The Punk Rocker and the Flapper

[theantiquetiger]

A couple shots from Halloween last year that I have always loved:

This is my youngest, she is actually dressed as an angel. I love her eyes in this shot



This is my oldest. The lighting is horrible

[Matt K.]

Yes, you are right, very expressive eyes for sure. Great model you have there. However, seems to me the images are a bit on the soft side, unless you intended them to be there ... I'd try and sharpen them up somewhat ...

[theantiquetiger]

Yes, you are right, very expressive eyes for sure. Great model you have there. However, seems to me the images are a bit on the soft side, unless you intended them to be there ... I'd try and sharpen them up somewhat ...

I'm a sub-novice photographer, I don't even have Photoshop and the software that came with my camera is crap. I would like to some how leave the picture the way it is and just sharpen the eyes.

[Marko]

GIMP is a free powerful program that's fab.
Here's a tutorial on how to locally sharpen with Gimp. 3.13.*Blur/Sharpen

As a rule though, during shooting, focus on the eyes till they are tack sharp. If autofocus won't get u there, go manual.
(Note though: Sharpen is not magic, IF the eyes were "too" out of focus during exposure, the sharpening will not work well....in fact it will look bad)

Hope that helps - Marko

[theantiquetiger]

GIMP is a free powerful program that's fab.
Here's a tutorial on how to locally sharpen with Gimp. 3.13.*Blur/Sharpen

As a rule though, during shooting, focus on the eyes till they are tack sharp. If autofocus won't get u there, go manual.
(Note though: Sharpen is not magic, IF the eyes were "too" out of focus during exposure, the sharpening will not work well....in fact it will look bad)

Hope that helps - Marko

I just downloaded it, thanks!!!