dougityb 0 Posted July 2, 2008 This is a black and white cropped and burned version to address issues raised on a larger version posted a day ago. Better? Link to comment
morristowne 0 Posted July 2, 2008 I love the soft feel to this photo and what a beautiful lady. The lamp shade coming out of her hair is a bit distracting though...might try cloning that out. Link to comment
dougityb 0 Posted July 2, 2008 ugh! I hear what you're saying, but that's what I'm trying to avoid! On a scale of one to ten, with 10 being the worst, how much of a distraction is it? Link to comment
suspendedmoments 0 Posted July 2, 2008 an absolutely beautiful portrait in my opinion, had the background been less of a participant, it would be even stronger Link to comment
dougityb 0 Posted July 3, 2008 Thanks Fredrich, I've been having trouble winning support for the background on this portrait, although I'm satisfied with the original capture as it was. Link to comment
Guest Guest Posted July 3, 2008 Nice shot. I was wondering what the background was myself before I read your comment. You might just want to eliminate all the shapes and make it an even gray/black. I'd also like to see the contrast of the subject's face bumped up a tad in curves - although I'm aware that sometimes the minimized image appears different on screen than the full resolution image, or a print of the full res image for that matter. Link to comment
dougityb 0 Posted July 3, 2008 Mead, it's definitely looking like that's the consensus around here. Thanks. Link to comment
mg 0 Posted July 3, 2008 This one is for me the best of the 3 pix of her I saw. I suppose you could indeed darken the brighter parts of the background just a bit more at bottom right, but I wouldn't say that I have a real problem with the background as it is. AND... this face, pose, natural light, beautiful hair and great expression have quite a lot to make me like this picture. My favorite portraits of yours among the ones I saw recently. As a side-note, I just went to your web site and would have a couple of suggestions... I'll send you a mail about this one of these days. Cheers. Link to comment
dougityb 0 Posted July 3, 2008 Thanks Marc, I agree the background plays a strong role, but I don't want to eliminate it altogether. If I did, I would have set up seamless paper. I'm looking forward to your website comments. Link to comment
mg 0 Posted July 21, 2008 I forgot to mention that the tones are bit flat - all grey, no real white... Link to comment
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