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Quantum3
Joined: 22 Dec 2009
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 Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 12:27 am Post subject: Alucine Portrait |
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O would like to know your opinions about this portrait I did. 8 hours in Lightroom, 30 minutes in Photoshop:
Thanks,
Mart 
PS: I'm the photographer, model is my lovely girlfriend
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hawkeye
Joined: 14 May 2009
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I find it a little too soft, I'd at least sharpen the eyes. But that's just personal taste.
Post processing decisions are highly subjective and depend on your vision and what you are trying to convey. |
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Quantum3
Joined: 22 Dec 2009
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| hawkeye wrote: | I find it a little too soft, I'd at least sharpen the eyes. But that's just personal taste.
Post processing decisions are highly subjective and depend on your vision and what you are trying to convey. |
You're right, Hawkeye. It's the lens. It doesn't work very well at f/1.8 but's pretty decent.
Thanks for commenting, glad you like it
Mart
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darklite
Joined: 19 Dec 2009
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Location: Oregon, U.S.
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It truly is a matter of preference. I rather like the softness as it flows with the Rembrandt lighting of the piece. The whole thing suggests delicacy. My only suggestion would be to bring out the top of her head from the shadows- just a bit, to show a slight separation from the background. It's quite a dazzling piece. Are the highlights in her eyes natural, or did you do that? In any event, it's wonderful.
Btw, I've never heard of lightroom. Sounds very interesting.
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Quantum3
Joined: 22 Dec 2009
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| darklite wrote: | It truly is a matter of preference. I rather like the softness as it flows with the Rembrandt lighting of the piece. The whole thing suggests delicacy. My only suggestion would be to bring out the top of her head from the shadows- just a bit, to show a slight separation from the background. It's quite a dazzling piece. Are the highlights in her eyes natural, or did you do that? In any event, it's wonderful.
Btw, I've never heard of lightroom. Sounds very interesting. |
Hi,
the eyes were a bit that way in terms of luminosity. The light hit her eyes that way, but I make that effect a bit more relevant. You're right about the low ilumination on her head, in fact, the chest is too bright.
I usually don't redo my pictures because the picture could be harm. You know digital is very suceptible to changes, specially in the dark areas. However, before printing this image I must do that fix.
Lightroom is a RAW Editor by Adobe. You can do a lot of things with that program, but you need a camera able to shots in RAW. Most nowadays cameras do it. RAW Files.
Thanks for the comment!
Mart
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thehermit
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I would fill flash the image, especially in the top left of the image, with probably a layer mask to soften the fill flash and then either a selective sharpening or a high pass sharpening technique.
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Quantum3
Joined: 22 Dec 2009
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| thehermit wrote: | | I would fill flash the image, especially in the top left of the image, with probably a layer mask to soften the fill flash and then either a selective sharpening or a high pass sharpening technique. |
In the head, the part of the hair looks too dark. Raising the expossure may help and masking that in PS. Remember this wasn't planned (for the fill flash suggestion).
Mart
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heidy12
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thehermit
Joined: 05 Mar 2003
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After looking again, I really like the image, it does have a soft finish but it gives it the appearance of an old master. Ahh, leave it be, it's really nice.
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Netaddict
Joined: 16 Feb 2011
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As soon as I saw this picture, I thought " old masterpiece painting". I like the soft fade into the background shadow effect you created there. I think a fill in flash will turn this into an avarage portrait.
Don't do anything to this portrait, it's already a masterpiece. |
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