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Collection: June Before and After
Galleries: Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Jun 5, 2008

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 I cleaned up my Female Portrait image with some of the comments offered during voting and some levels adjustments. These changes certainly wont change a 4.7 to a 10, but I think it helps a bit. What do you think.

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You might also want to look at what Roz did with this. You might enjoy her work. I did.

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 06/09/2008 11:06:01 PM
Much better, Bill.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/06/2008 04:13:25 AM
Portratiure is a difficult thing. You must have light and shadow in certain places to keep the shot from looking flat and 2D. When you increased the contrast here, it made the hot spots on her face a whole lot brighter. A good way to increase contrast without actually brightening the image is add a layer of USM at 50, 50, 0 and tweak it down to where you like the look it gives you. You did a wonderful job of not getting reflections in the glasses AND I like the enlarged catchlights in her eyes.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/05/2008 09:36:40 AM
Excellent revision- much more depth & impact - beautiful lady and special smile !
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/05/2008 12:53:12 AM
hi again bill ..
after making those suggestions i thought i'd try it out because until you've actually tried something on a particular photograph its often difficult to imagine how it will turn out ..
i duplicated your background layer ..
i then did a guassian blur on the new duplicated layer and a multiply blending mode ..
i did an adjustment layer in levels to lighten it up a bit ..
i created a mask on the new layer and erased so that i could show the detail on her hair from the background layer ..
it might be too soft and unnatural for you, but i thought i'd give it a shot .. !!
i hope you dont mind .. ??
bill's photograph with some gaussian blur etc ..

i probably wouldnt have done the guassian blur route myself .. but i suggested it not knowing the software you use .. i'd be doing a nik efex on her for sure ..
color efex pro 3.0
you can get the 15 day free trial .. but be careful .. you may get addicted .. !!


Message edited by author 2008-06-05 00:57:16.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/05/2008 12:45:45 AM
i really prefer your original process .. i'm not that keen on the areas you've lightened .. it really is an excellent portrait, very involving the way she's looking right at me .. i love her hair, the softness and her lovely eyes .. its very natural and it'll be great to have her as your model again ..
there are things you can do to give that beautiful soft look if you like that sort'v thing ..
have you tried duplicating your layer, giving it a bit of gaussian blur and then making it multiply blending mode .. ?? .. it also makes the image a lot darker, so then you could try a levels adjustment layer to lighten it up a bit .. you often lose some of that blur when lightening tho ..
i'm sure there'll be ppl who love your new process or have other suggestions for editing tho .. :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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