Different PP -- thoughts??

imagesofhim

Inspired by heatherfeather's post, I took my daughter out the other day. It was overcast, but the grass behind her was crayola green and her poncho was brown and pink... What are your thoughts?? Too heavily done? Too brown?? Too flat???

sweet caroline

I'm afraid the processing is way overdone. The shot looks cute, though.

Caroline

Agnieszka

Wow. I actually like the processing you did.

If she wouldn't be wearing glasses or earrings, this would look like a reallllllly old photo

Qarik

I like it as well..except for perhaps the face. I guess it depends on her natural skin color though.

kidzmom

I LOVE it!!! I think sometimes overprocessing is fun...depending on the mood of the shot and the clothing they are wearing etc. I actually did some shots yesterday (spur of the moment) and dd was wearing pink and maroon with a brightly striped hat. It didn't completely fit the scenery, so I worked 'em up a bit. I think THIS is the joy of the digital era. You can REALLY create something unique and personal. True, it looses the orignal photo sometimes entirely, but it ALSO brings a new art to the picture, a new perspecitve and a vantage point that is artistically YOURS. It TOTALLY depends where you want to go with the picture. The SKY is the limit and I personally really like this!

imagesofhim

Agnieszka wrote:

Wow. I actually like the processing you did.

If she wouldn't be wearing glasses or earrings, this would look like a reallllllly old photo

Thanks---reminds me to pay attention to EVERY detail! I now know I have to re-shoot without the glasses and earrings... maybe get a more solemn look out of her... Could even go so far as to add a little dirt on her face. The "really old" look is exactly what I was going for... glad you could see it!

imagesofhim

Qarik wrote:

I like it as well..except for perhaps the face. I guess it depends on her natural skin color though.

Her natural skin color is really olive... however, I might play with this a little more so that it doesn't look so ruddy... thanks for the observation!

imagesofhim

kidzmom wrote:

I LOVE it!!! I think sometimes overprocessing is fun...depending on the mood of the shot and the clothing they are wearing etc. I actually did some shots yesterday (spur of the moment) and dd was wearing pink and maroon with a brightly striped hat. It didn't completely fit the scenery, so I worked 'em up a bit. I think THIS is the joy of the digital era. You can REALLY create something unique and personal. True, it looses the orignal photo sometimes entirely, but it ALSO brings a new art to the picture, a new perspecitve and a vantage point that is artistically YOURS. It TOTALLY depends where you want to go with the picture. The SKY is the limit and I personally really like this!

My thoughts exactly!!! I also thought about making this really 70's looking---not 70's processing, but 70's "dropped-a-hit-of-acid" looking, by adding neon contrasting... could be really fun to play with in the future!!

sweet caroline

What looks over processed to me is her skin. On my screen is looks like an uneven spray tan. I very much like what this processing does to the background.

Caroline

D'Buggs

sweet caroline wrote:

What looks over processed to me is her skin. On my screen is looks like an uneven spray tan. I very much like what this processing does to the background.

Caroline

Yup.