Antonina (3 photos)

Yuri Pautov

Priviet, dear friends!
When I presented my printed photos to one of my "models", she was there. She said "Oh, how beautiful they are!!" I asked - do you want to have your photos - she agreed..
So here are the results:
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1

Under the chestnut in a shadow...

2

b&w one

3

I found out this "interesting thing" on her shoulder... and decided to photograph... like this photo...
Your opinions?
Spasibo, dear friends,
Yuri

Nir

Yuri,

Another fantastic set!!

Yuri Pautov

Nir wrote:

Yuri,

Another fantastic set!!

Spasibo, Nir!
As you can see - theese are not usual for me - I prefere eyes-to-the-camera ....

KevinKal

Beautiful!
Privet Yuri,

I see that your secret lens is still working wonders...these pictures are excellent and I really like the first one. I'm sure the model will be as happy as her friend to receive copies of these photos. Thanks also for answering all my questions

Cheers,
Kevin K

binghott

great shots yuri! that black and white one looks like it was right out of a magazine. beautiful.

-barry

Nikolai

Love #3
This "thing" looks fantastic:-)

I like this new approach of yours, creates more informal mood..

OT: Yuri, can you remind me please how do you normally do soften your face-front portraits? I was looking for your techniques but could not find it.. You can PM me if this is not related to this thread..

Spasibo zaranee!
Cheers!

BridgeCity

Beautiful shots of a beautiful subject! Man... I need to get out more


Thanks for sharing Yuri!

Sam

Yuri,


How long will it take to learn Russian? I'm ready to move!

Sam

Shay Stephens

From the front or from the side, you have eyes mastered. Your work really shines when you get a great set of eyes to work with, which seems to be all the time

ian408

Shay Stephens wrote:

From the front or from the side, you have eyes mastered. Your work really shines when you get a great set of eyes to work with, which seems to be all the time

I think he has the eyes market cornered

What was the decoration on her shoulder?

Ian

Yuri Pautov

KevinKal wrote:

Privet Yuri,

I see that your secret lens is still working wonders...these pictures are excellent and I really like the first one. I'm sure the model will be as happy as her friend to receive copies of these photos. Thanks also for answering all my questions

Cheers,
Kevin K

Spasibo, Kevin, for your comment!
Yuri

Yuri Pautov

binghott wrote:

great shots yuri! that black and white one looks like it was right out of a magazine. beautiful.

-barry

Spasibo, Barry!

Yuri Pautov

Nikolai wrote:

This "thing" looks fantastic:-)

I like this new approach of yours, creates more informal mood..

OT: Yuri, can you remind me please how do you normally do soften your face-front portraits? I was looking for your techniques but could not find it.. You can PM me if this is not related to this thread..

Spasibo zaranee!
Cheers!

Priviet, Nikolai!
First I work with healing brush (yes,yes - perfect skin is rare here...)
then
- work with levels.
- sharpen (unsharp mask 98/0.4/0) eyes, (sometimes hair and lips)
- if the photo is bright enough, I use Harry's method
[BTW in Russia they say 'he hiccup' in this case - I mention him too often in my posts, hey Harry - do you hear me? - what about USA?]
copy layer/set blending mode to 'Multiply'/ Gaussian blur (depending on sizes of objects in the composition) 2-20/set opacity to what you need...
Hope this will help you,
Poka,
Yuri

Andy

she is gorgeous
the portraits lovely
the eyes, mesmerizing!

spasibo, yuri!

Yuri Pautov

andy wrote:

she is gorgeous
the portraits lovely
the eyes, mesmerizing!

spasibo, yuri!

Spasibo, Andy!

Yuri Pautov

Sam wrote:

Yuri,


How long will it take to learn Russian? I'm ready to move!

Sam

Russian is not easy to learn... but we have a lot of knowing English here...
Spasibo,
Yuri

Yuri Pautov

Shay Stephens wrote:

From the front or from the side, you have eyes mastered. Your work really shines when you get a great set of eyes to work with, which seems to be all the time

Spasibo, Shay!
Yuri

Nikolai

Spasibo, Yuri!

Yuri Pautov wrote:

Priviet, Nikolai!
First I work with healing brush (yes,yes - perfect skin is rare here...)
then
- work with levels.
- sharpen (unsharp mask 98/0.4/0) eyes, (sometimes hair and lips)
- if the photo is bright enough, I use Harry's method
[BTW in Russia they say 'he hiccup' in this case - I mention him too often in my posts, hey Harry - do you hear me? - what about USA?]
copy layer/set blending mode to 'Multiply'/ Gaussian blur (depending on sizes of objects in the composition) 2-20/set opacity to what you need...
Hope this will help you,
Poka,
Yuri

Thanks for the desctiption!
Got it.. So it was healing brush.. I was wondering.. Same problem here, too:-(
As to the "hiccups": no, this is not a proper idiom here, never heard it from the native speakers..
Privet!

Higgmeister

Hi Yuri
Usually, you speak loudly through their eyes. This set has no eye contact, but I really like the last one best of this set. Some of your most powerful portraits that I've seen have always had eye contact. It's that something special that you are good at capturing.

Thanks for sharing,
Chris

Yuri Pautov

BridgeCity wrote:

Beautiful shots of a beautiful subject! Man... I need to get out more


Thanks for sharing Yuri!

Not sure about your hypodynamia, but if this will help you - I'll continue... :-)
Spasibo,
Yuri

Yuri Pautov

Higgmeister wrote:

Usually, you speak loudly through their eyes. This set has no eye contact, but I really like the last one best of this set. Some of your most powerful portraits that I've seen have always had eye contact. It's that something special that you are good at capturing.

Thanks for sharing,
Chris[/QUOT]
Spasibo, Chris!
Yuri

BigAl

I must agree with the others Yuri, this girl has wonderful eyes. As usual, I prefer the colored pics.

regards
alan

Yuri Pautov

BigAl wrote:

I must agree with the others Yuri, this girl has wonderful eyes. As usual, I prefer the colored pics.

regards
alan

Spasibo, Alan!