Camera grossly over-exposing images in Av mode - Need help understanding why

[heather4279]

there's no blurry in my pics
its soft focus :P

cheers

Not sure what I was thinking. It's definatley soft focus. Not sure how I could have been so mistaken

What exactly did you do to the pic (ie. how did you get her eye so sharp? I'm sure some of it is because the rest of the pic is so softly focused but I'm pretty sure there was more to it than that)

[Raycer]

What exactly did you do to the pic (ie. how did you get her eye so sharp? I'm sure some of it is because the rest of the pic is so softly focused but I'm pretty sure there was more to it than that)

I use channel to convert to grey scale. I think I used linear burn overlay and played with opacity to darken the skin tone.

This made skin looking real rough, so I add another gaussian blur layer to soften the skin. Add masking layer to selectively blur the picture.

Yes you right. By making the surrounding 'soft' it will make the eye look sharper. But I also used USM - sorry I didn't write down the setting. I just played with it until it looks good to me. Then add layer mask and use a soft brush to show only the eyes.

hope that helps.
cheers
ray

[sekhar]

Hello Heather and Ray,

I am following your threads and I must say that Heather, your daughter is cute. Very good subject to start with and Raycer, your PS skills are fantastic.

Regards
Sekhar

[Raycer]

Thanks Sekhar,

when it comes to PS, I am still in diapers. Its pretty easy to make a picture look good with a few simple steps.

Cheers
Ray