interesting face

I know i said i wouldn't post anything just yet but i have cropped this piccy down a bit. this is a chap we met out whilst walking today. a real eccentric chap with all sorts of stories to tell. he also had 2 yappy dogs. i would have liked to have taken more but i felt a bit uncomfortable even though he did say it was ok to take some photos of him.
i know it is a bad background etc but i was sitting on a bench and just clicked a couple of shots off!!

I love how his hair is so windblown. It makes him look more eccentric. You did a great job capturing him!!! Keep showing us more of your photos.

You are very kind!! i will get braver i am sure!

he kind of has that Albert Einstein, disheavled look to him.

Fee i think for an absolute beginner there isn't an awful lot wrong with this, yes the background isn't ideal, but that can be blurred and his hair is a bit blown (a bit too white) again fixable in ps and only one other thing i would try fixing is the shadows on his face, if you don't mind me meddling i'd love to have a go at fixing it? that said and done, changing the settings would have avoided the blown highlights and some of the shadows and changing the angle/position would have eliminated the houses in the background and to a certain extent the shadows on his face too, i hope this helps somewhat when you next go out shooting, try changing the settings for the same shot several times till you get an effect that you like and angles too

Sharon that would be good if you had a fiddle with it!! i might too. if i knew him i would have been taking all kinds of shots with all sorts of settings but it was a bit cheeky really so i just took a couple. i am still getting used to the camera as i only got it this week. i had a little point and click thing before and i always had it on automatic. this is all new to me fiddling with the settings. i wont be offended with any comments, far from it, i really want some help and ideas!!! by the way, my husband is from Stirling!!

cool i love playing in photoshop, we'll give you all the help we can Fee, how cool is that your hubby being from Stirling? lol

i had a quick play with the image Fee but i couldn't do very much with it after all, maybe the origianal file would be better to work with, and just out of interest did you shoot it in b&w or convert it in ps? also do you shoot in RAW? you can do so much more with an image in ps if it's a RAW file anyway here's my best effort of your image

thanks for that, a definite improvement in the hair!! i shot it in colour and converted it in ps (and also took the pole out of his head)........
i havent shot in RAW before. what sort of things can you do in RAW that you cant do in Jpeg?

This is an exceptional image for someone who is a beginner.

I love his hair and his characterful face.

Keep up with this sort of quality and you will do just fine.

Well done Fee! There is so much cheractor in his face! I love his hair...this is a very nice capture. I want to know this man! Nice help Sharon!

What a character Fee, you are so brave asking to take his photo, I am still not game for this.

This is a great start with your new camera.

Bootcoot wrote:

thanks for that, a definite improvement in the hair!! i shot it in colour and converted it in ps (and also took the pole out of his head)........
i havent shot in RAW before. what sort of things can you do in RAW that you cant do in Jpeg?

you are most welcome Fee, it's not that you can do more with RAW but there is more information in the file that you can work with so therefore better, if anyone wants to jump in here to add to that feel free

Very well done, a superb image. And welcome...

I'm with Sharon....

...I like it RAW

ok thanks for that info on RAW. i will try that tomorrow and see how i get on. trouble is now after your kind comments i will have to try harder next time...

and Jan, the only reason i asked if i could take his snap was that he REALLY was a colourful character and had started to talk to me and my husband anyway. we got a lot of useful history about the historic town of Knaresborough (where we went today). i couldnt work out if he was very rich and eccentric or very poor and eccentric. he was very chatty non-the-less and definitely an 'odd bod' (but i liked him)

also, i dont seem to have access to emoticons on here, is that correct or is something amiss?

There Sharons department Fee.

I'm sure she will sort it for you.

are you using the quick reply? if so then the emoticons aren't available there you have to scroll down a bit further to where it says reply with a peach coloured box around it that give you the emoticons

ah yes thank you, i should have known that as i already run a forum...
doh!!

not a problem, any other questions just ask away

Bootcoot wrote:

ah yes thank you, i should have known that as i already run a forum...
doh!!

You a Blonde by any chance??

now Stewart thats just BAD

After all the thrashings I have had lately my arse really is this colour now.

no less than you deserve

no brunette!!!!! with blonde highlights so maybe that is the problem :lol: