Tenderness

Aleksandar Vasic

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BrettDeutsch

Beautiful shot. For my taste, you over sharpened a bit in processing though. Her skin looks a bit "crunchy". Masking her skin before you sharpen would help, I think.

Mohammed Alayali

Love the eyes
/reat job !

Bilsen

Beautiful girl and I like the B&W treatment. Maybe a bit oversharp, especially for a B&W and I don't get "tenderness" from this. I do get strength, or anger or even interest from her.

Cowboydoug

BrettDeutsch wrote: »

Beautiful shot. For my taste, you over sharpened a bit in processing though. Her skin looks a bit "crunchy". Masking her skin before you sharpen would help, I think.

Brett... Do you mean throwing a layer mask on her & then sharpening?
I have been up to my elbows in learning PS ... Im finally starting to get it & its awesome but tons to learn.

Bilsen

Cowboy,

Try this in Photoshop. It's the method I use for almost everything.

At the very end of your workflow (sharpening is always my last step), flatten the image
Duplicate the image (Ctrl-J)
Change the blend mode to "Luminosity"
Apply Unsharp Mask to the copy and adjust to your liking
If need be, paint over the skin with the blur tool set at around 30% and the "Luminosity" blend mode.
While you're here, try some very slight adjustment to Brightness/Contrast and see if it helps or not.

Remember, you can always reduce the sharpening effect by changing the opacity of the copy layer.

Reflatten and save.

There are literally hundreds of ways to sharpen in PS but I like this one so much, I set up an action for it with a hot key.

Good luck.

Cowboydoug

JohnGalt_ny wrote: »

Cowboy,

Try this in Photoshop. It's the method I use for almost everything.

At the very end of your workflow (sharpening is always my last step), flatten the image
Duplicate the image (Ctrl-J)
Change the blend mode to "Luminosity"
Apply Unsharp Mask to the copy and adjust to your liking
If need be, paint over the skin with the blur tool set at around 30% and the "Luminosity" blend mode.
While you're here, try some very slight adjustment to Brightness/Contrast and see if it helps or not.

Remember, you can always reduce the sharpening effect by changing the opacity of the copy layer.

Reflatten and save.

There are literally hundreds of ways to sharpen in PS but I like this one so much, I set up an action for it with a hot key.

Good luck.

Gotcha... thanks John... I'll give that a shot... yes... there are so many ways to do things in PS... I really dig all the video's on YouTube... they have been a great help & have catapulted my use of PS to new levels... it's almost as though I know something now:)

Thanks for the tip

BrettDeutsch

Cowboydoug wrote: »

Brett... Do you mean throwing a layer mask on her & then sharpening?
I have been up to my elbows in learning PS ... Im finally starting to get it & its awesome but tons to learn.

That's right. That is what I meant.

I don't usually advertise for other people, but Scott Kelby's book "Professional Portrait Retouching Techniques for Photographers" has great suggestions for different methods of sharpening, as well as a host of other methods for retouching eyes, shadows, lips, skin, hair, etc..... Most are pretty quick. Check it out and see what methods work best for your skills and style.

Cowboydoug

BrettDeutsch wrote: »

That's right. That is what I meant.

I don't usually advertise for other people, but Scott Kelby's book "Professional Portrait Retouching Techniques for Photographers" has great suggestions for different methods of sharpening, as well as a host of other methods for retouching eyes, shadows, lips, skin, hair, etc..... Most are pretty quick. Check it out and see what methods work best for your skills and style.

Will do... thanks for the tips... I like ole Scott, Matt & the gang... Their video shows are a bit irritating at times though but I watch anyway...

Aleksandar Vasic

Each style consists of errors!Thank you!

kdog

Aleksandar Vasic wrote: »

Each style consists of errors!

Great quote.