Difficult highlights on Black skin??

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TerryKing
Apr 18, 2007
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Please suggest the best way to handle this problem. Take a look at: http://terryking.us/temp-photo/HighL-Xmpl.jpg

There are bright reflective highlights that make the complexion unattractive. I can help this with shadows-highlights in CS3, but I’m hoping you have found a more selective and aesthetically-pleasing approach.

I’m working at a school in Africa, and these were shot by a professional photographer. Obviously the lighting could have been different, but they can not be redone.. I just want to get some good- looking prints of the high school seniors for a school project.

Thanks for your help!

Regards, Terry King …On The Mediterranean in Carthage

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TK
Toobi-Won Kenobi
Apr 18, 2007
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Please suggest the best way to handle this problem. Take a look at: http://terryking.us/temp-photo/HighL-Xmpl.jpg

There are bright reflective highlights that make the complexion unattractive. I can help this with shadows-highlights in CS3, but I’m hoping you have found a more selective and aesthetically-pleasing approach.

I’m working at a school in Africa, and these were shot by a professional photographer. Obviously the lighting could have been different, but they can not be redone.. I just want to get some good- looking prints of the high school seniors for a school project.
Thanks for your help!

Regards, Terry King …On The Mediterranean in Carthage
Terry,

You could remove a lot of thehighlights using the spot healing brush or patch tool.
I copied the layer and removed the brightest spots with the spot healing brush and then applied a 2 pixel dust and scratches filter to the layer. I then added a hide all layer mask to the layer and painted in the forehead with a reduced opacity brush.
TWK

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TerryKing
Apr 18, 2007
On Apr 18, 7:46 pm, "Toobi-Won Kenobi" wrote:

Thanks, Toobi and Herb, for good suggestions; I’m off to PS to try them out….

PS: Toobi, I live a ways North of Tatouine, Tunisia, which Tattooine in Star Wars was named after. The crew said it had the only decent Quincaillerie (Hardware Store) within 100 miles. I’ve been there and in Matmata, but the place I found most impressive, actually, is Chenini Tatouine. It is a mountain fortress with doors in the solid rock sides of the mountain. Some of my photos are at:

http://www.terryking.us/photos/tunisiasouth2005/index.html

This year I got to go on a longer Camel ride: 5 days in the Sahara. A photo is at:
http://www.terryking.us/photoalbum/main.php?g2_itemId=170 which shows kids running barefoot thru the Sahara to catch up to their nomadic Berber family at Bir El Mida, (well) about 150 miles Southwest of Tatouine. Only water for about 50 miles…

The World is getting smaller….. but it’s still plenty big enough for me!

Regards, Terry King …On The Mediterranean in Carthage
TW
Toobi Won Kenobi
Apr 18, 2007
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On Apr 18, 7:46 pm, "Toobi-Won Kenobi" wrote:
Thanks, Toobi and Herb, for good suggestions; I’m off to PS to try them out….

PS: Toobi, I live a ways North of Tatouine, Tunisia, which Tattooine in Star Wars was named after. The crew said it had the only decent Quincaillerie (Hardware Store) within 100 miles. I’ve been there and in Matmata, but the place I found most impressive, actually, is Chenini Tatouine. It is a mountain fortress with doors in the solid rock sides of the mountain. Some of my photos are at:

http://www.terryking.us/photos/tunisiasouth2005/index.html
This year I got to go on a longer Camel ride: 5 days in the Sahara. A photo is at:
http://www.terryking.us/photoalbum/main.php?g2_itemId=170 which shows kids running barefoot thru the Sahara to catch up to their nomadic Berber family at Bir El Mida, (well) about 150 miles Southwest of Tatouine. Only water for about 50 miles…
The World is getting smaller….. but it’s still plenty big enough for me!

Regards, Terry King …On The Mediterranean in Carthage

Terry,

That is one photogenic part of the world!
Are the ruin shots (Carthage and walkway) Roman or Carthaginian?

"Carthago delenda est"

Regards

TWK.

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TerryKing
Apr 18, 2007
On Apr 18, 10:05 pm, "Toobi Won Kenobi" wrote:
"Carthago delenda est"

….Like Pliny Said…..!!

"Carthago delenda est"

If you click on CarthageView23 on
http://www.terryking.us/photos/carthage/index3.html
you’ll see an artists conception of the construction of the Roman Forum right over the foundations of the Carthaginian homes that had been there for hundreds of years before. The following images are of those now-excavated foundations, and the big Roman foundation columns placed right over them…

I’ve been here 3 years, and it still all looks VERY old, after Vermont, where ‘old’ towns have signs that say "Settled 1740"…

In August we’re moving to China for 2 or 3 years, so I get to see some really old stuff! And really new stuff, often on top of it…

It’s a gift to have these things go by in front of your eyes, and your camera. For sure.
TK
Toobi-Won Kenobi
Apr 19, 2007
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On Apr 18, 10:05 pm, "Toobi Won Kenobi" wrote:
"Carthago delenda est"

…Like Pliny Said…..!!

"Carthago delenda est"

If you click on CarthageView23 on
http://www.terryking.us/photos/carthage/index3.html
you’ll see an artists conception of the construction of the Roman Forum right over the foundations of the Carthaginian homes that had been there for hundreds of years before. The following images are of those now-excavated foundations, and the big Roman foundation columns placed right over them…

I’ve been here 3 years, and it still all looks VERY old, after Vermont, where ‘old’ towns have signs that say "Settled 1740"…

I remember my sister in law’s face (History major, La girl) when I took her into a "pub" in Yorkshire which was opened in 1480..(still serving some original sandwiches I think)
In August we’re moving to China for 2 or 3 years, so I get to see some really old stuff! And really new stuff, often on top of it…

And you get paid for this???!!! 😉
It’s a gift to have these things go by in front of your eyes, and your camera. For sure.
Regards

TWK

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