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RenemRenem Registered Users Posts: 11 Big grins
edited December 16, 2011 in People
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Hello there,

I'm René from the Netherlands and a newbie on DGRIN.

Portraiture has my special interest and I'm hoping that your feedback is going to bring my skill's to another level.

This model is Amankay, 2nd time photoshoot and a very shy girl (serious) with incredible eyes.

Kind regards, René

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  • D3SshooterD3Sshooter Registered Users Posts: 1,188 Major grins
    edited December 9, 2011
    Hoi Rene,

    First of all welcome. Its good to see a neighbor.
    Now back to the portrait:

    Its a nice shot with a great DOF, however I seem to notice something strange about the shoulders.
    Maybe it is the manipulation that was done afterwards.
    The color of the skin is a bit greenish , so is the white of the eyes. Maybe its my Macbook screen.
    For the rest a nice picture..
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  • Quincy TQuincy T Registered Users Posts: 1,090 Major grins
    edited December 10, 2011
    D3Sshooter wrote: »
    Hoi Rene,

    First of all welcome. Its good to see a neighbor.
    Now back to the portrait:

    Its a nice shot with a great DOF, however I seem to notice something strange about the shoulders.
    Maybe it is the manipulation that was done afterwards.
    The color of the skin is a bit greenish , so is the white of the eyes. Maybe its my Macbook screen.
    For the rest a nice picture..

    I see a lot of green in this too, D3, but I am also on a Macbook :D.

    The shallow DOF, or artificial creation of it, doesn't do the girl much justice in the shoulder area, as it almost gives it a disembodied head look. Along with that, the eyes appear slightly off camera...does anyone else notice this?

    Not a bad shot, though.
  • RenemRenem Registered Users Posts: 11 Big grins
    edited December 10, 2011
    Thanks for the comments! I appreciate that.

    The green is caused by a green texture I blended in the background which was completely blown-out white. The girl was wearing a white T-shirt: there was no sharp border at her shoulders.
    This photo was taken in a studio and I had never made photo's with studio flashlight. I guess my next purchase would be a lightmeter. rolleyes1.gif

    Eyes slightly off-camera: oops! I'll pay more attention to it next time. thumb.gif

    Kind regards, René
  • IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
    edited December 10, 2011
    I really like this image. I'm not at all bothered by the creamy shoulder, and the eyes look fine (wonderful actually) to me. The green cast is a turn-off though. Why don't you mask her face and hair to get rid of the green in those areas.
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  • RenemRenem Registered Users Posts: 11 Big grins
    edited December 14, 2011
    Why don't you mask her face and hair to get rid of the green in those areas.
    I tried it, but I don't manage to get it right :cry

    Kind regards, René
  • zoomerzoomer Registered Users Posts: 3,688 Major grins
    edited December 15, 2011
    You could actually crop this above the melting shoulders and still be ok.
    Nice photo, post more :).
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  • novicesnappernovicesnapper Registered Users Posts: 445 Major grins
    edited December 15, 2011
    Don't feel bad Renem, I'm still working on masking skillz myself. Lovely girl and love the eyes. The hair style is awesome. I'm a noob myself and coming here has really helped in so many ways. Who better to learn from, then the best. I did notice the green tint, as soon as I opened the thread. Just for practice, hope you don't mind, I saved you're image and played with it. I changed the tint ever so slightly in Gimp and turned the saturation up about 4 tics to bring up the skin tones. I didn't change anything else. Maybe this will help?

    photoshopped2.jpg
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  • HackboneHackbone Registered Users Posts: 4,027 Major grins
    edited December 15, 2011
    Like the second one better just whiten up the eyes some.
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  • RenemRenem Registered Users Posts: 11 Big grins
    edited December 16, 2011
    Hackbone wrote: »
    Like the second one better just whiten up the eyes some.

    I agree!

    Thanks for your effort and explaination Snapper. thumb.gif

    Kind regards, René
  • novicesnappernovicesnapper Registered Users Posts: 445 Major grins
    edited December 16, 2011
    You're most welcome, you did the heavy lifting lol. Have a great weekend, lovely image and girl again.
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