilie:
So what did i get for myself? A Tz7 that I feel will get a good image with also support of AVCHD that allow me with less thing to carry when I go oversea. K time to sleep la, ha hope you guys will get a good deal there too, night. :bsmilie:
Zeckson Chow
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Nice shoot. haha anyway today just get a super great deal @ mustafa warehouse sale. Bought 4 camara there and all lumix. It just take a while before I made up my mind with the four cam. Haha think the promoter will love me alot. :sweatsm: Anyway if you guys do feel free can visit the show too. The show will last till this Sunday. :bsmilie: A super great deal will be the Fx38. I bought 3 sets of it at a rather good price at only S$369 with a $40 Taka voucher haha. O but all pink but thank god all is given as a gift to my mum, wife and sister. They love it alot, as it so easy to use that i no need to spend too much time to teach them on the function. Beside the easy function the cam also boast with a 25mm wide angle, and a tracking system that allow my wife to caught a good shoot of james, my 4 year old son.
Thanks for the tip.
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