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Among my new series of "Portraits of Young Ladies". Thanks for your

time. Warm regards, Tanya.

Tanya, I like the composition and colours. Is it me, or does the image appear not as sharp as it could be? I will check out the rest of the folder. I like btw, how the flower covers her mouth leaving a mystery as to the full extent of her expression.

I'll agree with my friend Amar on this one. It does seem just a bit soft, but not enough to totally degrade the image or diminish its impact. I like the pose, and the look in her eyes.

 

Speaking of eyes, I don't usually nitpick about double catchlights in the eyes, but in this case...the double in her left eye (as opposed to the single in her right eye) keeps pulling my eyes to it...sort of preventing me from concentrating on the image as a whole. It would be a simple matter of two or three mouse-clicks to make the smaller one in her left eye disappear.

 

But all in all, very nice.

...for commenting on the photo. Jim, you are right about the light in the eye. I was so excited of making the photograph and sharing it that i overlooked the details. What's your recommedation on how to fix this flaw Jim?. Warm regards, Tanya.

I guess the easiest way would be the clone tool in Photoshop. Since the catchlight partially in the iris and partially in the pupil of the eye, sample the pupil, and get rid of that part, then sample the iris and get rid of that part. I'd suggest using the clone stamp in airbrush mode at 100% and a 20% flow.

 

If there are any little specks of it remaining after you do that, you can use the blur tool set at about 11 with a soft/small brush set in "darken" mode. Since the image is a bit soft anyway, it shouldn't be noticeable if that tiny part is blurred a bit. That's assuming you're working on a jpeg image at a resolution of 72.

 

Oh...and I don't really regard the double catchlight as any sort of "flaw." I just remember I used to get scolded about it by a photographer I worked with for a while.

 

Hope this helps.

Thank you Jim. I will follow your suggestion and reload when i get a chance. It's nice to have such precise instructions (save me lot of times) :o). Warm regards, Tanya.