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David, for my ongoing education in post processing, can you further explain "holding...back" and "compressing the blacks"?I'm a fan of high contrast, grainy shots and like your portrait Rafa! Try holding the eyes back a bit when compressing the blacks for more life.
Compressing the blacks is what Rafa has done, darkening the shadows and making them more black and loosing some detail as a consequence. In PS, one of the ways to do this is with levels adjustment, pulling the left triangle towards the center will accomplish this. One can also do a levels adjustment "layer", same control but on a new layer, hence the name, where one can control & apply the darkening process selectively with the layer mask, this way he could block the eyes from becoming so dark while the shadows would be as dark as he wants.David, for my ongoing education in post processing, can you further explain "holding...back" and "compressing the blacks"?
This is what I've been alluding to in other threads - I really like the look of the high iso images from the EP1. It is not "clean" but I find the noise quite pleasing for certain applications. Much better than the noise I get with a small sensor and even the APS-C sensor (depending on the details).Thanks! Yes, it is a self portrait. This was actually the best out of 3 blind shots. And BTW, I used the in camera B&W with the in camera RED filter. I then brought it into photoshop and increased the contrast and crushed the shadows. It is actually pretty amazing to see that if necessary you can take iso this high with the E-P1.