Good stuff! I really like number 4. I absolutely love the Joel Grimes lighting style. However, it's not clean around the glove and in the pocket. Bits of shirt missing under the right arm too.
Number 3 needs a bit of work. You can see quite a bit of the original background around his left shoulder, chin and the bat, and there is a chunk missing from the tip of the bat.
Fun stuff! I would tone down the magenta in the skin tone on the first one. On the last one, the lighting color on the subject doesn't match the lights in the background. Convert it to B&W, stand back and enjoy.
As always good stuff here, the kids in your area seem to really like you and that is a big accomplishment. Only nit.. in #1 the area under his nose is so airbrushed on my computer there is no contrast between bottom of nose and upper lip. BTW I used a beauty light last week for the first time, the catchlights made a big difference!
Fun stuff! I would tone down the magenta in the skin tone on the first one. On the last one, the lighting color on the subject doesn't match the lights in the background. Convert it to B&W, stand back and enjoy.
I agree on the first one I'll correct that. On the second one I don't mind the difference. I think at times we photographers think too much about an image and get in the way of ourselves. Thanks alot for the input. Appreciate having more than one set of eyes.
As always good stuff here, the kids in your area seem to really like you and that is a big accomplishment. Only nit.. in #1 the area under his nose is so airbrushed on my computer there is no contrast between bottom of nose and upper lip. BTW I used a beauty light last week for the first time, the catchlights made a big difference!
This fellow had a fair complexion problem. I used portrature and did back it down to about 60%. I don't mind it. Many folks say to go for realism but I'll bet when photographed and they see what they really look like most would want to be retouched. I know for me there is not enough Liquify in photoshop.
Have you tried it in B&W? I'm not normally a big fan of B&W but I tried this one and it's amazing. You should try it if you haven't already. Joel Grimes desaturates his HDR composites and does B&W conversions probably for the same reason. Plus it completely removes the issue of his reddish complexion.
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Number 3 needs a bit of work. You can see quite a bit of the original background around his left shoulder, chin and the bat, and there is a chunk missing from the tip of the bat.
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I agree on the first one I'll correct that. On the second one I don't mind the difference. I think at times we photographers think too much about an image and get in the way of ourselves. Thanks alot for the input. Appreciate having more than one set of eyes.
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This fellow had a fair complexion problem. I used portrature and did back it down to about 60%. I don't mind it. Many folks say to go for realism but I'll bet when photographed and they see what they really look like most would want to be retouched. I know for me there is not enough Liquify in photoshop.
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