Hows my Photo Editing

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Playing with trying to make Re-enactment pictures look close to original field photography, what does everyone thing of this one, try to keep the comments about the photo editing and not the impressions, but those are ok as well

Inf Reg GD, France 1940, Motorcycle Recon Squad
i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb440/kevair464/Recon.jpg

Thanks

[m14msgt]

looks pretty authentic! nice job!!

[Hepkat]

Very good work! Nothing in the content jumps out as "reenactment" and the work you did to the appearance really seals the deal.
Now, let's see some more

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Here is another one, this one is probably a little more "re-enactory" but this is our camp at dawn, Opel, and Kfz 15 parked in the background. The over exposure really pulled the sunlight off the grass due to the angle of the lighting

i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb440/kevair464/GD5inPeoria5.jpg

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Last one for now, Zug Unteroffizieren 1940

i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb440/kevair464/IMGP6413.jpg

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Original pictures before editing:

Motorcycle Squad: i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb440/kevair464/GD5inPeoria6.jpg

Camp: i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb440/kevair464/GD5inPeoria5-1.jpg

NCOs: i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb440/kevair464/IMGP6413-1.jpg

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ok so I lied, one more, this is a little less grainy since it is off the field, Oberfeldwebel in Walking out Uniform, Germany 1940

i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb440/kevair464/2012May19UnionILLC11_052T-1.jpg

[seabeepo3]

I think they look good. One thing is tough when converting snapshots from digital cameras is the depth of field they're able to capture. Things look too focused no matter how far they are.

Just be careful about blurring too much. Not everything is blown out focus, even if you're reproducing shots taken by personally owned cameras. Sometimes, it's more of a contrast issue as the shooter is adjusting for sunlight visually and not accurately with a light meter. You just have to find a happy medium.

You converted that Motorcycle Squad shot very well. I was not expecting to see such a huge crowd when I looked at the original.

[Berthold Schwabe]

The motorcycle edit is really very excellent! Props!

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thanks guys, these were my first attempts, I've noticed the more the original has odd lighting the more the filters make things look to out of sync, the motorcycle one had the best lighting. Faces tend to be harder to do and will take some more work.

Yes now that you see the crowed you can tell we were actually looking for hot chicks in the audience with our dienstglassen

[seabeepo3]

Jun 7, 2012 21:07:02 GMT -5 @kevair464 said:

Yes now that you see the crowed you can tell we were actually looking for hot chicks in the audience with our dienstglassen

As any soldier of any country would.

[wells]

Kevair, great photos, man! The first one, in my opinion, is the best.
What did you use for editing these? Wouldn't mind having a little tutorial on how to do this so myself and other reenactors could have an attempt at making our photos look original.
Cheers!

[Schatzi Karl Gunter]

Looking for hot chicks, but all you found was the 709th.....

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random comment on an old thread....all the hot chicks are in 5 GD....i mean hot guys.....i mean nevermind