I have no problem with messing around with important objects early in the process, but here I’d ignore the background until the very end. I’d assume that whatever global changes were made to the

Dear Dan, Thanks for the comments. Re my submission 1013 in which I have desaturated and darkened the background. I was surprised by the number of entries that retained lighter backgrounds. The face

Here are comments on the individual submissions in this case study. As with a couple of others, there were so many good versions that nobody should take my quick choices for the par version too

When I chose the ten exercises in this series it was no accident that this one came after Toast to Greece. That one started out with a lot of problems and contained a lot of traps for careless

Thanks, Roberto. Unfortunately, that did not do the trick. Meanwhile I will just post the way that works. I like to use the share when I am shooting out pics to family mostly, on Text message or

I'm getting to eagerly look forward to Mondays, the day that Dan posts all of the submissions, and the resultant nearly instantaneous recognition of where I went wrong with my version. Where else can

Hi! Mine is 1005. Kept the greens bright and shiny, the clothing was darkened and the highlights in them toned down and colored. Made a very dark version and painted/blended in the knee and clothing's

Dear Tom, In your PS preferences just set JPG instead of PNG and if your file is already in a sRGB profile, do not check “convert in sRGB” option. I never use PS Quick Export option, I always

For the Seated in the Grass challenge, I made a duplicate layer, applied a Camera Raw filter with the white balance dropper on a white area. Then applied green channel to the RGB in soft light mode

Dan et al., I sent this to Dan’s account but I meant to post to Dan and the group. I had a problem with my profile changing From sRGB to generic RGB when I share from Photoshop. It does not occur

After the portrait we've just finished, we return to nature for our final two studies. Find the first one in our Photos section, labeled Case Study: Adirondacks. The original is a JPEG from a decent

I’ve posted the results of the Seated in the Grass Study. Reviewing: This is the final portrait in our series of case studies and is another example taken from the MIT retouching set. The original

In my attempt (919) I tried very hard to kill the blue cast in the white tablecloth and clothing. No one at the scene would see this as it is caused by the flash, so it is quite unnatural. However

A reminder that entries are due in this case study in 24 hours, at 06:00 eastern time Monday/1100Z/12:00 ora italiana. Please make sure you are sending tagged sRGB. I have converted the incorrect

OK... so, I haven't been vocal in the group, as I haven't really felt like I had a lot to contribute. I was not particularly inspired by this image, as I didn't see that It was particularly difficult.

Yes, I used H-K twice on that photo because I remembered it did something about black enhancement (i think, I wasn't sure) (I'm like other people, i don't read the manual, i just

Here's how I started this case study (and as a matter of routine for all color images): duplicate image to a new document: color boost, color boost again: noted the red cast back to the original

901 Chosen for the par version. This person created the most exciting version with a relatively simple procedure. He balanced the colors normally and added a lot of Vibrance. He added shape with two

Hi to all I am #924 So there seems to be 2 big issues. The color balance of the flash portion in the foreground and the tungsten balance at the far table. Second issue is shapness of foreground

Dan, One of the great things about this group and these exercises in particular is learning the principles of what is right. I know you talk in your books about what is a matter of taste and what is