I like this Neil. I know that i thought a couple of the earlier ones had a green tint when doing skin corrections but the intentional, but subdued look here is nice. You might want to desaturate a little of it from the shadow under her nose, but just a tad.
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-Fleetwood Mac
I like this Neil. I know that i thought a couple of the earlier ones had a green tint when doing skin corrections but the intentional, but subdued look here is nice. You might want to desaturate a little of it from the shadow under her nose, but just a tad.
Very nice to read your comments jdryan, thanks!
Yes, I already did a little desaturation of the nose shadow and I'll go back for another look at that, thanks.
The casts in the earlier ones I fixed pretty much.
Very clever positioning of her arms. I like the way they frame her face. It's funny how an odd positioning of limbs can sometimes look very contrived and other times not. I may be wrong, but isn't there a famous portrait of Picasso with some very odd hand or arm positioning? Anyway, maybe it's a case of the subject being comfortable with it and in the end (as in this case) it works!
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Very clever positioning of her arms. I like the way they frame her face. It's funny how an odd positioning of limbs can sometimes look very contrived and other times not. I may be wrong, but isn't there a famous portrait of Picasso with some very odd hand or arm positioning? Anyway, maybe it's a case of the subject being comfortable with it and in the end (as in this case) it works!
That was my biggest worry! The arms. For me it requires a second of orientation, and then it's ok, nice. But it's that second of "what?" which is nerve wracking! The arms are a barrier and you have to get past them, assimilate them, a metaphor maybe for the distance we feel when someone is feeling blue. The reward is that it makes the image a little more edgy, and I think intensifies the mood.
Yes, now you mention Picasso I am beginning to recall, maybe in the gymnasts series. But of course Picasso and that ilk just did crazy things altogether!
Is this the one? (I think from his blue period, too! And a very similar look in the ladies eyes!) -
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Very nice to read your comments jdryan, thanks!
Yes, I already did a little desaturation of the nose shadow and I'll go back for another look at that, thanks.
The casts in the earlier ones I fixed pretty much.
Neil
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Pleased you like it Albert. Thanks for commenting! Yeah, it touches something in me too.
Neil
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It is about how that thing looks photographed." Garry Winogrand
Avatar credit: photograph by Duane Michals- picture of me, 'Smash Palace' album
That was my biggest worry! The arms. For me it requires a second of orientation, and then it's ok, nice. But it's that second of "what?" which is nerve wracking! The arms are a barrier and you have to get past them, assimilate them, a metaphor maybe for the distance we feel when someone is feeling blue. The reward is that it makes the image a little more edgy, and I think intensifies the mood.
Yes, now you mention Picasso I am beginning to recall, maybe in the gymnasts series. But of course Picasso and that ilk just did crazy things altogether!
Is this the one? (I think from his blue period, too! And a very similar look in the ladies eyes!) -
Many thanks for your comment!
Neil
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