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10/08/2006 08:29:22 AM |
a lovely portrait. super composition and exposure. my one quibble is the eyes. the USM has made strange little sparkly things in the eyes, like they're filled with shiny dust.
i was getting tired of usm doing that to me, so i took what i'd read somewhere inthe forums and applied it to my work:
duplicate your background layer
do a high pass filter at around 10 pixels (or more, it's up to you)
blend option that layer to soft light
alt+click on the mask icon to create a complete mask of the layer
paint in just the eyes.
this will sharpen them nicely
duplicate background layer again
blend option screen
alt+click layer mask
paint in eyes
adjust opacity until don't look freaky.
this gives the eyes a little more light and oomph.
This way keeps the appearance of the real texture of the eyes.
this is only legal in advanced
an example: 
Message edited by author 2006-10-08 08:30:33. |
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10/03/2006 10:11:07 PM |
| Nice Exposure and Use of Bounce. Great Shot. |
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10/03/2006 09:38:40 AM |
| what happened to his eyes, look overprocessed as well as right bottom corner and dark area at top. might still look good in black and white |
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10/03/2006 03:48:42 AM |
| faces like these just seem to be made for b+w...it works well in color, but I believe it could have been even better |
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10/02/2006 09:38:31 PM |
| I like the expression that you have captured. The eyes (iris and pupil) need to be much clearer however; I think post-processing altered their appearnace. |
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10/02/2006 08:43:36 PM |
| I think the crop is too tight... love his face |
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10/02/2006 04:01:01 PM |
| I want to pluck those eyebrows!! Good picture! |
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10/01/2006 11:40:47 PM |
| Whoa, dude needs an eyebrow trim haha. Actually I think those covering his eye kinda distracts from the image a bit. These kinds of portraits are huge on the eyes, they make or break the photo. |
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10/01/2006 04:01:49 PM |
| Great close up portrait, impressive detail and focus. |
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10/01/2006 10:47:50 AM |
| Beautifully done! I love the 3-dimensional contrast! |
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10/01/2006 06:02:41 AM |
| A very good emotive portrait here..... |
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