Cute Looks...

[Sudhanshu Nafde]

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Hello everyone...
Found this dog in a village near by my city roaming.... it had great B&W spread on the face.. So tried capturing it..
ALL C & C welcome...
Regards...

Techs:-
Nikon P80...
F-stop:f/4.5
SS:1/320
ISO:64
Exposure: +0.1

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Sudhanshu,
The cute factor is over the top...I like the close capture on this little pup. He has the look of "PLEASE TAKE ME HOME"...:):cool:

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Sudhanshu Cute it is and like the crop very much, might have tried another third exposure for details in the blacks. With some of these you will have to sacrifice some white pixels for the best possible image. Hard to say how much and its all a mater of looks !!!
.. home he finds a nice home !!!!

[David Thomasson]

Great little face. I would (and did!) try to pull more detail out of the fur and eyes. If you shot raw, though, you could surely do better than
what I managed with the low-res jpeg. Nice image.

http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/4029/puppyface2.jpg

http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/2551/puppyface.jpg

[Sudhanshu Nafde]

David Thanks A lot... what an improvement in the image.... i'll surely try it out on a high res. image... i have... but could you please explain teach me how you managed to lighten the eyes so accurately....?? waiting for more lessons ...

Regards...
Sudhanshu...

[David Thomasson]

David Thanks A lot... what an improvement in the image.... i'll surely try it out on a high res. image... i have... but could you please explain teach me how you managed to lighten the eyes so accurately....?? waiting for more lessons ...

Regards...
Sudhanshu...

You can open a blank layer and change blend mode to soft light. Sample the natural eye color and then move that in the color picker to a much lighter shade of the same hue. Paint with a soft brush at 10% brush opacity to brighten the lower part of the iris. For a bit more punch, use overlay mode instead of soft light (or you can do one layer with soft light and another with overlay).

I also applied a bit of Topaz Detail, which mainly sharpens fine details but also has adjustments to increase brightness and saturation. This had some brightening effect on the eyes.