Portrait : The Trees

Attempt at adding gradient coffee tones to a scanned B/W negative.

Any comments? Does it add or distract from this portrait?

I too, really loved the background... I thought the vines were very interesting, and somewhat complex. The background in black and white was almost to busy.. I used the gradient coffee tones (NIK color effects pro) to mellow out the blackground a bit. I originally toned the entire photo... but later toned various sections at a few angles/strengths to achieve the look of this photo. I liked the contrast between the model and

the background in this result.

Thank you very much for the input... I'm pretty new at this, and this photo was taken quite some time ago, but due to my recent purchase of a film scanner... I kinda wanted to "renew" it.

Thanks again... matt ///