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West high land white terrier

Thank you in advance for any feedback you can provide Regards --Cvmontuy (talk) 18:45, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

• Hi Cvmontuy, some quick thoughts: Focus is right on the eyes – well done! But the lighting situation could be improved in my opinion: It looks like she's sitting below a lamp hanging from the ceiling. Most of the hair on the top of her head is overexposed, you've lost quite a bit of detail there. On the other hand, the area around her mouth and especially the lower parts of her nose are pretty dark. Maybe try to find a spot with more even/less direct light, or add a second light source from the side. The bright pillow in the background is a bit distracting for me. Otherwise a charming portrait, I like the upright ears and the slightly tilted head: looks like she's paying close attention to what you're doing with that black box in front of your face ;-) --El Grafo (talk) 08:13, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

Thanks a lot, very good comments, best regards --Cvmontuy (talk) 20:26, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

old door

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Same RAW file, 2 very different images. The color version would probably more useful for something like Wikipedia, but which one do you prefer as an image on its own (and why)? I made the BW version after reading Michael Freeman's excellent The Complete Guide to Black & White Digital Photography (I think it was Colin who suggested it to me → thanks a lot!). It took me quite a while to come up with something I actually liked, so I'm very interested in comments and opinions regarding the BW conversion. Cheers, --El Grafo (talk) 17:53, 6 September 2016 (UTC)

Luminosity clipping in Photoshop

I am beginning to use Photoshop for post-processing (I used DxO Optics pro so far), and I have problems with highlights and dark areas clipping. For this picture

SNCF French railways locomotive 040DG

I have carefully set values and curves so that there would be no clipping, except for some blown highlights on the windows, and very little of it. Drowned (black) areas are negligible. However, when I save the file in Photoshop and it gets displayed in Lightroom, more clipping appears. If I export to jpg and then opens the jpg in DxO, the clipping shows very clearly.

So I would like to know if, in your view, luminosity is clipped beyond what is acceptable, and what I am doing wrong. Of course, any other comment on the picture is welcomed.

Thanks. --Albert Bergonzo (talk) 17:54, 14 September 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Albert Bergonzo (talk • contribs) 17:51, 14 September 2016 (UTC)