Serena B & W!

Magnifico primer plano de Serena, belleza, encuadre y gama de grises en su correcto punto, un cordial saludo Marco,

Wonderful portarait well done!

As always thank you for you comments and your interest as well as your input.

 

Thank you.

Very sweet expression, Marco. The portrait enhances the beauty of the eyes.

Well composed Marco,nice delicate light, good portrait, Pnina

Estupenda Marco, la gama tonal es muy rica y el encuadre perfecto para el retrato. Saludos cordiales.

This is the same photo of my daughter Serena submitted in color and

changed to B & W. I like them both very much.

 

What do you think? Your comments and crotiques ar very welcome.

 

Thank you in advance.

Thank you for your comments. With your comments you continue to provide the tools that I draw upon so much, to learn. Thank you for your continued interest.

 

Ciao.

 

 

This is nice, but I miss the dark brown eyes of the color version as well as the pink lips and pink knuckles. If I were working on the color version, I would change the color on the nose -- looks like make-up -- too pink, maybe the cheeks as well. Maybe a subtel desaturation or put it in LAB color mode and reduce the magenta.

Thanks for the comments, and I do agree about the nose. I have re-worked it and here is just for you.

 

Thanks .

I like this, as a matter of fact, I like them all. Does Serena like the picture?

As for comparisons with the Mona Lisa, I remember many, many years ago when I was an art history student, I went to the National Gallery in part to take a look at their new acquisition, Leonardo's Genevra de' Benci, for which they had paid the astronomical sum, in those days, of $3million (I think). I thought that was absurd...until I saw the painting, and I said to myself "It was worth every penny!" Imagine what Leonardo would have done with digital photography.

Like you, Marco, I have daughters to photograph, only I have six of them. Right now, however, I am concentrating on one of my granddaughters.

Ciao (BTW I like the new self-portrait you've put on your site)

That I had a challenge with two and a son! Eh!Eh!Eh! Serena, however, is the one that I have the most difficult time photographing since she does not like her pictures taken. In fact she does not like this one, go figure.

Thanks for the comment on my portrait, my Mel took it, George Pennington worked it and there is the result. They are the only ones that can make my face look half way decent.

 

Thanks again.

Ah Marco, I did not notice you uploaded a B&W version of Serena.

I like them both but in this version her eyes are very penetrating.

 

paz

Ah! Ya te iba a sugerir pasarla a ByN! Te ha quedado muy bien. Saludos!

Gracias JF. Mi primera y quizas mi ultima en digital con una D 50 de mi hijo, Nicholas. Si deveras quedo muy bien.

Saludos y gracias.

 

Muy buena! ella es preciosa! vaya hija tienes ;P, la expresion me encanta, los dedos es una parte esencial de la foto, asi en bw parece una imagen atemporal

Gracias Fer. De ti siempre un animo para sefuir adelante con esto y tu que eres tan bueno con retratos.

 

 

Muy agradecido. Abrazos.

wonderful portrait, Marco. I love how you have captured her eyes...they are beautiful!

Pues ha cambiado un poquito pero sigue siendo guapisima !!! Bonito retrato